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Mets.com:
Mets 2020 Season FAQ – “Forty of the Mets’ 60 games will come against NL
East teams, with the other 20 versus American League East clubs”.
NY
Post: Yankees, Mets Subway Series scheduling quirk hurts them both. “The Mets and Yankees will face each other six
times in this abbreviated 60-game season, since they are geographical rivals...the
Rays, who may be in position to battle the Yankees for AL East supremacy, will
play the Marlins six times. And the Nationals, coming off their World Series
title, will now face the Orioles six times, as well.”
NY
Post: Yankees and Mets not subject to coronavirus travel quarantine. ““When
I announced it [the quarantine], I talked to the Yankees and the Mets about
this and I said that New York’s health commissioner would develop a protocol
with them to bring up their players. This was last week,” Cuomo said on WAMC.
“And we have been doing that. … They have a protocol that when the players come
up, they’re gonna get tested and the saliva tested, swab tested, etc. They have
a whole protocol, which predates the quarantine.”
NY
Post: Wilpons ‘need to sell’ Mets by end of 2020. “According to multiple
sources familiar with Mets sale saga, the Wilpons will begin to field
first-round bids on the team in July with an eye toward locking in a buyer by
Oct. 1. But insiders say those bidders are now also aware the Wilpons must find
a buyer in the coming weeks in order to close a deal by the end of 2020.”
Forbes.com:
New York Mets’ Investors Had To Make Capital Calls For First Time Last Year.
“The sweetheart deal the limited partners cut eight years ago turned into a
ticking time bomb. The Mets posted such a steep net loss in 2019 that the
managing partnership made a capital call of about $45 million, of which the
remaining eight limited partners had to pay roughly $15 million.”
Kyle
Newman of Elite Sports NY runs down the different potential buyers from
Steve Cohen to the Reuben Brothers to J-Rod to Devils/Sixers owners Harris and
Blitzer.
Faith
and Fear in Flushing Fingers Crossed: Let’s cross our fingers and hope
baseball is ready for itself. Baseball can declare all the intentions it wants.
It still has to check in with the coronavirus pretty regularly to make sure it
gets to proceed as it intends.
Mike’s
Mets in And So we Begin: “First it was the coronavirus that stole the end
of spring training and then spring itself from baseball fans. Next we were
treated to helplessly watching selfish men put their own petty concerns ahead
of what was in the best interest of the country or, for that matter, even the
game that they were supposed to steward. After endless weeks of that, we were
finally gifted with a season that was imposed rather than agreed upon - one
that may be cancelled any time, even before it begins…”
90
Percent Mets: Céspedes
May Be Back For Opening Day (July 24th).
Andres
Chavez Empire Sports Media: Projecting the New York Mets’ final 30-man roster
for the start of the season. Andres sees
Jed
Lowrie, Rene Rivera,
Daniel
Zamora, Tyler
Bashlor, and Walker
Lockett rounding out the roster.
— New York Mets (@Mets) June 24, 2020
June 24, 1975: Jerry Koosman became the second pitcher in @Mets franchise history to win 100 or more games, beating the @Cardinals 5-1. Joe Torre led the @Mets going 3-for-4 and Dave Kingman hit his 10th HR of the season to help NY snap a 35-inning long scoreless streak. #LGM pic.twitter.com/nFyJ3lzobm— Mets Rewind (@metsrewind) June 24, 2020
NY
Post: The Shohei Ohtani that was promised is back in 2020. “Angels manager
Joe Maddon said Wednesday he intends to use a six-man rotation to allow the
right-hander to pitch once a week following 2018 Tommy John surgery.”
I went over some of the new rule changes and logistics for the season as well as whether players with family members at high-risk could opt out to remain with family and still receive service time and pay. https://t.co/y5H7g71nus— Craig Edwards (@craigjedwards) June 24, 2020
— Ervin Santana (@ErvinSantana_54) June 24, 2020
Syracuse.com:
The International League has a 2020 schedule. Will the Syracuse Mets get to
play it? The IL and Syracuse Mets have a 60-game slate running from late
July into September. It’s certainly not ideal, but in the wake of the
coronavirus complications it’s the best backup plan possible at this point.
The independent Frontier League has suspended its 2020 season and freed its teams to make individual decisions on playing games or doing other activities. pic.twitter.com/cqmfnSxjuf— JJ Cooper (@jjcoop36) June 24, 2020
Yesterday in Japan:
Yesterday’s games in the KBO for Drew
Gagnon’s Kia Tigers, Aaron
Altherr’s NC Dinos, and Chris
Flexen’s Doosan Bears were postponed.
So far, today’s game for Drew
Gagnon’s Kia Tigers has been postponed.
Mack’s
Blast from the Past comes from 6/25/2011: Mack Ade talked about Jordany
Valdespin, Ruben
Tejada, Beck
Wheeler, Tobi Stoner, Brian Valenzuela: About Mr. Valdespin playing in
Binghamton he had - Jordany Valdespin was 2-2 with a walk and two stolen bases,
one of third. In 18 games in June, he’s hitting .362/.413/.667 to push his season
line to a strong .288/.340/.473. He has 24 extra-base hits and is 21 of 25
stealing bases. His June surge has to be the most positive development on the
position player side in the system.
Born on this date:
- Alejandro Pena (1959)
- Aaron Sele (1970)
- Michael Tucker (1971)
- Carlos Delgado (1972)
- Kane Davis (1975)
- Franklyn
Kilome
(1995)
- Jacob
Zanon
(1995)
Died
on this date:
- Jim Hickman (2016)
Transactions:
New York Mets claimed Andy Phillips on waivers from the Cincinnati Reds on June 25, 2008.
New
York Mets traded Collin
Cowgill to the Los Angeles
Angels for Kyle Johnson on June 25, 2013.
New
York Mets signed free agent Jose
Reyes on June 25, 2016.
1976
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After striking out leading off the
game, his 21st consecutive hitless at-bat dating back to June 6, Mike
Phillips hits for the cycle in the the Mets’ 7–4 victory over the Cubs at
Wrigley Field. The New York third baseman doubles in the third, triples in
the fifth, homers in the seventh, completing the feat with a single in the
eighth inning.
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1985
|
After a line drive foul ball
drills a Yankee batboy off the bat of Bronx Bomber catcher Butch
Wynegar, the team mandates batboys near the on-deck circle will be
required to wear batting helmets. All major league teams will soon adopt the
new rule of having batboys wearing a protective helmet while working.
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1989
|
The Mets, with fly ball pitcher Sid
Fernandez on the mound, play a nine-inning game without recording an
infield assist, beating the Phillies at Shea Stadium 5-1. The Amazins set a
National League record and tie the major league mark, joining the 1945
Indians as the only teams ever to accomplish the unusual fielding feat.
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2001
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1969 - The Mets (14) and Phillies (13) set a National League record for ineptitude by striking out 27 times in the
first nine innings of a 10-inning game. The Phils win 6 - 5 when rookie Dave Watkins triples and scores in the 10th. Watkins, who replaces Cookie Rojas when he was thumbed in the 5th, hits his first major
league homer as well. Lowell Palmer strikes out nine in 4 1/3 innings for Philadelphia,
while Nolan
Ryan K's 10 in 6 1/3 innings.
1971: Cleon Jones ties
a National League record by drawing six walks,
helping the Mets to
a doubleheader sweep of the Expos,
4 - 1 and 4 - 2. Jerry
Grote has three doubles in the opener, and Bud Harrelson knocks in three runs in the
nightcap. Nolan
Ryan (7-4) and Danny Frisella (4-1) are winners.
1977: At Old-Timers Day in Chicago, the Cubs score
four in the 9th inning to edge the Mets,
5 - 4. Larry Biittner doubles in two runs, and Bill Buckner's wind-blown fly eludes two outfielders for a
third double in the frame. With the sacks full, Manny Trillo hits a grounder to third base and beats
out the attempted double play for the winner.
1987 - Dwight Gooden (4-1) and the Mets top the Cubs, 8 - 2. For Doc,
it is his 10th straight win over Chicago. He'll lose his next decision to them
on August 9, then roll off another
12 straight wins.
1992 - Chicago's Greg
Maddux and New York's Vince Coleman almost get into a fight,
but Maddux takes it out on the Mets by striking out 10 in a 3 - 1 Chicago win.
2013: The White Sox hold a 4 - 3 lead over the Mets with
two outs in the 9th inning, but manage to blow it in the most embarrassing
fashion, after Daniel Murphy hits a routine pop-up in
front of the mound. 2B Gordon Beckham comes charging in, trips
on P Addison Reed's foot and falls to the ground, in the process
bowling over 3B Conor Gillaspie, who is positioned under the
ball. The ball drops to the ground and rolls away from Reed while David Wright takes advantage of the confusion to score
all the way from second base and tie the game. Luckily, the Sox manage to score
a run off LaTroy Hawkins in the bottom of the
inning to escape with a 5 - 4 win and save a little face.
Centerfield
Maz: Remembering Mets History: (6/25/1971) Cleon Jones
Ties an MLB Record Drawing Six Walks in A Double Header.
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2 comments:
Jacob Zanon's birthday, like the man himself, will probably go fast!
Why baseball is such a unique game - stuff like this happens: "After striking out leading off the game, his 21st consecutive hitless at-bat dating back to June 6, Mike Phillips hits for the cycle in the the Mets’ 7–4 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The New York third baseman doubles in the third, triples in the fifth, homers in the seventh, completing the feat with a single in the eighth inning."
Thinking back to the Koosman 100th Mets win, of course one of the highlights was that the Mets broke a 35 inning scoreless stretch - what an anemic offensive bunch the Mets were in most of their first 21 seasons.
A;ways liked Mike Phillips. Always thought they should have played him more.
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