New York Mets
-
On April 20th, 1967, Tom Seaver of the New York Mets recorded his first major-league victory with a 6-1 triumph over the Chicago Cubs. Seaver went 7 2/3 innings and gave up eight hits and one run. Tom Seaver won a total of 311 games in his 20-year career. He won 3 Cy Young Awards and Read more
-
On April 12th, 1965, Richie Allen hit the first home run in the Houston Astrodome, off Bob Bruce, as the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Astros 2-0. I have a special place in my heart for the Astrodome, “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” Just as I have for the Metrodome and Wrigley Field. 20 years after Richie Read more
-
Finally, the long dark night of the soul is over. Tomorrow there will be boxscores that matter again and game summaries worth reading closely. It is Opening Day! My local nine, The Minnesota Twins, are in St. Louis to play the Cardinals today. While the Mets are in Houston and the Pirates in Miami. Baseball Read more
-
With Opening Day less than a month away, my mind turns more and more to The Game. This year the teams that I will be following most closely are: The Twins collapsed last year due to a combination of injuries and poor situational hitting. They enter this season with injury questions around three key position Read more
-
Tonight the Mets begin their NLCS series against the Yankees of the West Coast. This first game of the series will be on FOX which means I will actually get to see it. Some numbers: None of that though matters. Right now, the Mets are playing better. Hitting for more power. Driving in more runs. Read more
-
During the regular season, I have a subscription to MLB.com. It allows me to watch just about any baseball game I wish to watch. So during the regular season when I wanted to catch the Mets, it was an easy thing to do. Not so though now that playoff games have started. In a misguided Read more
-
October baseball is Playoff Baseball. It is Reggie Jackson and Bill Mazeroski. It is the best and worst time of the year if your team is still playing. It is a time of great hope balanced with great despair. My local team, the Minnesota Twins, are done after an epic collapse. My other team, the Read more
-
On September 7th, 1973, New York Mets starting pitcher Jerry Koosman who had a streak of 31.2 consecutive scoreless innings had it snapped when a run crossed the plate in the bottom of the third inning in the team’s 4-2 victory in Montreal. At the time it was a Mets record. Koosman’s record of not Read more
-
On September 6th, 1985, in a matchup of aces that actually lived up to its advanced billing, Mets phenom Dwight Gooden and Dodgers phenom Fernando Valenzuela hooked up in one of the best pitchers’ duel in recent memory. New York beat Los Angeles at Chavez Ravine, 2-0. Darryl Strawberry hit a two-run double to score Read more
-
On August 30th, 1974, Keith Hernandez made his major league debut, going 1-for-2 with a pair of walks and an RBI for the Cardinals. The Cardinals however fell to the San Francisco Giants 8-2, as starter Sonny Sievert gave up 6 earned runs over the first two innings. Only 3,111 fans showed up at Candlestick Read more
ClimbingSky 