Entries from Mike's Mets tagged with 'Mets History'
Getting to Second Base
I'll be touching on this in more detail at some point very soon, but all of us die-hards who pay attention in the off-season understand that Luis Castillo -- barring an unlikely trade or injury -- will provide a dominant...
A History of the Mets at Second Base Part 10 - The Future
Editor's Note: This is the last in a series of ten new articles Barry has written on Mets second basemen for this site. - M.S. Most Mets' fans were pretty sure what the Mets' plans would be for filling the...
A History of the Mets at Second Base Part 9 - 2006 - 2008
Editor's Note: This is the ninth in a series of new articles Barry will be writing on Mets second basemen for this site. - M.S. When the Mets signed veteran Jose Valentin in December of 2005, no one paid much...
A History of the Mets at Second Base Part 8 - 2004 - 2005
Editor's Note: This is the eighth in a series of new articles Barry will be writing on Mets second basemen for this site. - M.S. After disposing of Roberto Alomar, the Mets went into the 2003 off-season with Danny Garcia...
A History of the Mets at Second Base Part 7 - Roberto Alomar
Editor's Note: This is the seventh in a series of new articles Barry will be writing on Mets second basemen for this site. - M.S. The combination of Robin Ventura at third base and Edgardo Alfonzo at second worked quite...
A History of the Mets at Second Base Part 6 - What Was and What Might Have Been (The Carlos Baerga era/error)
Editor's Note: This is the sixth in a series of new articles Barry will be writing on Mets second basemen for this site. - M.S. Historically, the Mets organization has not produced many major league caliber second basemen, but in...
A History of the Mets at Second Base Part 5 - Jeff Kent
Editor's Note: This is the fifth in a series of new articles Barry will be writing on Mets second basemen for this site. - M.S. On August 29, 1992, the Mets traded David Cone, one of the mainstays of their...
A History of the Mets at Second Base Part 4 - Gregg Jefferies
Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of new articles Barry will be writing on Mets second basemen for this site. - M.S. Gregg Jefferies was not the first great Mets prospect. A couple of them, Tom Seaver...
A History of the Mets at Second Base Part 3 - The Seventies and Eighties
Editor's Note: This is the third in a series of new articles Barry will be writing on Mets second basemen for this site. - M.S. Ken Boswell started the '70's as more or less the regular at second base. The...
A History of Mistakes at Second Base
Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of new articles Barry will be writing on Mets second basemen for this site. - M.S. It's hard to believe how in the past 15 years the Mets have had so...
Fifty Years of the New York Mets: A Conference at Hofstra University
On the eve of the historic Presidential Debate at my home institution, Hofstra University, I would like to announce officially that on November 3, 4, and 5, 2011, Hofstra University will host a conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the...
Memories of Steve Chilcott
Editor's Note: I've been privileged for the last couple of years to run Barry's pieces on Mets history on this site. Barry isn't blogging currently, but I will rerun some of my personal favorites of Barry's writings once or twice...
Looking Back To 1962 - Al Jackson -The Mets' ONLY Good Pick
Editor's Note: I've been privileged for the last couple of years to run Barry's pieces on Mets history on this site. Barry isn't blogging currently, but I will rerun some of my personal favorites of Barry's writings once or twice...
Old Time Mets - Warren Spahn
Editor's Note: I've been privileged for the last couple of years to run Barry's pieces on Mets history on this site. Barry isn't blogging currently, but I will rerun some of my personal favorites of Barry's writings once or twice...
Turn Back The Clock - Mets' Top 10 Prospects 40 Years Ago
Editor's Note: I've been privileged for the last couple of years to run Barry's pieces on Mets history on this site. Barry isn't blogging currently, but I will rerun some of my personal favorites of Barry's writings once or twice...
Old Time Mets - John Stearns
In the 1973 Amateur Draft, right after the Texas Rangers selected the highly regarded and ultimately ill-fated David Clyde with the first pick, the Phillies used the second selection to take catcher John Stearns out of the University of Colorado....
You Gotta Have a Catcher
In the 1961 expansion draft, the Mets made Hobie Landrith, a journeyman catcher, their very first pick. Why Landrith rather than someone who could be considered a prospect? Manager Casey Stengel had a simple explanation - "You gotta have a...
Respect for the Past Shouldn't Be History
Dana Brand is the author of the terrific and highly recommended book Mets Fan. Dana is also a professor at Hofstra University. On his blog yesterday, in a post titled Honoring and Studying the History and Culture of the Mets,...
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