Fun fact about Cancel: he hit his first major league home run NINE YEARS after his major league debut. Cancel debuted with the Brewers all the way back in 1999 and finally hit one out with the Mets in 2008. How could you not love this guy? - link
The Five-Time Atlantic League Champion Somerset Patriots have announced the signing of outfielder Wayne Lydon. Lydon played the 2009 season with the Camden Riversharks and finished with a .273 average, 148 hits, 12 doubles, 13 triples, five homeruns, 54 RBI, and 72 stolen bases in 139 games. He has three seasons of Triple-A experience with the Toronto Blue Jays organization, including a season in 2008, where he had 129 hits, 42 RBI, 71 runs scored, and 43 stolen bases. In 2007, Lydon had 125 hits, including 21 doubles, 39 RBI, 80 runs scored, and 26 stolen bases in 126 games at the Triple-A level for the Blue Jays. In addition to his time with the Blue Jays, Lydon spent seven seasons with the New York Mets organization, reaching as high as the Double-A level. He has played in 1,186 minor league games and has a career .260 batting average with 1,150 hits, 140 doubles, 66 triples, 36 homeruns, 399 RBI, and 499 stolen bases. –
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Don Zimmer, an adviser to the Tampa Bay Rays, agreed to wear a Fox microphone as he sat behind home plate in the team’s Saturday game against the Yankees. Instead, he disappeared. “I hope he didn’t leave the stadium with the microphone,” said Fox’sJoe Buck. “Because those accountants at Fox will hunt him down.” No need: Zimmer left the mike in the Rays clubhouse. — USA Today - - link
John Franco - 276 saves with the Mets makes him first all-time by a lot. From 1990-1998, Franco pitched at the back end for the Mets with a 2.80 ERA (141 ERA+) and averaging 39 saves per 162 games and led the league in saves twice. Franco was also the lead character on the Mets, being named their captain, and led them through the lean years of the early 90s. Franco was relegated to set-up man later on in his Mets career but did that job well too, posting even higher K/9 as his save total dwindled. Franco may not have been the flashiest of closers but his 424 career saves is 4th all-time. Although he didn't pitch in the playoffs until he was 38, his playoff numbers were very good putting up a 1.88 ERA over 14.1 innings and winning two games. One of those two wins was the only Mets World Series win since they won it all in 1986. With his work on behalf of multiple charities and for firefighters after 9/11, Franco was truly a New Yorker, too - link
The Five-Time Atlantic League Champion Somerset Patriots have announced the signing of outfielder Joe Holden. Holden last played in 2008 for the St. Lucie Mets of the Florida State League, finishing with a .259 batting average, 30 hits, three doubles, and 11 RBI in 42 games. - link
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