Good morning, Happy Birthday John Maine,
A-Rod and J-Lo are no longer pursuing the Mets, and Bartolo
Colon stars as “Lo Natural”.
All the news that’s fit
to Link, Mets Links, MLB
Links, Minor League
Links, Asian
Baseball Links, and This
Day in Mets History.
Mets Links:
Thornton
McEnery NY Post: There is no joy in Flushing, for J-Rod has pulled out.
According to multiple sources, Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez are no longer
interested in buying the Mets. That decision was reached after negotiations
with potential partners failed to materialize and it became clear that the
Wilpons’ reluctance to part with SNY makes it almost impossible for anyone
without many billions of dollars to afford owning the team.
SNY.TV:
After diagnosing what ailed Mets' Edwin Diaz
in 2019, Jeremy Hefner details plan to fix him. The main focus is on location.
SNY.TV:
Mets' Pete Alonso
talks potential 2020 MLB season: 'Whatever cards we're dealt, we gotta play
them'. 'I'd just be happy to play baseball'.
Mike’s
Mets: “Flash in the Pan. Mike talks
about Mets that started out real promising such as Victor Diaz
and Anderson
Hernandez.
SNY.TV:
5 most underrated Mets of all time:
Armando
Benitez, 1999-2003; John Olerud,
1997-1999; Howard
Johnson, 1985-1993; Sid
Fernandez, 1984-1993; Jon Matlack,
1971-1977.
We’ve been talking about how SNY.TV has been broadcasting
the 1969 World Series TV Games this week.
Last night WFAN had Mets vs. LA Dodgers; 2015 NLDS Game #1, 10/17/2015;
Tonight it’s Mets vs. LA Dodgers 2015 NLDS
Game #3, 10/20/2015 starting at 7 which you can
hear at this link.
Mike
Puma NY Post: Mets’ Jed Lowrie signing heading to complete bust status.
12Up.com: Bartolo
Colon Reveals Origin of 'Big Sexy'
Nickname. "Noah
Syndergaard just started
calling me Big Sexy in 2015, and the name stuck. I don't think I'm sexy, but if
the fans like the name, I like it, too."
“Lo Natural" starring Bartolo
Colon.
"Lo Natural" starring Bartolo Colon 🔊🔊#BigSexy #LGM @mets @MLB @Cut4 pic.twitter.com/fLXOJ1LE8G
— Athlete Logos (@athletelogos) May 7, 2020
ESPN.com:
Bryce
Harper: MLB 'dumb' to keep major leaguers from playing in Olympics.
Yahoo
Sports: Take notes, MLB. The KBO has some pointers for making baseball more
fan-friendly. “Korea’s bat-flipping artistry is well-documented. Yet
it doesn’t end there. Korean baseball also leads the way in weird glasses. Fans
sing and chant in unison. Cheerleaders hype the crowd. They have coordinated
mascot dances. There are fire-breathing robot dragons, even though they have
nothing do with their team or its mascot.”
MetsMinors.net:
MMN Roundtable: Which Player is Primed For a Breakout Season? Ernest
Dove’s choice was RHP Jose
Butto saying: “My reports on him last season were that he was one of
the most dangerous pitchers to face in the South Atlantic League. He has the
confidence and determination to succeed. His teammates raved about his pitching
and ability, feeling his off-speed arsenal will play at the higher levels.”
Other players picked: Mark
Vientos, 3B; Warren
Saunders, INF; Robert Dominguez, RHP; Franklyn
Kilome, RHP; Brett
Baty, 3B. If they asked me I
would have picked Wilmer
Reyes or Ranfy
Adon.
12Up.com:
Every Baseball Fan Needs to Learn These Weird KBO Rules. “…games
have a 12-inning limit. That means games can end in ties, even in the
postseason. Those games can last up to 15 innings, but if it ends in a draw the
entire game is replayed… The top team in the regular season automatically
advances to the championship series. And if two teams are tied, a new rule
states there will be a one-game playoff to determine who automatically advances
to the Korean Series.”
Elite
Sports NY: KBO: The NC Dinos are off to a New York Mets-like start to the
season. “Can the Dinos keep up the winning? It’s impossible to say. Too
often, the Mets have looked good out of the gate, and then fallen apart all too
quickly.”
Yesterday in the KBO, Aaron Altherr did not start but pinch
ran in an 8-2 NC Dinos win over the Samsung Lions (Box
Score).
The Doosan Bears 9 – LG Twins 3 (Box
Score), Chris Flexen got the win 6 innings, 7 hits, 3 runs, 1 walk, 6 Ks.
Former @Mets pitcher, Chris Flexen making his KBO debut! pic.twitter.com/QoXBDX3Jgc
— Jason Radowitz (@Jason_Radowitz) May 7, 2020
In the CBP this morning it’s the Fubon
Guardians Vs. the Uni lions and the Rakuten Monkeys VS. CTBC Brothers –
which you can see here:
2020.05.08 LIVE - @RakutenMonkeys🐵ⓥⓢ #CTBCBrothers🐘
— CTBC Brothers (@CTBC_Brothers) May 8, 2020
Stay tuned with @CTBC_Brothers and @ELTASports at 6:35pm(GMT+8)!#LetsGoBrothers💪💪💪https://t.co/b0rUckGx7V
Mack’s
Blast From The Past May 8, 2012: Mack wrote: Jacob
deGrom Baffles Blueclaws in Svannah Debut Monday.
Born on this date:
- John Maine (1981)
- Adrian Gonzalez (1982)
- Sean Gilmartin (1990)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Larry Foss to the Milwaukee Braves for Chico Fernandez on May 8, 1963.
New York Mets traded Jay
Hook and Adrian Garrett to the Milwaukee Braves for Roy
McMillan on May 8, 1964.
New York Mets released Dick
Tidrow on May 8, 1984.
New York Mets traded Matt
Harvey to the Cincinnati Reds for Devin
Mesoraco on May 8, 2018.
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1961
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The New York Metropolitan Baseball
Club, Inc. announces the New York National League franchise's team nickname
will be the Mets. Other names considered included the Avengers, Burros (a
play on the word boroughs), Continentals, Islanders, Jets, Rebels, Skyliners,
and the Meadowlarks, which was the first choice of owner Joan Payson.
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1973
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On a rainy night at Shea Stadium,
the seventh-inning line drive off the bat of Atlanta's Marty Perez strikes
Jon Matlack's forehead so hard that the ball ricochets into the Mets dugout.
Fortunately, the 23 year-old southpaw sustains only a hairline fracture of
his skull, and will return to the mound on May 19 to blank the Bucs for six
innings at Pittsburgh.
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1997
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At the age 20, Ryan Jaroncyk, the
Mets first-round draft pick of the Mets in 1995, retires from baseball, citing
he finds the game 'boring'. The healthy, hard-working, introspective athletic
graduate of Orange Glen High School (Escondido, CA), who the team had hoped
to be their shortstop of the future, leaves the franchise after receiving an
$850,000 signing bonus, which the club will not ask their former player to
return.
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1963:
The Braves acquire Chico Fernandez from the Tigers for Lou Johnson and cash, then turn
around and swap him to the Mets
for Larry
Foss.
1983
- Darryl Strawberry gets his first major
league hit,
a single that scores Danny
Heep, in a 10 - 5 Mets win over the Reds.
1998:
Cardinals 1B Mark McGwire hits his 400th career home run in
a 9 - 2 loss to the Mets.
He is the 27th player to reach 400, and does so in fewer at bats than anyone in history, 4,726. Babe
Ruth had taken 127 more at-bats, having held the old record.
2015
- Cole Hamels and the Philles win 3 - 1 over the Mets
and Matt Harvey. Jonathan Papelbon picks up the save, his 112th as a member of the Phils, to tie Jose
Mesa atop the team's leader board; he is also the Boston Red Sox all-time save leader, with
219. Only Robb
Nen had previously led two separate teams in saves before him.
Want more?
Check out https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/news.
8 comments:
Thanks for the shoutout John. I have to keep hyping Jose Butto. Fellow players believe hes a legit major league starter for years to come. One player joked "I'd bet my signing bonus (it was 6 figures) he becomes a major leaguer and does well.
John -
I have my own thoughts on the A-Rod J-Lo No-Go this weekend.
Good to know about Butto.
Lowrie was an unnecessary and clearly regrettable signing. From Iron Man to junk yard dog.
Great stuff as always John. Can’t believe Puma went out on a limb like that and already has called Lowrie a bust. Next thing we know, he’ll start criticizing the Cano deal.
Wish Flexen well. Always liked him and wish the Mets kept him. I felt like he didn’t get a good enough shot. He was one of those victimized by the Astros.
Butto pitched last year for a Columbia team that did not support him with runs.
His WHIP alone could easily reverse his 2019 W-L from 4-10 to 10-4.
I also heard Hayden Senger might be legit as a future catcher.
Thanks Ernest. I will be looking forward to seeing him one day in Binghamton or Syracuse. Can't wait for some of last year's Brooklyn Cyclones team to make it to St. Lucie so you can see them as well.
Always liked Chris Flexen as well Gus. Liked Drew Gagnon too. Thought they both could have been handled better. But I guess when you are not a prime prospect you have to excel whenever or wherever you are used or chances dry up.
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