Good morning, Happy Birthday Marcus Stroman, the Mets announce Ticket refund policy, and another potential Mets Buyer emerges.
NY
Post: Wayne Rothbaum emerges as potential Mets buyer for ‘fire sale only’.
According to multiple sources familiar with the situation, biotech investor
Wayne Rothbaum is still interested in buying the money-losing MLB franchise
from the Wilpons, but without the team’s money-making cable network SNY
included, Rothbaum would only pony up at an amazin’ discount. “I think he likes
the idea of $1 billion,” one source told The Post. “
NY
Post: Mets unveil ticket refund plan for games lost to coronavirus. On Thursday the club announced that ticket
holders for “impacted games” – those scheduled for March and April at Citi
Field – can exchange those tickets for future dates, in 2020 or 2021, or submit
a request online for a refund. Ticketholders requesting a refund can do so
through their “My Mets Tickets” account online, beginning May 7 at 10 a.m. All
ticket refunds will result in the forfeiture of bonus credit and priority
ticket access.
NY
Post: Yoenis Cespedes Mets ‘hope’ comes with expected MLB coronavirus change.
“For most people I would say no, but I have actually thought about him and I
think he would be the perfect guy to be their full-time DH,” a major league
talent evaluator said Thursday.
NY
Post: David
Wright adds to the legend of Jacob
deGrom with jersey-ripping episode.
Centerfield
Maz: Marcus
Stroman: 2019 Mets Pitcher (2019-2020).
Centerfield
Maz: Remembering Mets History: (1968) Ron Swoboda
Slugs Seven April HRs.
Matt
Musico Metsmerized Online: Mets’ Recent Wave of Homegrown Starters Have Already
Made a Mark. “Matt Harvey
made a splash in the big leagues before going down and coming back from Tommy
John surgery. Zack
Wheeler showed flashes of what he was capable of prior to succumbing
to the same ailment (he technically isn’t homegrown but he’s close enough). Jacob
deGrom went from filling in for Rafael
Montero to the 2014 National League Rookie of the Year. Noah
Syndergaard and Steven Matz
rounded things out upon making their respective debuts in 2015 and
having an immediate impact.”
Brian Joura Mets360.com:
Mets 2020 projections: Wilson
Ramos. 501 PA; .280/.350/.425; 16 HR; 70 RBIs.
ESPN.com:
Is the Astros' title tarnished? Is Jeter overrated? We settle the biggest
debate for all 30 MLB teams. For the Mets - Did the Mets ruin Johan
Santana by letting him finish his no-hitter?
MLB.com: This is the biggest trash talker on every team. For the Mets, they have Lefty Reliever Justin
Wilson. “He busts me all the
time,” said fellow reliever Robert
Gsellman.
MLB LINKS:
CBS
Sports: MLB is optimistic about playing a 2020 season; here are five issues
that need to be addressed first. 1. Testing, testing, testing; 2.
Improved hygiene standards; 3. Contingency plans; 4. Union agreement; 5. Other
logistics.
MLB.com:
2020 LLWS, MLB Little League Classic canceled. It's the first time
in the history of the Little League organization that the World Series has been
canceled. The regional qualifying tournaments that lead up to the LLWS were
also canceled. So was the 2020 MLB Little League Classic, which would have
taken place between the Red Sox and Orioles on Aug. 23 in Williamsport.
Minor League Links:
J.D.
Martinez, Alex Bregman … Jordan Luplow? The three best hitters
against left-handed pitching included “Jordan
Luplow, who put up a jaw-dropping 198 wRC+ and slashed .320/.439/.742 in 155
plate appearances versus southpaws.”
Asian Baseball:
CPBL
Stats: Taiwan’s Fubon Financial Eyeing New York Mets? On April 27, Forbes
published an article and hinted that Taiwanese billionaire Richard Tsai might
enter a joint venture to purchase the New York Mets. When asked upon by the
Taiwanese media, the Fubon representative declined to comments on this matter.
CPBL
Stats: Uni-Lions Sign Logan Darnell. Logan Darnell joined the Minnesota
Twins organisation in 2010 and made his MLB debut in 2014. In his short stint
in the big league, he posted a 7.50 ERA, 1.62 across 24 innings of work with
the Twins.
Yesterday in the CPBL
Uni Lions 12 Chinatrust Brothers 6 (Line Score).
Today's Games in the #CPBL
— CPBL 中華職棒 (@CPBL) May 1, 2020
18:35 GMT+8, 6:35 ET@CTBC_Brothers (5-7) vs @RakutenMonkeys (9-2)
SP: Ariel Miranda (2-0, 1.50 ERA) vs Lisalverto Bonilla (1-0, 4.70 ERA)@FubonGuardians (4-8) vs #UniLions (6-7)
SP: Henry Sosa (1-1, 3.15 ERA) CHIANG CHEN-YEN (0-2, 9.00 ERA)
We have double header today.
— ELEVEN SPORTS TAIWAN (@ElevenSportsTW) May 1, 2020
⚾| 2020/5/1 18:30(GMT+8) #Guardians vs #UniLions. Watch here! Brought to you by MOMO TV. @FubonGuardians
*Excluding Taiwan https://t.co/ZJAF7iTq0t
Born on this date:
- M. Donald Grant (1904)
- Roy Lee Jackson (1954)
- Ray Searage (1955)
- Charlie O'Brien (1960)
- Armando Reynoso (1966)
- Joe Hietpas (1979)
- Manny Acosta (1981)
- Marcus Stroman (1991)
- Tanner
Murphy (1998)
Transactions:
New York Mets released Clem Labine on May 1, 1962.
New
York Mets released Joe
Ginsberg on May 1, 1962.
New York Yankees signed Casey
Fossum of the New York Mets as a free agent on
May 1, 2009.
1965
|
Yogi Berra, appearing in his first
game since 1963, grounds out to first base unassisted when he pinch-hits in
the eighth inning of the Mets' 9-2 loss to the Reds at Crosley Field. The
former Yankees icon, who became a player-coach for the crosstown rivals after
being fired as the Bronx Bombers' manager last fall, will play in four
National League contests, collecting two hits in nine at-bats before retiring
as a player.
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1974
|
Tom Seaver strikes out 16 Dodgers,
giving up only three hits in twelve innings of work, but gets a no-decision
when the Mets lose the Chavez Ravine contest in 14 innings, 2-1. Steve Garvey
strokes a walk-off single to center field off Harry Parker, scoring Billy
Buckner with the winning run.
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1980
|
The Mets are fined by Commissioner
Bowie Kuhn as the result of disparaging remarks made against the Yankees by
Jerry Della Femina, the president of the team's advertising agency. The
high-powered ad man, who is being paid $400,000 to develop a campaign to
bolster the sagging attendance at Shea Stadium, made sarcastic comments about
crosstown rival players Reggie Jackson and Bucky Dent and was quoted to say
their Bronx ballpark was in an unsafe neighborhood.
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1980
|
Mets starter Pete Falcone sets a
franchise record when he strikes out the first six batters he faces, a group
that includes Pete Rose and Mike Schmidt among the half dozen batters, in the
team's 2-1 loss to the Phillies at Shea Stadium. The southpaw's mark remains
intact for 34 years until Jacob
deGrom, who will become the National
League's Rookie of the Year, fans eight Miami batters from the start of a
2014 game to tie Jim Deshaies’ major league record.
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1984
|
Dwight Gooden becomes the first
teenager to strike out at least ten players since Bert Blyleven accomplished
the feat in 1970. The Mets' 19 year-old phenom, who will break Herb Score's
rookie record with 276 Ks this season, will have a total of 15 double-digit
strikeout games this year.
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2000
|
San Francisco's left fielder Barry
Bonds becomes the first player to hit a ball into San Francisco Bay, aka McCovey's
Cove. The first 'splashdown' home run at Pacific Bell Park helps the Giants
to beat the Mets, 10-3.
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2011
|
The Phillies fans attending the
ESPN Sunday Night Game against the Mets start chanting "USA, USA"
when word spreads of the death of Osama Bin Laden. The reaction of the
sellout crowd comes as a surprise to the players on the field, who are
unaware of the historic event.
|
1966
- In the course of Pittsburgh's 8 - 0 shellacking of the lowly New
York Mets, in which the latter's total of 4 hits is equaled by Roberto Clemente, the Pirate right fielder
hits one ball, leading off the 4th, that the young Ron Swoboda, playing left field for the Mets
that day, will recall, some thirty years later, as "the hardest ball I
ever saw hit." Bucs beat writer Les Biederman concurs: "The first hit by
Clemente was one to remember. It started out on a line toward the right-center
fence and came within inches of clearing the wall
at the 436-foot sign. It bounced off the wall right back into rookie Billy Murphy's hands." "The ball got
there so fast, and bounced back to Murphy so hard," notes Dick Young of the New York Daily News,
"that the speedy Roberto got only two bases." "But," adds
Biederman, "the blast caused a rumble through the stands and no doubt
unnerved Jack Fisher."
2010:
Roy Halladay throws his second shutout in three starts when the Phillies stop the Mets'
winning streak at 8 games with a 10 - 0 win. Mets starter Mike Pelfrey's scoreless innings streak is
stopped at 27 as he is charged with his first loss of the season.
2011:
C Ronny Paulino collects a career high 5 hits in
7 at-bats in his first start for the Mets
after serving out a 50-game suspension begun last season, and then spending
time on the disabled list with anemia. His 14th-inning
double drives in the go-ahead run in a 2 - 1 win over the Phillies. The win is overshadowed by chanting
in the stands at Citizens Bank Park as media outlets
announce the death of terrorist Osama bin Laden during the 9th inning. Starter Chris Young gives the Mets seven
scoreless innings of two-hit ball, but Cliff
Lee only gives up one run in 7 for the Phils, who tie the game with
a run scored without the benefit of a hit in the 8th. Taylor Buchholz is the winner for the Mets
in the marathon game, beating Kyle Kendrick.
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NBA has a novel idea as to how to possibly finish the basketball season - DISNEYWORLD!
NBA looking into playing out season at Disney World: report
By KRISTIAN WINFIELD:
May 01, 2020
The NBA has an out-of-the-box idea for a new location to play its games when the season resumes — whenever that day may be.
That idea is moving its operation down to Florida and playing games at the Disney World in Orlando, according to The Athletic. Maybe they’ll replace the Jerry West logo with Mickey Mouse next.
The NBA has had its season on hold since March 11 when All-Star Jazz center Rudy Gobert became the first of more than a dozen players to test positive for the coronavirus. Four Nets players alone contracted the coronavirus in its early stages in the country in mid-March, one of whom was Kevin Durant.
Since then, the United States has become the world’s coronavirus hotspot with more than 1 million confirmed cases and 60,000 COVID-19 related deaths. Rims have been removed from parks and gatherings have been banned.
The NBA has shut down all training facilities in hopes to mitigate the spread of the virus, though the league is exploring ways to reopen facilities as early May 8 in states that are reopening. The league has kicked the can down the road on restarting the season.
There can be no season if there are no players, and there are no players if they aren’t healthy.
Disney World makes sense. It houses the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, which is regularly used for basketball tournaments and can offer 12 basketball courts in broadcast-ready facilities. The resort also contains nearly 5,000 hotel rooms, critical for housing NBA players, coaches, staff and personnel. The warmer-weather temperatures in Florida are also a plus, as coronaviruses survive shorter periods of time at higher temperatures, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It also doesn’t hurt that professional sports have been deemed essential in the state of Florida. Because what’s more important than getting buckets on a Tuesday afternoon?
In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has begun laying the foundation for what it would take to begin reopening businesses: two consecutive weeks of decline in new coronavirus cases, beginning with upstate New York then slowly assessing New York City and its suburbs.
The face of the league certainly doesn’t want the season canceled. On Thursday, LeBron James shot down any idea of punting basketball to next season.
“Saw some reports about execs and agents wanting to cancel season??? That’s absolutely not true,” he tweeted. “Nobody I know saying anything like that. As soon as it’s safe we would like to finish our season. I’m ready and our team is ready. Nobody should be canceling anything.”
No, LeBron, nobody’s canceling anything — so long as you’re cool with Mickey and Minnie as the only fans in attendance.
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