Rising
Apple: Mets could regret letting Steven Matz
leave more than Noah
Syndergaard. Writer Tim Boyle makes the case that with Thor’s Tommy John
operation, there are no guarantees Thor will be the better pitcher in the
future.
Metsmerized
Online: MMO Exclusive: MLB Pipeline’s Jim Callis Talks Mets’ Draft. About
the Mets First Round Draft Pick, Pete Crow-Armstrong Jim Callis said: “Overall,
he might be the best high school outfield defender and is a plus runner with
the chance to be a plus hitter. His power is a question mark, but I think he
could be a 15-20 home run guy. His floor and ceiling are both very high for a
player coming out of high school.”
Joel
Sherman NY Post: MLB’s best hope is for the silent majority to rise up. One
player said, “I’m no expert on the mechanism that is needed, but I do know as a
baseball fan and player that we can’t do this (publicly squabble and hurt the
product) anymore if we want baseball to be cool in the future. We are doing a
major disservice to the next generation and the game.” One agent: “I think
there are bullies on both sides and if you privately polled the non-bullies
this would be a different negotiation.”
Kevin
Kernan Ballnine.com: Lowering the Bar, Lowering the Boom. “Both the owners
and the players have forgotten fans pay their salaries. A tipping point is near…The
majors had their lowest per game attendance last season since 2003 at 28,198
fans per game and the second lowest rated World Series, an 8.1 rating. Perhaps
fans are getting bored seeing all those 42,823 strikeouts last season, another
K record, or the 15,895 walks. So that means 58,718 batters went to the plate
last season and the ball was not put in play.”
Baseball
Mexico Blog: CHITO RODRIGUEZ URGES LMB TO CANCEL SEASON. A widely-respected
Salon de la Fama member with over four decades of Mexican League front office
experience is calling on the LMB to cancel the 2020 season due to ongoing
uncertainty regarding the Wuhan virus outbreak in Mexico. When asked by writer
Angel Villegas last week about the upcoming Mexican League season, Rodriguez
was quoted as saying, "cancel it," in Puro Beisbol. "I don't
think baseball being played in the LMB is possible this year. The country is
immersed in the virus and we don't know when it will be solved."
1987 - Tom Seaver abandons his
comeback attempt with the injury-riddled Mets and retires
with a career Win-Loss record of 311-205, an ERA of 2.86, 3,640 strikeouts (3rd
on the all-time list behind Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton), and 61 shutouts (7th).
2017:The Dodgers complete a four-game sweep of the Mets with
a 6 - 3 win. Joc Pederson hits a go-ahead home run in the 7th and
teammates Enrique Hernandez and Justin Turner also go deep in the win.
Over the four games, Los Angeles outscored New York 36-11 and banged 15 homers
to move into first place in the NL West.
Another in the "time flies" department: Darrell Ceciliani turning 30. Seems like only yesterday that he was drafted.
My father suggested to me, as I rooted for the Mets against Jim Bunning late in the perfect game, that I root for Bunning that day, as he said to me that a perfect game was such a rare thing. I think I still kept rooting for the Mets to come back, though.
Hope all the fathers had a great Fathers Day. You are all Essential.
Let's hope the games go on, with strong precautions against getting Covid. It seems to be weakening - why else is a county like Suffolk, with nearly 2 million people, averaging just 1 Covid death per day and new hospitalizations down to about 10 per day? Why else would NYS's death rate be down 98% from its peak?
Apologize for being so picky, but that Dodger game film was not on Fathers Day. Went to every one (even yrs in Bklyn) and the never played the Pirates on FD.
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Another in the "time flies" department: Darrell Ceciliani turning 30. Seems like only yesterday that he was drafted.
My father suggested to me, as I rooted for the Mets against Jim Bunning late in the perfect game, that I root for Bunning that day, as he said to me that a perfect game was such a rare thing. I think I still kept rooting for the Mets to come back, though.
Hope all the fathers had a great Fathers Day. You are all Essential.
Let's hope the games go on, with strong precautions against getting Covid. It seems to be weakening - why else is a county like Suffolk, with nearly 2 million people, averaging just 1 Covid death per day and new hospitalizations down to about 10 per day? Why else would NYS's death rate be down 98% from its peak?
Apologize for being so picky, but that Dodger game film was not on Fathers Day. Went to every one (even yrs in Bklyn) and the never played the Pirates on FD.
Sorry.
I became close with Akeem and his family when he was with the Mets.
His fabulous Mom still follows me on FB.
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