Mack Ade – Morning Report – 3-23-13

Another donation of $25.00 came in today and I want to thank the giver. The total is now $275.00 and well on the way to my $500.00 goal for March. I can’t express how much this is needed and I bless all of you for your gifts.

Look, I let everyone else join on the David Wright bandwagon yesterday. I like to tell small stories about the time I spent with some of these guys during the three years I was honored to have clubhouse passes to the Mets spring training.

There are strict rules when you are in there. You just can’t wander around and tap on the shoulder of players you wanted to talk to. The rookies are in the front row and, if they are sitting facing towards the outside, they are ripe for approaching, but anything in the back row takes the blessing of Jay Horwitz, who organizes when the beat reporters can all swarm towards their lockers.

That happened a few times with David when I was there, but I never felt comfortable to ask a question. I was just the beat reporter for Savannah, so it wasn’t my place to join in here.

A day came prior to the Mets first 2007 scrimmage that takes place the day before the first ST game. The Mets used to use this opportunity to raise monies for the unfortunate death of their 2001 OF prospect, Brian Cole.

I happened to be standing near the entrance to the coach’s office when Bobby Bonilla came in for the union meetings. Wright walked from around his locker and, off the cuff, said to me he couldn’t believe what a hulk of a man Bonilla still was. I told him to get Bobby Bo fitted for a uniform and we both laughed,

I decided to break protocol and asked David if I could record his thought on Cole before that game was played the next day. He said sure, and escorted me past the coaches offices and out the back door where the in-net pitching warm-up cages were. We talked for around 10 minutes which I still have on tape.

I found out later that I was wrong about their relationship together and, in fact, they never played a lick together. Still, David took pity on a lost reporter and gave me what information that I needed.

THAT’S, IMO, is why the class act named David Wright is captain.

John Delcos on David Wright - link - Wright is simply the best player the Mets have, and arguably the best player – outside of Tom Seaver – they ever produced. And best, I mean both on and off the field.

Well, the good news is Mack’s Mets has full time on-site reporters for all upcoming Savannah Sand Gnats (Wally Murphy, ‘Savannah Bug Spray’) and Las Vegas 51s (‘Sin City Savoy’) home games. The sad news is we failed to recruit anyone for either Binghamton or St. Lucie. Please contact me at macksmets@gmail.com if you are still out there and are willing to contribute to any number of games.


Did you see TC's comments about Jay Horwitz possibly playing the outfield at some point this season? Should the manager of the New York Mets be disrespecting the players he has on his roster this much a week and a half before the season starts? 

Yeah, I know, it's a joke. It sure is.

Ronny Cedeno cleared waivers after release from St. Louis.

The Toronto Blue Jays claimed RHP Todd Redmond

From ex-Mack’s Mets writer Stephen Guilbert - The only two qualifying shortstops who had both a higher OBP and fielding % than Ruben Tejada in 2012 were Elvis Andrus and Derek Jeter.

THREE-YEAR TOTALS FOR HOME RUNS PER PARK
MOST HOMERS	LGE	LVL	HR/G	FEWEST HOMERS	LGE	LVL	HR/G
High Desert	CAL	HiA	3.10	Savannah	SAL	LoA	0.63
Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	2.75	Augusta	SAL	LoA	0.72
Lancaster	CAL	HiA	2.48	Jupiter	FSL	HiA	0.73
Columbus	IL	AAA	2.46	Lakewood	SAL	LoA	0.78
Stockton	CAL	HiA	2.38	Birmingham&	SL	AA	0.78
Springfield	TL	AA	2.35	Mississippi	SL	AA	0.82
Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	2.22	Palm Beach	FSL	HiA	0.82
Reno	PCL	AAA	2.21	West Michigan	MWL	LoA	0.87
Bakersfield	CAL	HiA	2.12	Rome	SAL	LoA	0.87
Tacoma	PCL	AAA	2.10	Wilmington	CAR	HiA	0.89