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4/16/20

John From Albany – Mets Breakfast Links 4/16/2020



Good Morning. CBS Sports looks at Jeff McNeil’s power surge last year, there is free baseball streaming of April 2020 baseball and Jeff Wilpon and Andrew Cuomo talk about opening the season.




Andrew Cuomo and Jeff Wilpon Talk Baseball in NY:

NY Post: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he is hoping baseball can return soon and made his feelings known to Mets COO Jeff Wilpon. “I said why can’t we talk about a baseball season with nobody in the stands? Why can’t you play the game with the players,” Cuomo told his brother Chris on CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time” Wednesday. “I think it would be good for the country.”

Adam Rubin on Twitter: Gov. Cuomo said on news tonight he spoke with Jeff Wilpon. Cuomo advocated MLB season take place with no one in stands because it would be good for country to watch. Cuomo said response was that it would require a reduction in player salaries to offset lack of attendance.


Mets Links:



Centerfield Maz: Tyler Bashlor: Mets Relief Pitcher (2018-2020). Born April 16, 1993.







CBS Sports: MLB Mock Draft 2020: Vanderbilt's Austin Martin goes No. 1 to Tigers; For the Mets at #19 they have them taking Pick: OF Pete Crow-Armstrong, Harvard-Westlake High School (California) ($3,359,000 slot value).




Syracuse Mets:

The day a world-famous actress stole the spotlight at Syracuse Chiefs opener. Jayne Mansfield made an appearance in Syracuse on April 29, 1966.


MLB News:



CBS Sports: Dr. Fauci: Sports could return this summer without fans in venues. Fauci also believes that players should be kept in hotels to protect their health.


NJ.com: President Trump’s coronavirus sports committee is missing 1 important perspective. The biggest issue with this particular group of minds: None is from the area of the country hit the hardest.

CBS Sports: What active MLB players will make Hall of Fame? “Mike Trout, Miguel Cabrera, Albert Pujols among locks; Robinson Cano on the bubble.”





AP News: Baker laments lack of blacks in MLB on Jackie Robinson Day. “Only 7.7% of big league players on opening day rosters last year were African American, down from 17% in 1990. [Dusty] Baker and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts are the only two African American managers in the majors.”





Largest Contract In Franchise History For Each MLB Team. For the Mets - David Wright – 8 years, $138MM.  Signed 12-4-12.






Mack’s Blast From The Past: Mack Ade – Morning Report – 4-16-13. Among Mack’s musings: “I love spring baseball, much more than the heat of summer down here in Savannah. That being said, who in God’s name scheduled a baseball game in either Minneapolis or Denver?  Worse than that, schedule it in an un-domed stadium. What exactly do you do in a stadium like that in Denver? Ice shaking? Penquin grazing?  Nope… baseball. It will be interesting to see if the majority of the Mets- Colorado games get weathers out. When would you make them up? On the all-star break? Such an easy mess to avoid come scheduling day.”


Born on this date:

1964
Holy Water from the Gowanus Canal, which passes near Ebbets Field, the Dodgers' old home, and Holy Water from the Harlem River where it flows past the Polo Grounds, the former longtime ballpark of the Giants and the Mets' home for the past two seasons is used to christened Shea Stadium. The ballpark's namesake, Bill Shea, credited with bringing the National League back to New York, pours the water from two bottles, blessing the Flushing Meadow structure on the eve of its debut.
1966
On the second day of the season, Jack Fischer gives up just five hits in his complete-game effort, beating Atlanta at Shea Stadium, 3-1. The win represents the Mets' earliest victory in franchise history.



2011; The Mets are swept in a doubleheader for the second time in three days as they go down, 4 - 2 and 4 - 0, to the Atlanta Braves. In the second game, Jair Jurrjens throws seven shutout innings in his return from the disabled list, while Alex Gonzalez is the hero in the opener, hitting two of the Braves' four solo homers in support of Derek Lowe's pitching. The Mets have now lost seven in a row.

2013: The Rockies battle the elements to sweep the Mets in a doubleheader at home. The opener is delayed by two hours as an 8-inch snowfall has to be removed from the field, with Colorado owner Dick Monfort pitching in by manning a shovel, and the day concludes when Jordan Pacheco singles home the winning run in the 10th inning of the second game, for a 9 - 8 win. The Rockies also win the opener, 8 - 4, as the games are played in frigid conditions and occasional snow flurries. Reporters quip that there are more snowmen than fans at Coors Field.

2015: Giancarlo Stanton becomes the Marlins all-time leading home run hitter when he slugs #155 for his career off Dillon Gee of the Mets. He was tied with Dan Uggla since being hit in the face with a pitch late in the 2014 season. However, the Mets go on to win, 7 - 5.


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3 comments:

  1. Jed Lowrie is the only Met who looks to be in mid-season form. :)

    Bob W.

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  2. Maybe Wilpon could work on the NYC hospital boat.

    Put him in the engine room. Three days of him working there and the ship will never leave port again.

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