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4/10/20

John From Albany – Mets Breakfast Links 4/10/2020

Good morning and Happy Birthday to Brooklyn Cyclones Yoel Romero, Baseball comes back to Taiwan and the Binghamton Rumble Ponies play a virtual game. 


You Tube had the Rumble Ponies Vs. the Akron Rubberducks virtual season openerDavid Peterson went 6.2 innings and the Ponies won 3-2.  The Virtual Brett Baty went 3 for 4.





Scott Ferguson Mets 360.com: Gil Hodges and the 1959 New York Mets. Scott takes a deep dive into the theory that the 1962 Mets would have been great if the roster had been put together a few years before.

Elite Sports NY: New York Mets greatest forgotten players: CF Lance Johnson. In 1996 Lance 9 HR, 69 RBIs, 227 Hits, .333/.362/.479 slash.


Rising Apple: Mets and Jacob deGrom have struggled against the Brewers since 2017. In 8 starts against the Brewers, Jacob deGrom has gone an even 3-3. However, it’s his 4.80 ERA which is surprisingly troublesome.










AP News: Yanks most valuable in MLB at $5 billion, Forbes estimates.  No. 2 Los Angeles Dodgers at $3.4 billion; 3. Boston Red Sox $3.3 billion; 4. Chicago Cubs ($3.2 billion); 5. San Francisco ($3.1 billion); 6. New York Mets ($2.4 billion); 7. St. Louis ($2.2 billion); 9. Philadelphia ($2 billion).







Asian Baseball:

Taiwan first in world to resume pro baseball amid pandemic. Spectator-less season will kick off on Friday with Rakuten Monkeys playing Chinatrust Brothers.

Joel Sherman NY Post: Japanese baseball delayed again in bad sign for all sports. Nippon Professional Baseball announced that the start of the Japanese baseball season, which was rescheduled for April 24, now will not happen until late May at the earliest.

Kyodo News: Nippon Professional Baseball is unlikely to alter its plans for a new schedule in response to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's declaration Tuesday of a state of emergency to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, NPB Secretary General Atsushi Ihara said.


Korea Times: The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) is targeting an early May start to its regular season, after it was postponed from its original March 28 Opening Day because of the coronavirus outbreak. With the number of new cases staying in the double figures this week, down from triple digits over the past several weeks, the KBO has become quite hopeful.  







Born on this date:
Transactions:

Mets drafted Mike Bruhert from the Philadelphia Phillies on April 10, 1973.

Pittsburgh Pirates signed Mike Maddux of the New York Mets as a free agent on April 10, 1995.

New York Mets signed free agent Sean Henn on April 10, 2013.


1969
Tommy Agee hits a monster shot into the into the top tier of the stadium in left field, making the blast the longest home run to reach the seats in Shea Stadium history. The Mets place a disc in the upper deck at the Flushing ballpark to commemorate the Mets center fielder's historic homer.



2010: Jose Reyes returns to the line-up for the first time since May of last year as the Mets lose to the Nationals, 4 - 3. His injury was one of those that torpedoed the Mets' 2009 season after a good start.


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7 comments:

  1. Unless my memory is playing tricks on me, I “saw” Tommie Agee’s upper deck shot at Shea at my Aunt Mary’s during Easter Vacation on a 9 inch B&W TV with rabbit ears. They televised ALL the games back then, but failed to keep the clip. If Pete had been on that team, he would have been obsessed to try to match his feat. Good luck. That was a freak shot. Made it a few rows back.

    I was up in that area a few years later. The Giants’ Dave Kingman hit a similar shot. We thought it would reach us, but only made the next level down. Agee had real power but that HR was a total freak shot. I will bet no one ever hit one up there in BP.

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  2. Way to go Taiwan. I hope your decision doesn't come back to bite you in the 屁股.

    Me?

    I can not see American owners signing off to empty stadium games. No revenue base for them.

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  3. John, weren’t we told yesterday that you were going on the IL? Wow, nice recovery! Good stuff as always.

    My question is about something I debated with someone earlier this week. Should baseball sit out the season on the basis that health is more important, or should it try to come to life to provide a distraction for the average person that may be in a depression mode of sorts based on our circumstances and being locked in the house?

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    1. Thanks Texas Gus. Bruised my elbow. Day to Day but playing through.

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  4. Mack:

    don't recall the $s, but MLB makes an awful lot of money from local and national TV and radio contracts. if they could get the players to accept a percentage of the receipts, I think they could make a go of it. and maybe they'd bring in some new fans, who don't have a awful lot to do right now.

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  5. Jon

    How about pay-for-TV games ??? LOL

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  6. Tom - sure miss watching BP. Maybe if the owners charge extra for that, we will be able to watch that again.

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