Art Shamsky has re-launched his offical website, and it’s looking good. Nice to see the internet can properly rekindle Mets history, since the Mets themselves are incapable. Be sure to check it out and “eduMETcate” yourself.James K at Amazin Avenue likes the idea of Fernando Tatis returning to the Mets. I disagree, and you will [ ... ] ...
The Mets yesterday announced yesterday that Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Davey Johnson and Frank Cashen will be inducted into the team's Hall of Fame this summer ... A new member hasn't been added since 2002, when Tommie Agee was elected ... Gooden, estranged from the organization for several years because ...
One of the key pieces to the infamous “midnight massacre” trade of Tom Seaver was Pat Zachry. In 1976 Pat was co-winner of the NL Rookie of the Year. That season he won Game 3 of the World Series as the “Big Red Machine” won their second championship over the Yankees.A year later he was [ ... ] ...
Brent Mayne takes a walk down memory lane over at his site The Art of Catching.He talks about a book he received during the holidays called “The Fortress of Solitude”, which is story of a boy growing up in downtown Brooklyn in the late seventies. Part of the lore of that era was kids playing [ ... ] ...
We are hours away from the end of 2009. This year New York baseball lost one of its own in Johnny Blanchard.Being a catcher for the New York Yankees in the fifties was a death sentence for any young player since they already had Yogi Berra and Elston Howard. Starting your career behind a Hall [ ... ] ...
Apologies in advance if a technical matter temporarily disappears this post. We're still in the process of switching blog platforms, and I was going to wait on any further posting 'til it's done, but I wanted to continue to get the word out about the following project ... plus snow is falling on Long Island like pop flies on Luis Castillo's head, and I need to stop staring out the window ... Back when Bob Costas was an up and coming broadcaster whose every other utterance was cheekily charming
Before Endy Chavez, “The Catch” in Mets history referred to the diving snare made by Ron Swoboda in the 1969 World Series.I had the great pleasure of talking to Ron about that catch and how he turned himself — through hard work, pride, and dedication — into a Major League outfielder capable of making one [ ... ] ...