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Baseball is back baby!!!! And I only have one thing to say. pic.twitter.com/OgexHjxlSK
— Pete Alonso (@Pete_Alonso20) June 23, 2020
Clear eyes.
— Greg Prince (@greg_prince) June 24, 2020
Empty park.
Play ball. pic.twitter.com/aNNIVPmlaK
Mets.com:
Mets' Top 5 general managers: DiComo's take. 1. Frank Cashen, 1980-91, '93
(Key moves: Drafted Darryl
Strawberry and Dwight
Gooden; traded for Keith
Hernandez and Gary Carter);
2. Bing Devine, 1966-67 (Key moves: Signed Tom Seaver;
drafted Jon
Matlack and Gary Gentry); 3. Johnny Murphy, 1967-70 (Key moves: Acquired
manager Gil Hodges and players Donn
Clendenon and Tommie Agee);
4. George Weiss, 1961-66 (Key moves: Signed Bud Harrelson, Cleon Jones, Ed
Kranepool, Tug McGraw and Ron Swoboda); 5. Omar Minaya, 2005-10 (Key moves:
Signed Carlos Beltrán, Pedro Martinez and Billy Wagner; traded for Carlos
Delgado and Johan Santana; drafted Matt Harvey and Jacob
deGrom).
MLB
Trade Rumors: Third Bidder For Mets Emerges. Scott Soshnick of Variety reports that brothers David and Simon Reuben, whose combined
estimated worth is a whopping $14 billion, are now “exploring” a bid. Real
estate opportunities in the area surrounding Citi Field are likely a driving
factor in the interest, per the report.
NY
Post: Yankees Stadium, Citi Field will be crowded for Yankees, Mets. Mets
officials have discussed the possibility of utilizing MCU Park in Brooklyn —
home of their Class-A affiliate — as an overflow site for workouts, according
to industry sources...One source said MCU Park was “on the table,” as a
possible workout locale, but nothing has been finalized.
Rising
Apple: The importance of Turk Wendell on the 2000 roster. “He made 77
appearances on the mound—the most of any pitcher on the team. His 82.2 relief
innings also bested everyone with Mahomes getting a portion of his 94 as a
starter.”
6/23/2019 Pete Alonso hits his 27th home run of the year, breaking Darryl Strawberry’s club record for homers by a rookie. In 1983, Strawberry’s rookie year, he hit 26 home runs in 122 games. Alonso hit his 27th homer in his 77th game.@Pete_Alonso20 pic.twitter.com/AMhnF26CqM
— This Day in Mets History (@NYMhistory) June 23, 2020
Yahoo
Sports: Here are the key dates in MLB’s new season: June 26: MLB’s transaction
freeze ends; July 1: Players report to summer camp; July 23/24: Opening Day; August
31: Trade deadline; September 15: Playoff eligibility deadline.
MLB.com: FAQ: All
you need to know about 2020 season. What will the rosters look like? To
help ease players into competition, each club will have a 30-man roster for the
first two weeks, 28 for the next two weeks, and 26 for the remainder of the
season. Teams will submit lists of 60 players eligible to play in 2020 -- the
40-man roster plus a "taxi squad" of 20 players.
Yahoo
Sports: No bubble built, MLB considering contingency plans if coronavirus
surges force teams out of home parks. “A source familiar with the league's
thinking acknowledged it's possible that COVID spikes could force teams to
relocate away from their home stadiums, with spring training facilities,
minor-league parks, or other MLB stadiums standing in as potential options.”
Buster
Olney ESPN: What to love, loathe, look forward to and fear about MLB in 2020
and beyond. “Here are things I do not understand: Why did it take so long
for Major League Baseball and the players' association to get to this moment
when they agreed on just about nothing? Why did the stewards of the game
recklessly drag it over the past six weeks? Why is the relationship between the
union and MLB so toxic and unproductive? Why was there such tone-deafness to
the national and international context?”
CBS
Sports: MLB season: Seven big questions – including #4. When will the MLBPA
file its grievance?
Kevin
Davidoff NY Post: MLB is back: Answers to seven pressing questions. Q: “Did
either side actually prevail? A: The players won by a score of -10,000 to
-15,000 — which is to say that while both lost big, at least the players
galvanized like we haven’t seen in a generation.”
CBS
Sports: MLB negotiations winners and losers: Why owners and players union show
up on both lists.
MLB.com:
20 reasons to be excited for the 2020 season. #14. Who's up for a Pete Alonso
encore?
Vasilis
Drimalitis Amazing Avenue: It still isn’t safe for baseball to return in
America. As much as I miss the Mets, it would be best if MLB would officially
cancel the season for everyone’s safety.
Albany
Times-Union: Many feel loss of ValleyCats home opener. Tri-City would have
made Bruno Stadium debut on Wednesday.
#Mets Minors 6.24.16: Tomas Nido gives St. Lucie true walk-off win https://t.co/2r1CFeRygk
— Adam Rubin (@AdamRubinMedia) June 25, 2016
Yesterday in Japan:
Hanshin Tigers 4 Yakult Swallows 1 Nori Aoki
1 for 3; Gabriel
Ynoa 4 Runs, 5 innings, 7 hits, 2 Ks. (Box
Score). Video Highlights including
nice catch from Nori Aoki.
Nori Aoki is back in LF today for the Yakult Swallows (Box
Score).
Yesterday in the KBO.
Doosan Bears 9 SK 2 Chris
Flexen 6 innings, 7 hits, 2 runs, 8 K’s, 0 BBs. (Box
Score).
NC Dinos 4 KT 3. Aaron
Altherr 0 for 4 (Box
Score).
Today’s games for Drew
Gagnon’s Kia Tigers, Aaron
Altherr’s NC Dinos, and Chris
Flexen’s Doosan Bears have been postponed.
Mack’s
Blast from the Past: Mack Ade – Morning Report – 6-24-13. “Brooklyn signed,
and pitched, a new starter yesterday. Dario
Alvarez was an undrafted international free agent that the Phillies brought
to their DSL team in 2007. He pitched there for three years, disappeared (like
so many of these guys do) for two years, and resurfaced yesterday for the
Clones. The 6-1 lefty is now 24-years old and pitched well at this level far
below where he should be at: 4.1-IP, 1-ER, 5-K.”
Mack’s
Mets Bonus Blast from the Past: 6/24/2013: Ernest Dove - Should the Mets
skip Noah
Syndergaard to the SHOW next year?
Born on this date:
- Mike Bruhert (1951)
- Trey
Cobb
(1994)
- Hunter
Parsons
(1997)
- Fernando
Villalobos
(2002)
Transactions:
New York Mets traded Al Yates to the Boston
Red Sox for Dennis
Bennett on June 24, 1967.
2005
|
Due to Bernie
Williams dropping the ball in center field, the Mets become the first
National League team to hit three sacrifice flies in one inning. Backstop Ramon
Castro's sac fly to right ties the game at 1-1 as David
Wright advances to third; the Yankees' center fielder then drops Jose
Reyes' deep fly ball, allowing Wright to score; Mike
Cameron skies to right, plating Doug
Mientkiewicz, who had advanced to third on an errant pickoff throw.
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2008
|
During an eventual 11-0
interleague loss to the Mariners at Shea Stadium, Brian Runge enrages Jerry
Manuel when the ump appears to show up Carlos
Beltran after calling a strike on the center fielder. The commissioner's
office will suspend the home plate umpire for one game for bumping the Mets
manager during the ensuing heated argument, with the New York skipper and
outfielder, who were both thrown out of the game, fined for arguing balls and
strikes.
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2018
|
The Dodgers tie a National League
record, last accomplished by the 2006 Braves, when the team socks seven solo
shots, dealing the Mets a crushing 8-7 loss at Citi Field. Former New York
infielder Justin
Turner delivers the decisive dinger in the top of the twelfth inning to
complete the series sweep and extend the team's consecutive win streak over
the Amazins to twelve straight victories.
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1969: Richie Allen is fined $2,500 and suspended indefinitely when he fails to
appear for the Phillies twi-night doubleheader game with the Mets. Allen had gone to New Jersey in the morning to
see a horse race and got caught in traffic trying to return. He will stay
suspended until July 20th. Allen picked up a $1000
fine in May when, for two straight days, he reportedly arrived at the ballpark
after the game had started. Without Allen, the Phils drop a pair, 2 - 1 and 5 -
0. Larry Hisle's homer in the opener off Tom Seaver is the only Phils
score. Jim McAndrew is the winner in the nitecap, allowing two hits in eight
innings.
1971 - The Mets' Tom Seaver smashes an 8th-inning homer off Montreal's Bill
Stoneman to win his own game,
2 - 1.
1972 - Culminating a long battle to reach pro baseball, Bernice Gera umpires the first game of a doubleheader between Auburn and Geneva (New
York-Penn League). Several
disputes take place and she ejects the Auburn manager, Nolan
Campbell. Gera resigns before the
second game, leaving in tears, saying resentment from the other umps was a
factor in her decision. She will later work in the Mets' public relations department.
1992: The Mets, behind Doc Gooden, defeat the Cubs, 3 - 2, at New York. Danny Jackson takes the loss. Gooden has now beaten the Cubs 12 straight
times. Before his loss in August 1987, he had another streak of 10
straight wins over the Cubs.
1993: The Mets tie
an 86-year-old record when they lose to the Cardinals, 8 - 5. They have not won two
straight games for the 61st consecutive time.
2012: The Yankees snap R.A.
Dickey's streak of 44 2/3 innings without allowing an earned run with
four 3rd-inning runs on their way to a 6 - 5 win over the Mets. Robinson Cano snaps a 5 - 5 tie with an
8th-inning homer off Miguel Batista. Dwight Gooden still holds the Mets
franchise record with 49 consecutive innings without an earned run in 1985.
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7 comments:
O, somewhere in this favored land dark clouds may hide the sun,
And somewhere bands no longer play and children have no fun!
And somewhere over blighted lives there hangs a heavy pall,
But Baseball hearts are happy now, for Clarke and Manfred say play ball.
https://www.baseball-almanac.com/poetry/po_case2.shtml
John, so silly that they are not ready to start the season on July 4 weekend. All that haggling, all that delay.
Crazy. Both bit their nose off to spite their face.
I fear a strike in 2022, unless somehow both sides have a change in attitude. Other sports teach compromise, MLB only head-butting.
Getting back to 2020, I have 2 questions:
1)We have start dates for reporting and season openers. When will pre-season games begin, and will they only be in geographic proximity (i.e, multiple Mets-Yankees games)?
2) With 40-man rosters plus a 20-man taxi squad per team, what will the taxis do once games start? Will there be exhibition games in the ML stadiums, or some other plan? If there is some sort of MnL system, those teams will need rosters of more than 20.If not, there needs to be a way for the taxis to stay in competitive shape.
A lot of details are missing.
Question...
Doesn't the players union and the owners have a 2021 agreement in place that would prevent any strike until 2022?
Yes, they do, which is why I said I fear a strike in '22.If the two sides don't get sense knocked into their heads by the end of'21, it'll be a LOOOONG Winter. Maybe 6 months or more.
Those who don't learn from history....
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