CitiField Goes Green
An article was posted on the Mets website about how the team is making CitiField environmentally friendly. The article describes some of the things they’re doing to accomplish this. It’s actually pretty cool. I was actually at the press conference this morning not as a member of the press but as a guest of a […]
Jack Curry on Santana’s Changeup
Jack Curry has an article in today’s New York Times discussing Johan Santana‘s changeup and how much it looks like a fastball. Here are some quotes: Rick Peterson: “When you talk to hitters and hitting coaches, the No. 1 factor for being a productive hitter in the major leagues is pitch recognition. If your fastball […]
Welcome back, Darryl
Darryl Strawberry, the Mets career leader in home runs, RBIs and walks, is back with the team. Strawberry will be a full time instructor this season. According to a couple of reports I read Strawberry looks like he’s in playing shape. He’ll serve as an outfield instructor at spring training and be a roving minor […]
McNamee Was Almost A Met
Joel Sherman reports in today’s New York Post that the Mets looked into hiring Brian McNamee as batting practice pitcher before last season. After third base coach Manny Acta left to manage the Baltimore Orioles the Mets found themselves needing a BP pitcher (Acta had been the primary BP pitcher) and then hitting coach Rick […]
Alomar Jr. Added To Coaching Staff
The Mets have announced that Sandy Alomar Jr. will join his father, Sandy Alomar Sr., on the coaching staff. Alomar Jr. will replace Tom Nieto as the catching instructor. Nieto will be moving over to first base where he will replace Rickey Henderson.
Santana Introduced At Shea
Johan Santana was introduced at Shea yesterday. This was one of the biggest non-events I’ve seen in a while. We already knew he was a Met. We already knew what he would say (I’m glad to be in New York, baseball is a team game, etc.). There was really nothing new. It was nice to […]
Nieto Named First Base Coach
Tom Nieto has officially been named the Mets new first base coach, a move that had been rumored for a while. Nieto replaces Rickey Henderson who was brought on for the job at the All Star break last season.
Mets To Play In Civil Rights Game
On March 29 the Mets will close out spring training in Memphis, Tennessee against the Chicago White Sox in the 2008 Major League Baseball Civil Rights Game. Last year the St. Louis Cardinals and Cleveland Indians played in the inaugural Civil Rights Game. Who knew?
Minaya In Denial?
The following quotes were attributed to Mets GM Omar Minaya yesterday: If there’s front line starting pitching out there, we are going to have dialogue with those teams. That beings said, we are going to talk to clubs. Deals don’t have to happen here. A lot of times conversations are going. I remember when I […]
Minaya Defends Milledge Trade
Omar Minaya on the trade that sent Lastings Milledge to the Washington Nationals for outfielder Ryan Church and catcher Brian Schneider: Before we made this trade, we checked around with some of the teams and said, ‘Will this compromise or hurt the possibility of getting the trades done with the players we’re talking about? They […]
