Mets’ Opening Day opponents, sites through the years
Some various facts about the Mets’ Opening Day opponents through the years… As far as individual players …
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By the numbers: Mets home openers
We all know the success the Mets have had on Opening Day since losing eight of their first nine. But having attended every full-capacity
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Worth the Price
I originally wrote this post in July 2010, just after David Price‘s first All-Star selection. With the news this offseason that he won’t pitch in 2023, I figured it deserved an update. Back before the 2010 MLB draft, a story…
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History | Media | MLB | Out of Left Field
Hank Aaron’s football fandom
I recently was flipping through a stack of programs, yearbooks and magazines my father-in-law gave me, all mostly centered around Pittsburgh sports, reflecting his fandom. While leafing through an issue of Pro! (“The Official Magazine of the National Football League”)…
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Tommy Lasorda’s brief return to managing
In 2008, the Dodgers called on Tommy Lasorda to return to the bench.
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Hall of Fame | MLB | Nostalgia
When Niekro pitched to Boggs
I never got to see Phil Niekro pitch during his career, even though he pitched for five-plus seasons after I went to my first baseball game. But in 2017, I got to watch him throw batting practice to fellow Hall…
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Hall of Fame | History | Mets | MLB | Nostalgia
Thoughts on the passing of Tom Seaver
News of Tom Seaver‘s death came out on my 44th birthday. That makes me too young to have seen him in his original Mets tenure, or to have had a reaction to his 1977 trade to the Reds. I went…
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Hall of Fame | History | MLB | New Jersey
Finding New Jersey in the Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame this year unveiled a new initiative called “Starting Nine,” essentially a scavenger hunt for fans of each team when they visit the museum this year. The staff at the Hall selected nine artifacts from each franchise…
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Tom Seaver’s career through the eyes of a fifth-grader
As something of a coda to my recent post about Tom Seaver‘s brief comeback with the Mets in 1987 — a comeback that ended when he announced his retirement on June 23 of that year — here is a brief…
