Good Morning.
Happy Birthday Dominic
Smith, Tony Clark,
Brett
Butler, Eduardo Nunez, and Jose Peroza, it’s the anniversary of the Midnight Massacre when Tom Seaver
and Dave
Kingman were traded and Mets'
Dominic Smith pens statement on racial injustice: 'Silence Kills'.
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Mets.com:
Mets’ Dom Smith: Racism ‘happens every day’. "As a black man in
America you encounter racism on every level. Your parents prep you for it. They
prep you for routine police stops. They prep you on how to talk to people with
respect. When you have one strike against you [your skin color] you have to
make the people you come across like you, and you do it with respect, with a
smile, with love."
Brian Joura Mets
360.com: Peter Crow-Armstrong and the Mets’ top 100 picks of the last 11 years.
Bran makes a great observation about Sandy Alderson’s draft strategy vs. recent
years: “The Mets decided to go cheap early in order to have money available for
later rounds. It seemed backwards at the time and history hasn’t validated the
approach; either, at least not for the Mets. Alderson did this again in 2013
and then went with a more neutral approach. Van Wagenen has done the exact
opposite, going overslot early. My preference is for the latter approach,
spending money to get premium guys in the first few rounds, rather than round
11 and later. Hopefully, Allan, Ginn and others will justify Van Wagenen’s
financial commitment.”
Violeta
Pietonico Metsmerized Online: 2021 Mets Free Agent Targets: Center Field. 1)
George
Springer; 2) Mookie
Betts; 3) Starling
Marte; 4) Jackie
Bradley Jr.;
Rising
Apple: Pete Alonso
is a lock for the franchise home run record, right?
Rising
Apple: Good NY Mets players best known for one real bad moment. Carlos
Beltran’s Looking at Strike 3 and Jeurys
Familia quick pitch Home Run are included.
June 14, 1980: The Magic is Back ... If Only For a Night. Read one fan's story of Steve Henderson's dramatic 9th inning HR off Allen Ripley to give the @Mets a 7-6 win: https://t.co/KMoKVQSq8C #LGM #MetsRewind pic.twitter.com/085Y7mMKer— Mets Rewind (@metsrewind) June 14, 2020
“It was both the worst day and the best day as I look back on it now. The team was being run into the ground. If I had stayed, would I have won 300 games? It would have been nice to be a Met my whole career, but I’m eternally grateful to have experienced all I did.” - Tom Seaver pic.twitter.com/T6JHUgBCxT— Mets Rewind (@metsrewind) June 15, 2020
The Mets have not yet signed any un-drafted Free Agent
players. Here
is Baseball America’s on-going list of signees.
Ken
Davidoff NY Post: It’s decision time for Rob Manfred after MLBPA issues
ultimatum. After weeks of fruitless, ugly negotiations between the players
and owners, the PA announced Saturday night that it would not counter MLB’s
latest proposal, which called for a 72-game season and guaranteed the players
70 percent of their prorated salaries. Instead, PA executive director Tony
Clark declared, “It is time to get back to work. Tell us where and when.”
MLB
Trade Rumors: “A New York district court judge has ordered MLB and the Yankees
to unseal a 2017 letter sent by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred to Yankees GM
Brian Cashman regarding rules violations that occurred in 2015-16, as first
reported by Evan Drellich of the Athletic. As Drellich suggested, the Yankees
are likely to appeal the ruling, hear Greg Joyce and Ken Davidoff of the New
York Post. The suit, brought by a collection of daily fantasy players against
MLB, the Astros, and the Red Sox, was dismissed in April and is pending appeal
to the Second Circuit. The Yankees are not a party in the action.”
MLB.com:
Which state is best at baseball? All 50 ranked. 1) California: 2,311 players, 11,519.2 WAR; 2)
New York: 1,216 players, 5,893.7 WAR; 3) Pennsylvania: 1,434 players, 5,853.3
WAR.
MLB.com: Each
team's best season by a player over 40. Mets -- Bartolo
Colon, age 43, 2016
NC Dinos 9 Kiwoon Heros 5 (Box
Score). Aaron Altherr
3 for 4 with 3 RBIs and 2 runs scored. Through 35 games Aaron’s stats were .294/.378/.605
- .983 OPS, 9 HR, 35 RBI, 34K, 11BB.
Aaron Altherr / 알테어 / has just hit a #DinoDinger coming in at 410 ft.— NC Dinos UK (@NCDinosUK) June 14, 2020
Not only did it score 3 runs giving the #NCDinos a 9-4 lead over the #KiwoomHeroes but it produced some of the best reactions you'll see in the #KBO pic.twitter.com/zjfjupGr8Y
Other Ex-Mets in the KBO:
Chris
Flexen: In 6 games this year Chris is 2-0, 2.92
ERA, 37 innings, 31 hits, 12 earned runs, 13 BB, 30 Ks.
Drew
Gagnon: 7 games this year Drew is 3-3, 3.57 ERA, 40.1
innings, 34 hits, 16 earned runs, 9 BB, 45 Ks.
Born on this date:
- Ken Henderson (1946)
- Brett Butler (1957)
- Dave Liddell (1966)
- Tony Clark (1972)
- Jeremy Reed (1981)
- Dominic Smith (1995)
- Eduardo Nunez (1987)
- Jose Peroza (2000)
Died
on this date:
- Larry Foss (2019)
Transactions:
New York Mets purchased Gene Woodling from the Washington Senators on June 15, 1962.
New
York Mets purchased Bob
Friend from the New York Yankees on
June 15, 1966.
New
York Mets traded Kevin
Collins, Steve Renko, Jay Carden and Dave Colon to the Montreal Expos for Donn
Clendenon on June 15, 1969.
New
York Mets traded Tom
Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds for Doug
Flynn, Steve Henderson, Pat
Zachry and Dan
Norman on June 15, 1977.
New
York Mets traded Dave
Kingman to the San Diego Padres for Bobby
Valentine and Paul
Siebert on June 15, 1977.
New
York Mets traded Mike
Phillips to the St. Louis
Cardinals for Joel
Youngblood on June 15, 1977.
New
York Mets purchased Andy
Hassler from the Boston Red Sox on
June 15, 1979.
New
York Mets traded Bob
Myrick and Mike
Bruhert to the Texas Rangers for Dock
Ellis on June 15, 1979.
New
York Mets traded Neil
Allen and Rick
Ownbey to the St. Louis
Cardinals for Keith
Hernandez on June 15, 1983.
New
York Mets sold Mike
Jorgensen to the Atlanta Braves on
June 15, 1983.
New
York Mets traded Jay Tibbs, Eddie Williams and Matt Bullinger to the Cincinnati Reds for Bruce
Berenyi on June 15, 1984.
New
York Mets released Gary
Matthews on June 15, 2010.
New
York Mets purchased Brooks
Pounders from the Cleveland
Indians on June 15, 2019.
1969
|
The Mets acquire Donn Clendenon from
the Expos in exchange for right-hander Steve Renko, infielder Kevin Collins
along with two minor league prospects. The 33 year-old first baseman, who
will be named the MVP of this season's Fall Classic, plays a pivotal role,
both on the field and in the clubhouse, in the team's world championship.
|
1977
|
The Mets trade the 'Franchise,' Tom
Seaver, to the Reds for pitcher Pat Zachary, second baseman Doug Flynn, and
minor leaguers Steve Henderson and Dan Norman. New York also trades Dave
Kingman to the Angels for Bobby Valentine and a minor league player.
|
1983
|
The Cardinals trade former MVP Keith
Hernandez to the Mets for a pair of right-handed hurlers, Neil Allen and Rick
Ownbey. The righties will compile a 21-22 record for the Redbirds, and the
Gold Glove first baseman will spend seven seasons in New York, batting .297,
playing an instrumental role in the club's World Championship in 1986.
|
2007 - Julio Franco comes to bat against Roger Clemens. Their combined age is 93 years, 246 days, the oldest
pitcher-batter matchup in the major leagues since Rube Walberg and Nick Altrock on October 1, 1933. Franco and
Clemens had first faced off on May 15, 1984, 19 months before
the Mets' starting left
fielder in this game, Carlos Gomez, was even born.
2015: The Mets snap
the Blue Jays' 11-game winning streak with a
two-run rally in the bottom of the 11th that gives them a 4 - 3 win. Jose Bautista homers twice for Toronto,
including a game-tying shot in the top of the 9th, and the Jays take the lead
on Dioner Navarro's sacrifice fly in the 11th, but RBI
singles by Lucas
Duda and Wilmer Flores in the bottom of the inning
give the game to the Mets.
You Tube:
Amazing
Avenue: This Date in Mets History: June 15 — Mets wave goodbye to Seaver, hello
to Hernandez.
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3 comments:
"Which state is best at baseball? All 50 ranked. 1) California: 2,311 players, 11,519.2 WAR; 2) New York: 1,216 players, 5,893.7 WAR; 3) Pennsylvania: 1,434 players, 5,853.3 WAR.
- Interesting, but why not Florida and Texas? Because, apparently, this is all time historical, and Fl and Tx weren't heavily populated for a long time, relative to NY.
Happy birthday, Dom Smith. May you have all the success you are capable of, and nothing less.
I don't know why, when I hear someone say Tom Terrific, my first thought is, "Why are they talking about me?" LOL
So glad Tom Brady was not able to trademark "Tom Terrific."
Dom's story is a truly inspirational one. All the best to him and his family.
NDFA signings... No mas.
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