Good morning. Happy
Birthday to Jeff McNeil, reactions the idea of playing in front of empty
stadiums in Arizona and Pete Alonso wants to be a great defender. Let’s hit the links.
SNY.TV:
Mets' Pete
Alonso says he has a new personal goal for 2020 MLB season. "I want to
be not just a force at the plate. I want to not just help my pitchers out, but
help my other infielders out as well. I want to be the best defender I can
possibly be, because if I keep working and helping other people out around the
diamond I feel like that's just gonna improve the team.
Brian Joura Mets
360.com: Ranking Mets’ pitching opponents with the B-R Play Index tool. Brian looked at the pitchers who have the
best stats against the Mets including 1. Sandy
Koufax, 1.44 ERA; Greg Maddux,
35 Wins; Lee
Smith, 38 Saves.
Centerfield
Maz: Hall of Famer Gary Carter:
The Mets Years (1984-1989).
Mets
Police: Best Mets By Number: 8, great picture of Yogi Berra
and Gary
Carter.
Metsmerized
online: Best Five Defenders In Mets History. 5) Juan Lagares; 4) Jerry
Grote; 3) Carlos Beltran; 2) Rey Ordonez; 1) Keith Hernandez;
Metsmerized
Online: Mets Video Vault: 1992 Opening Night vs. Cardinals. Bobby Bonilla makes his Mets debut.
SNY.TV:
Loud Mouths Great Debate: Do Mets need a better 2020 season from Robinson
Cano or Edwin Diaz?
NY
Post.com: What MLB players think of daunting coronavirus return possibility.
“That’s hell” is how one Met described
what could be ahead for players if a plan MLB has mulled to play all of its
games in Arizona is enacted. “I mean we’re talking 120 degrees every day and
playing weekly doubleheaders and 20 days straight.”
12UP.com:
MLB and MLBPA Considering Insane Roster Changes for 2020 Season Plan. Part of the plan to play all games in Arizona
would have teams support a 50-man
roster.
Asian Baseball:
Joel
Sherman NY Post: Japanese baseball delayed again in bad sign for all sports.
Nippon Professional Baseball announced that the start of the Japanese baseball
season, which was rescheduled for April 24, now will not happen until late May
at the earliest.
Kyodo
News: Nippon Professional Baseball is unlikely to alter its plans for a new
schedule in response to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's declaration
Tuesday of a state of emergency to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, NPB
Secretary General Atsushi Ihara said.
Korea Times:
The Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) is targeting an early May start to its
regular season, after it was postponed from its original March 28 Opening
Day because of the coronavirus outbreak. With the number of new cases staying
in the double figures this week, down from triple digits over the past several
weeks, the KBO has become quite hopeful.
Mack’s
Blast From The Past talks about the Binghamton Mets beating the Erie Sea Wolves
7-2 on April 8, 2013. Jack Leathersich,
Danny
Muno, Cesar
Puello, and Erik
Goeddel are featured.
Born on this date:
- Mac Scarce (1949)
- Gary Carter
(1954)
- Pete Walker
(1969)
- Timo Perez (1975)
- Eddie Kunz (1986)
- Jeff McNeil
(1992)
- Jhonfran Escalona (1999)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Chris DeWitt to the Chicago Cubs for Matt Franco on April 8, 1996.
New York Mets traded Chris DeWitt to the Chicago Cubs for Matt Franco on April 8, 1996.
Cleveland Indians claimed Jason Anderson of the New York Mets on
waivers on April 8, 2004.
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1984
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A pitch thrown by Mike Torrez, in
the Mets' 3-1 victory over Houston at the Astrodome, damages Dickie Thon's
face, compromising the promising 25 year-old shortstop's career. The orbital
bone around the left eye is broken by the remorseful right-hander's fastball,
ending the infielder's season and impacting his future as a major leaguer due
to problems with depth perception as a result of the injury.
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1988
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Gary Carter, celebrating his 34th
birthday with a 3-for-3 day including a home run, is doubled off second base
after Howard Johnson lines out to right field to end the game on a bizarre
play. Shortstop Juan Samuel, who had started to throw the relay from
outfielder Chris James back to the mound, tags the Mets' catcher straying off
the bag for the final out in the Phillies' 5-1 victory at Veterans Stadium.
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2000
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Blue Jay southpaw David Wells'
nine-hit complete game 4-0 shutout against Texas at The Ballpark in Arlington
snaps Kenny Rogers' 19-game home winning streak. 'The Gambler's'
accomplishment, compiled while hurling for the Yankees, A's, Mets, and
Rangers, is the third-longest in major league history.
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2005
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Jimmy Carter, who was not invited
by the current administration to be part of the American delegation for
today's funeral of Pope John Paul, attends the home opener at Turner Field.
The former president and his wife Roslyn, who both stayed for the entire
game, enjoy watching the Braves beat the Mets, 3-1.
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2008
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In the last home opener at Shea
Stadium, the Mets are beaten by a pitcher who is older than their ballpark.
Jamie Moyer pitches six strong innings, giving the 46 year-old the victory in
the 45 year-old stadium when the Phillies rally to beat the Mets, 5-2.
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1969: Four expansion teams make their debuts. The Kansas
City Royals, Seattle Pilots, Montreal Expos and San Diego Padres all win their
inaugural games. At Shea Stadium, the Expos defeat the New
York Mets, 11 - 10, to keep the Mets winless for openers. Pitcher Dan
McGinn hits the Expos' first home run as the key hit, a three-run home run
by Coco Laboy, is given up by Canadian-born Mets reliever
Ron Taylor.
2008: Chase Utley ties a major league record by being hit by
pitch three times in a game as the Phillies top the Mets, 5 - 2. Utley is hit
by an Oliver Perez pitch in the 1st inning and is again plunked by Perez in the
4th. In the 7th, he is hit by Scott Schoeneweis to tie the record.
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6 comments:
The perpetually positive and powerful Pete.
We finally get a pumped hitting gem like him, and we end up with COVID. Aggghh!
Pete is a very hard worker. That is something not always measured by the prospect gurus.
Hi,
I noticed that the Coronavirus is in very low number of cases in upstate New York. Therefore I can’t see why minor league baseball could not start let’s say in May and maybe with fans in June. I am talking about Syracuse and Binghamton.
With so few cases they could identify new cases, isolate the patient and locate their contacts to limit any new cases in their area.
Raw -
The coronavirus hasn't even begun to ravage upstate New York like it is doing in the city.
As Governor Cuomo has said, the virus spreads like wildfire. Caution is critical in winning the war. Playing where "it's not here yet" is not worth considering, even without factoring in the players and fans coming from outside the upstate area.
The wave is coming upstate as well. Just hasn't gotten here yet but social distancing is easier up here. Taiwan and Denmark have worked together and have made progress on a 12 minute test that only requires a drop of blood. If they could mass produce that, it would go a long way in solving the problem. https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3912548
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