Category: Links
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Read – Terry Collins: Mets manager is relaxed and rewarded
In a wonderfully written story for Newsday, Mets beat reporter Marc Carig tells the story of Mets manager Terry Collins. Carig chronicles Carig’s tale from the beginning with an endless journey as a player in the Pacific Coast League, an 11-year banishment from managing in the big leagues after failed stops in Houston and Anaheim,…
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Read: Why comedians love the Mets
In an entertaining story for the Wall Street Journal, Mets beat reporter Jared Diamond explores the reasons as to why celebrity comics love the Mets. “The Mets, with their goofy mascot, kitschy fight song and propensity for spectacular meltdowns, could practically fill a dugout with the A-list comedians who are diehard fans,” Diamond writes. Diamond…
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Read: Tyler Clippard’s transformation from failed starter to dominant reliever
In what has been a turbulent season for the Mets in their bullpen, Sandy Alderson made the necessary move by shoring u their late inning relief corps when he acquired Tyler Clippard from the A’s in exchange for Single-A prospect Casey Meisner in late July. And Clippard has served as an unsung hero for the Mets.…
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Watch: Put It In The Books: WOR’s Legendary Mets Announcer Howie Rose
WOR 710 AM Radio, spearheaded by Executive Producer of New York Mets Baseball Joseph Curci, has produced a short documentary on Howie Rose, the voice of Mets baseball on the radio. In this documentary, Rose reminisces about his childhood fandom of the Mets as the cameras follow him in a day of the life as…
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Read: “Where would we be without Mr. D?”
On Wednesday night, former Mets co-owner Nelson Doubleday died at the age of 81. In a story for MLB.com, Marty Noble looks back on Doubleday’s ownership of the Mets from 1980-2002. Here is an excerpt: The traffic on the Major Deegan Expressway was at a standstill in both directions; it had been for close to…
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