Good Morning. Happy Birthday to Anthony
Recker and Noah
Syndergaard. Mets Doubleheader
sweep Yankees, and Steve Cohen emerges as final bidder for Mets.
Section Links: Mets Links, MLB Links, and This Day in Mets History.
Game 1, Mets 6 Yankees 4. Michael
Wacha 3 innings, 6 hits, 1 HR, 4 runs, 4 earned runs, 1 walk, 7 Ks; Walker
Lockett (W, 1-0) 2 innings, 2 hits, 0 runs, 1
walk, 2 Ks; Dellin
Betances 1 inning, 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 BB, 1 HBP; Edwin Diaz
(S,2) 1 inning, 0 hits, 0 runs, 3 Ks - 16 pitches – 11
strikes; Pete Alonso
1 for 4 (HR #6), 1 run scored, 3 RBIs; Dominic
Smith 1 for 2 (HR #7), 2 runs scored; Jake
Marisnick 2 for 3 (HR #1), 1 RBI, 1
run scored; Michael
Conforto 2 for 4, 1 run scored; Jeff McNeil
0 for 4. (Box
Score).
Pete Alonso - New York Mets (6) 3-run. pic.twitter.com/SIQbghbS54
— MLB HR Tracker (@hr_mlb) August 28, 2020
Dominic Smith - New York Mets (7) Solo. pic.twitter.com/t2UtJ64mgJ
— MLB HR Tracker (@hr_mlb) August 28, 2020
Game 2, Mets 4 Yankees 3. David
Peterson 4 innings, 3 runs, 3 earned runs, 4 hits, 3 walks, 3Ks,
70 pitches – 37 strikes; Jeurys
Familia 1 inning, 0 runs, 1 hit, 2 walks, 2 Ks; Brad Brach
1 inning, 0 runs 0 hits; Jared
Hughes (W, 1-1) 1 inning, 1 hit, 0 runs, 2Ks;
Amed
Rosario (PH) 1 for 1 (HR #3), 2 RBIs, 1 run sored; Dominic
Smith 2 for 3, 1 RBI; Jeff McNeil
1 for 2, 1 walk; Michael
Conforto 1 for 3, 1 run scored; Luis
Guillorme 0 for 1, 1 run scored, 1 walk; Ali
Sanchez 1 for 2. (Box
Score).
Brian Joura
Mets360.com: Too many Mets fans were
all gloom and doom after they got swept by the Marlins a few days ago so
hopefully a sweep of the hated Yankees gets those fans to back away from the
ledge. And if a sweep by itself wasn’t good enough, how about one where the
Mets collected come-from-behind wins in both games? Who saw that coming?
Just spitballing here, but ... two comeback wins vs. the Yankees + Steve Cohen emerging as the clear it favorite to own the team ... top five day in #Mets history?
— Mike Vaccaro (@MikeVacc) August 29, 2020
“Wait a second, Steve. The value of this franchise just went up.”
— Greg Prince (@greg_prince) August 29, 2020
NY
Post: Mets place Corey Oswalt on IL in latest rotation setback. Corey
Oswalt on the 10-day injured list with right biceps tendinitis.
It's happening! As I have repeatedly told you all Jeff Wilpon isn't involved in the decision making of the sale. Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz are calling the shots. This makes it very likely Cohen will be the next owner of the #Mets https://t.co/g5d2bGtSZj
— Laura Goldman (@laurasgoldman) August 29, 2020
MLB
Trade Rumors: Mets Claim Guillermo Heredia from Pirates. “Heredia has appeared in 390 Major League
games, mostly with the Mariners, and posted a combined .239/.317/.339 batting
line. As a solid outfield defender with a bit of speed and a career
.275/.338/.400 batting line against lefties, he can be a useful bench piece
when he’s at his best.”
MLB.com:
Here’s every team’s Trade Deadline strategy. “Mets: General manager Brodie
Van Wagenen has indicated a preference to be conservative, but as long as Van
Wagenen is in charge, there's always a chance the Mets do something unexpected.”
Rising
Apple: Mets Trade Deadline: Three arms to consider adding before the deadline.
Angels Dylan
Bundy, Rangers Lance Lynn,
Royals Trevor
Rosenthal.
Prime
Time Sports: 5 Trade Deadline Targets for the New York Mets. Orioles Alex Cobb;
Rockies Matt
Kemp; Astros Lance
McCullers Jr.; Reds Trevor
Bauer; Angels Dylan Bundy.
More on Hot Mic-gate:
Reflections
on Baseball: Mets Dysfunction: This One Is For The Ages – Van Wagenen Picks Up
1st Prize.
You dropped this, King. 👑#RingTheBell pic.twitter.com/LpafTinsnc
— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) August 29, 2020
Phillies 7 Braves 4 (Box
Score).
Nationals 10 Red Sox 2 (Box
Score).
Rays 2 Marlins 0 (Box
Score).
Hey, you like baseball? Then you'll love LESS BASEBALL!!! https://t.co/VcaHAsCn2e
— Metstradamus (@Metstradamus) August 29, 2020
We are devastated by the tragic loss of Chadwick Boseman. His transcendent performance in “42” will stand the test of time and serve as a powerful vehicle to tell Jackie’s story to audiences for generations to come. pic.twitter.com/8oU7QpdLSE
— MLB (@MLB) August 29, 2020
Maybe tomorrow we'll all wear 42, that way they won't tell us apart
— Baseball Quotes (@BaseballQuotes1) August 28, 2020
pic.twitter.com/xOJRsWbJ8L
Born on this date:
- Rusty Tillman (1960)
- Bill Latham (1960)
- Henry Blanco (1971)
- Anthony Recker (1983)
- Noah Syndergaard (1992)
Died
on this date:
- Dick Selma (2001)
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1965
|
Giants center fielder Willie Mays
breaks Ralph Kiner's record for home runs in a month when the 'Say Hey Kid'
hits a moon shot off Jack Fischer for his 17th round-tripper in an 8-3
victory over New York. The former Pirates outfielder, now a broadcaster for
the Mets on WHN radio and WOR-TV, calls the four-bagger which breaks the
monthly mark he established with 16 round-trippers in 1949 during September.
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2011: It's a rare good day for the Mets,
who sweep the Marlins in a doubleheader at Citi Field,
2 - 1 and 5 - 1. R.A.
Dickey pitches 7 scoreless innings to win the opener, and Dillon Gee follows
by allowing only 1 run in 6 innings in the nitecap to improve to 12-5 on the
year. Jose
Reyes returns to the line-up in the second game and drives in a
run, after missing three weeks to a hamstring injury. The Mets had been swept
in their previous two doubleheaders this year.
Want more? Check out https://sportspyder.com/mlb/new-york-mets/news.
15 comments:
How funny that the Mets also swept a DH on the same date in 2011, considering how rare double headers are (at least until this year).
Last nite's sweep feels a little like the Mets' turnaround in August 1969.
I am assuming Matz goes today? Time for Stevie Wonder to step up big then.
I confess I missed last nite's tilt. Long, long day out, and just as I was getting home, Ali Sanchez hit into a double play and I didn't put the channel on until after the game was over. Nice for it to turn out great.
Maybe this gets Rosario going.
Nice to see Alonso hit a straight away bomb. And Dom hitting his 7th in 75 ABs? The comp to An in-his-prime Adrian Gonzalez looks better every day. In 2019 and 2020, in 252 at bats, he has 20 doubles and 17 HRs....huge power #s.
Lockett, who I've often criticized, did great, and Diaz was smoking in the closer role. Before you cringe watching him next time, remember that he has fanned 25 guys in 11 innings, which is truly sick.
Chadwick Boseman dead of COLON CANCER at age 43? How incredibly tragic - great actor. Thought he was the soon-to-be-successor to Denzel W as the world's best black male actor, if he wasn't there already. Loved him in Draft Day, 42, Black Panther, and other movies he made.
I just completed a blasting Sunday post against the 2020 Mets and then these two games happen.
Woke up to good news on the Cohen front.........nothing against ARod's group, but Cohen will be in a better position to spend on the team, even after the purchase.
But, as I suspected, the media had to sprinkle in a bit of controversy.
First it was JLo's comment about MLB missing out on a minority couple owing the team (not even close to the reason why they were not picked), then the last paragraph hatchet job on Cohen about his past and the unfounded harassment allegations against his business (not him, personally). All the while, ignoring ARod's steroid scandal.
I don't think any of the listed crap belonged in the story, but it is pretty easy to see the media trying to create drama......and, perhaps some sour grapes showing through?
In any event, I hope Cohen wraps this up shortly and the team can move onto a better future.......one without people like Jeff Wilpon!
Mike
Maybe he can buy the newspapers too and shut them down as well.
Thanks, Mack! 😘
This will put you to the test, Mack. You said very firmly that there's no way the NL owners will approve Cohen. What happens now if they don't?
Bill
I said that when I thought that the sex charges were against him, not members of his boys club.
He will make the proper personnel changes.
I was wrong.
Mike -
Miss your writing
Thanks, Mack........still dealing with a ton of personal/family issues for now, but your site is still my first stop each morning with my coffee.
Money talks the loudest and right now all the owners are hurting for money. They are hoping Cohen comes in and starts paying huge luxury taxes to fill their pockets.
Thanks for clarifying. I hope that if he does buy the team he doesn't become embroiled in a scandal.
Good points, John. But it's not all about the Benjamins. If it were, how can we explain the Rays and Twins?
Right Bill, winning is not all about the money. You have to have a good plan like the Rays and Twins have. The best plan was on display last year in Brooklyn where a team that emphasized speed, defense, fundamentals, and manufacturing runs won the championship without any of the team's so called top prospects until the playoffs when Baty and Matt Allan were added to give them playoff experience.
Bring Back Fonzie!
AMEN! Will we ever learn the full story behind his firing?
Maybe - as long as we get him back I will be happy.
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