Good morning on the anniversary of the day the Mets won the Tom Seaver
lottery. First, Japanese Baseball is
going after US Amateur Baseball Players.
Jballallen.com:
NPB to expand, rescue U.S. amateurs. “Upon learning MLB and its players’
union planned to make further inroads into their already barbaric treatment of
amateur prospects and minor leaguers on account of the coronavirus pandemic,
NPB announced a series of measures to save the reputation of Japan’s beloved
game from MLB.
- Add four teams, two in each league, in Okayama, Nagoya, Shizuoka, and Niigata.
- Allow all 16 teams, starting in June to sign up to two international amateurs, who will not be counted against each club’s 70-man roster.
- Abolish the current limit of four imported players on each team’s active roster.”
Yahoo
Sports: Bryce
Harper donates $500K to Philadelphia, Las Vegas organizations to
'#CrushCovid'
NY
Post: Yankees’ Gerrit Cole,
wife pledge ‘significant’ help to coronavirus relief.
Syracuse.com:
Rockies first baseman Daniel
Murphy donated $100,000 to a partnership between More Than Baseball and Our
Baseball Life as a way to help minor league families. Also, Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo
Choo ($190,000) and Cardinals pitcher Adam
Wainwright ($250,000) have donated money to help minor leaguers.
Andrew
Marchand via Twitter: SNY stopped paying its freelance and
production workers as of last Saturday. I'm told it is trying to figure out a
way to help those people out.
Brian Joura Mets 360.com:
Ranking Mets’ opponents with the B-R Play Index tool. Brian looks at the players with the most Home
Runs (Willie
Stargell – 60); RBIs (Stargell 182) noting this: “It should come as no
surprise that Pete Rose
is the all-time leader against the Mets in Games (335), Games Started (327), PA
(1,475), ABs (1312), Runs (207), Hits (396) and Doubles (64).”
Mets.com:
A year ago today: deGrom ties Gibson, goes deep. Includes video of Jacob deGrom’s 14 strike out
performance against the Marlins in 7 innings.
He also hits a homer. With this
game he ties Bob Gibson with his 26th consecutive quality start.
Mike
Lupica Mets.com: Hernandez's
unique view of 1986 WS Game 6. Keith talks about watching the comeback in the
clubhouse.
Mets.com:
Mets' Top 5 first basemen. 1. Keith
Hernandez; 2. Ed
Kranepool; 3. John Olerud;
4. Carlos
Delgado; 5. Pete Alonso.
Metsmerized
Online: Top Five First Basemen Campaigns in Mets History. 5) Pete Alonso
— 2019; 4) Carlos
Delgado — 2006; 3) Keith
Hernandez — 1986; 2) Keith
Hernandez — 1984; 1) John Olerud
— 1998.
MLB.com: Most
hyped 1B prospects of the past 20 years for every team. For the Mets they have Dominic
Smith.
NY
Post: Brodie Van Wagenen bullish on Mets’ rotation despite Noah
Syndergaard loss. “As we know, a team can never have enough depth but we
are fortunate to have a group of pitchers beyond the five who we believe can be
successful starters, including Seth Lugo
and Robert
Gsellman,’’ Van Wagenen said.
Metsmerized
Online: Three Key Stats For Robert
Gsellman in 2020. Matt cites these areas - More Consistency with
Quality of Contact; Getting His Curveball Back on Track; and Performance at
Home – in 2019 “24.1 innings pitched in Flushing, he posted an 8.51 ERA with a
.374 wOBA against, compared to a 2.29 ERA and .290 wOBA against through 39.1
road innings.”
Metsmerized
Online: Reliving The 2000 Mets: Opening Series. Benny
Agbayani is featured here.
Even
though it is a simulated season, Metstradamus thinks the Nationals are annoying
– Instead of raising the banner and giving out rings on Opening day Metstadamus
listed the Nats Promo schedule which had 4/2: Opening Day/Banner Raising; 4/4:
Ring presentation; 4/5: “Champions Day”, whatever that means; 4/6: “Champions
Beads” 4/7: Davey Martinez World Series Trophy bobblehead. 4/8: “Champions
Cinch Bag”
ESPN.COM:
From MLB's wildest day to the Astros' scandal: The most meme-worthy moments
ever for all 30 teams. Lots of
history in this one including the parachute that landed in Shea Stadium Game 6
of the 1986 World Series.
CBS
Sports: Everything to know about the Korea Baseball Organization, which hopes
to start season by early May.
The Article mentioned how Aaron
Altherr is playing this year in Korea for the NC Dinos. It did not mention Drew Gagnon
who is playing for the Kia Tigers or Chris
Flexen who is playing for the Doosan Bears.
MLB.com:
Jim Edmonds
confirms COVID-19, is symptom free.
Yahoo
Sports: Cubs' Jason Kipnis sets up unique fundraiser for COVID-19 relief.
Kipnis
announced Thursday he's set up a Cameo account and will donate portions of the
proceeds to coronavirus relief and medical workers. Cameo is a video-sharing
platform where people can book personal shout-outs from celebrities, athletes,
influencers and more.
MiLB.com:
Minor Leaguer Adam Law swings for the fences against coronavirus. Former
Minor Leaguer steps to the plate in fight against pandemic.
Eastern
League: Harrisburg Senators offer vouchers, 'Senators Dollars' to donate to
healthcare workers. Through April, all undated single-game vouchers
purchased will be matched by a Senators sponsorship partner to provide a box
seat voucher donation to a healthcare worker.
USA
Today: Former Astros manager A.J. Hinch, GM Jeff Luhnow will fulfill
suspensions in 2020 even if MLB season canceled.
2020
Amateur Draft Pool Allocations. Here are the Mets’ allocations: 5 Round
Draft - $7,101,200; Ten Round Draft - $8,057,500.
Phillies’
extension talks with star catcher J.T.
Realmuto are on hold. The league mandated that extension talks be halted
during MLB’s league-wide roster freeze, so the two sides can’t even talk about
a potential long-term deal.
NBC
Sports: Today in Baseball History: A lie about how baseball was invented is
born. The writer Craig Calcaterra claims the story that “Abner
Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown, New York in 1839” was a lie created
by Chicago Cubs president Albert Spalding and National League president Abraham
G. Mills in the early 1900’s.
Asian Baseball:
Kyodonews:
Japanese pro baseball, football give up on April starts. NPB is now hoping
to open its regular season in late May, but for the first time decided not to
announce a date following a meeting of representatives from its 12 teams.
Korea Times:
If the 2020 South Korean baseball postseason gets pushed to early winter by the
coronavirus outbreak, then teams would be willing to play at a neutral,
climate-controlled venue to ensure a warmer setting for players and fans, an
informed source said Friday.
Mack’s
Blast From The Past comes from April
3, 2009.
Mets Stuff - Gil Hodges,
Ron
Darling, Andres
Torres, Frank
Francisco.
Born on
this date:
- Don Rowe (1936)
- Hawk Taylor (1939)
- Rod Gaspar (1946)
- Gary Pettis (1958)
- Quilvio Veras (1971)
- Geoff Goetz
(1979)
- Jay Bruce (1987)
- Hayden Senger (1997)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded John Csefalvay to the Houston Astros for Gary Rajsich on April 3, 1981.
New York Mets traded Gary Matthews to the Baltimore Orioles for John Bale on April 3, 2002.
New York Mets claimed McKay Christensen on waivers from
the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 3, 2002.
Detroit Tigers claimed Tyler Walker of the New York
Mets on waivers on April 3, 2003.
New York Mets signed
free agent Pedro Feliciano on April 3, 2003.
New York Mets traded Roger Cedeno to the St. Louis Cardinals for Wilson Delgado and Chris Widger on April 3, 2004.
1966
|
Tom Seaver picks the Mets' name from a hat in a lottery, signing
with the team for a reported $50,000 bonus. Tom's father had threatened a
lawsuit, necessitating the special draft, after his son's contract with
Atlanta was voided by Commissioner William Eckert because the right-hander's
college team had played two exhibition games, but signing a pro contract also
prevents the future Hall of Famer from playing on the collegiate level.
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1985
|
The owners' proposal of expanding
the League Championship Series to best-of-seven is agreed to by the Players'
Association. The LCS started as a best-of-five games series in 1969 when the
leagues divided into divisions, with both the Orioles and Mets sweeping their
opponents in three games.
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1989
|
The Mets win their 11th consecutive
home opener, beating St. Louis at Shea Stadium, 8-4. The Amazins' have now
won on Opening Day in 18 of the last 20 seasons.
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2006
|
Sportsnet NY, the Mets' new
team-owned network, broadcasts its first regular season baseball game. During
the third inning of New York's 3-2 victory over the Nationals, SNY
experiences technical difficulties which black out the telecast for nearly
twenty minutes.
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2009
|
The Mets, obligated only to pay the major league minimum of $400,000,
sign Gary Sheffield (.225, 19, 57) in hopes of adding a much-needed
right-handed bat to the lineup. The 40 year-old offensively challenged
outfielder, who has 499 career home runs, was unexpectedly released by the
Tigers earlier in the week despite having $14 million left on his contract.
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2009
|
On a damp and chilly New York night, both the Mets and Yankees open
their new stadiums with exhibition games. The double debut in the Big Apple
sees each team come away with a victory when the Amazin's beat the Red Sox,
4-3, and the Bronx Bombers launch three homers to defeat the Cubs, 7-4.
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1964 - New
York Mets pitcher Carl Willey suffers a broken jaw when he is hit by a line
drive batted by Detroit Tigers outfielder Gates Brown during a spring training loss. Willey will be out until June
6th but his career will be effectively ended.
1966 - The New
York Mets sign University of Southern California
star Tom Seaver to his first contract, including a $50,000 bonus. Seaver had been selected by the Atlanta Braves in the January draft, but Commissioner Spike Eckert voided the deal when he signed a
contract after USC's season had already begun. The Mets beat out the Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies in a lottery for Seaver's
services.
1969
- First baseman Donn Clendenon ends his retirement and reports to
the Montreal Expos. Clendenon, who had refused a trade to
the Houston Astros, will eventually be traded to the New
York Mets where he will hit 12 home runs and help them win the World Series.
1984:
Arbitrator Richard Bloch rules that the Royals' Willie Wilson and the Mets'
Jerry Martin can return to action on May
15th, the day their year-long suspensions for cocaine
abuse are first due to be reviewed.
2016: In the nationally televised Sunday night game, a rematch of
last year's World Series, Kansas City gets the better of the Mets,
4 - 3, as Edinson Volquez is the winner against Matt Harvey. For the Mets, LF Yoenis Cespedes drops a routine fly ball by Mike Moustakas in the 1st, leading to the Royals'
first run.
2019 - Jacob deGrom, last year's Cy Young
Award winner is back at it. He strikes out 14 Marlins in 7 innings
and also hits a homer to lead the Mets to a 6 - 4 win. It is deGrom's 26th
consecutive quality start, dating
back to 2018, matching the major
league record set by Hall of Famer Bob Gibson in 1967-1968.
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8 comments:
Gary Rajsich. I remember he was fantastic at Tidewater during the 1981 baseball strike. He had over 20 homeruns by mid-June. Came up to the Mets in 1982, and had 3 homeruns in parts of 1982 and 1983. The Mets sold him to the Cards in 1983. He had cups of coffee with the Cards and Giants and never homered again for either team.
Bob W.
Thanks Bob. Great to hear from you. Hope all is well there.
Regarding that Gil Hodges entry in my Blast From The Past you featured this morning.
I never wrote that.
I must have forgot crediting the real writer.
Thought it was strange you said you were 11 when Gil died when you've also said you went to the polo grounds to see the Mets.
John -
That was the red flag for me too when I read it.
I still have a pic of Gil somewhere from that day. He posed with an 'OK' symbol coming from his throwing hand
Japanese baseball helping out our amateurs -nice.
Players shelling out bucks - nice.
Yanks set up fund - nice.
Mets?
Jerry Blevins cut - interesting.
John:
Yes, we are all okay in my house. I don't get much computer time with my son doing school work, and it's a bit of a pain to write long stuff on a cell phone.
Bob W.
Glad all is well. Home schooling is not easy.
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