2020 NEW YORK METS: “I want to be on a parade float, drunk as hell.”

“I want to keep on playing through October,” Alonso said. “It would be nice to play all the way through 'til November. That’s the goal. I don’t want to think of Sept. [27th] as the last day of the season. I want to win the last game of the year.”

The Mets’ ability to do so will revolve in large part upon Alonso’s ability to repeat his historic rookie season. After it ended, Alonso returned to a life that was similar in all respects but one: “A lot more people knew my name.” At home in Florida and New York, he continued to work tirelessly on his defense, calling a Gold Glove the individual goal he covets most. He officially won the National League Rookie of the Year Award in November, before receiving the trophy from Jerry Seinfeld -- “someone I look up to” -- at the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s New York Chapter dinner.

https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/pete-alonso-sets-big-goals-for-himself-mets

a team about something

Seth Lugo suffered a fractured right pinky toe.

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idgi

George is alive and well, I hope

mets will retire jerry koosman's #36 in june

of little confort

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2020/3/9/21172558/mets-michael-conforto-injury-new-york-update-mri

the Mets play in... Corona

right up til Doomsday

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28948489/mets-noah-syndergaard-expected-undergo-tommy-john-surgery

That is a bummer, indeed.

This is my first official Tweet. If what I have said here offended you in any way, I deeply apologize.

— Howie Rose (@HowieRose3) April 11, 2020

he offended me last year when he said "We don't need no stinking badges" was from Blazing Saddles

Newsflash: Mets suck

you musta quit drinking

it's tough being Not at the bar

Want to hear vintage Lindsey, Bob and Ralph? Special treat! Join me Wednesday on WFAN at 6:30 for a pre game show and then at 8, a rebroadcast of Tom Seaver’s 19 K performance including the last 10 straight vs SD on the game’s 50th anniversary.

— Howie Rose (@HowieRose) April 20, 2020

:o

our promotions joke here

https://www.amazinavenue.com/2020/4/21/21229290/mets-news-alex-rodriguez-jennifer-lopez-jp-morgan-bid-purchase-jeff-fred-wilpon

i'd forgotten the Seaver 19-K game was on the first Earth Day

Tonight-Another rarity on WFAN. Rarely heard radio broadcast of game 3 1969 NLCS vs. Braves w/Lindsey, Bob and Ralph. Mets outslugged Braves in series. Art Shamsky hit .538 and he will join me tonight at 6:30. Game at 7. Art’s book After the Miracle a poignant look at that team.

— Howie Rose (@HowieRose) April 30, 2020

welp missed that

these have to be online

pic.twitter.com/eDIxNCDUwH

— Cara Jeffrey (@cara_jeffrey) May 1, 2020

I didn't know about this show til Ira Kaplan championed it on WFMU the other night

https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/beyond-the-booth-live-snys-gary-keith-and-ron-with-pete-alonso/313508320

https://www.sny.tv/articles/date-set-for-bids-on-mets-sale-with-steve-cohen-potentially-back-in-picture-report

will still be more lively than Shea fans of the Joe Torre era

https://www.mlb.com/mets/news/mets-to-use-cutout-fans-in-citi-field-stands

lol

EXCLUSIVE: Casino billionaire Sheldon Adelson and private equity firm SilverLake join Harris Blitzer bid for @mets, creating real challenge for Steve Cohenhttps://t.co/Rsx8Mf9a2v

— Thornton McEnery (@ThorntonMcEnery) July 15, 2020

oy

fingers crossed!

...that like 95% of such stories it will never happen

The broadcast team of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling will be returning for their 15th season together in the SNY booth with an unorthodox setup. Instead of traveling for away broadcasts, the trio will announce both home and away games from Citi Field.

weird how all these billionaires want to get into an industry that 'isn't very profitable'

Post:

In a statement to The Post, Silver Lake shot down reports of its participation, writing “Any claim that Silver Lake is making or joining a bid for the NY Mets is entirely false and inaccurate.”

Meanwhile, a spokesman for the 86-year-old billionaire told The Post that “Mr. Adelson has no interest in purchasing the Mets.”

The Mets' fan cutouts are being installed at Citi Field in preparation for Opening Day. (📸 @Mets) pic.twitter.com/FB81Ix0QY8

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 16, 2020

Matt Adams released

So what do you make of the cutouts?
If I offered to pay - would you want one?

Looks like they can still be bought. Not sure where you’d wind up sitting tho!

i saw the rays were charging $60 to have your cutout present at every home game. really curious how many people are taking them up on that

no i don't want a cutout thx

$86 for Mets

MLBTR:

In a surprise move, the Mets have decided to promote top infield prospect Andres Gimenez to open the season. It’s not clear just yet how robust a role he’ll occupy.

Also making the MLB roster are lefty Chasen Shreve and righty Hunter Strickland. Both have had their contracts selected to the 40-man roster. It’s the same situation for infielder Eduardo Nunez, as reported previously.

To clear a 40-man roster spot, the Mets designated lefty Stephen Gonsalves for assignment.

🗣 “LARRY! LARRY!”

😎🤟 pic.twitter.com/g0FiFTOjN2

— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) July 24, 2020

i guess degrom's okay

Cespedes has homered in his last 3 games

5/13/18
7/20/18
7/24/20

cespedes also the first DH to hit a HR in a game between two NL teams

Typical Mets.

Someone should teach Rosario to run the bases.

Jeffrey Paternostro of BP on David Peterson:

Appearing this early means the Mets are burning a service time year with Peterson. Personally I would not be overly concerned with clawing back his age-30 season, given the stuff and projected top line numbers, but that is a thing teams do now as a matter of course. He may not pitch well enough to stay up all year anyway, or Marcus Stroman’s injury may end up minor enough to render this discussion moot in a couple weeks. It is unlikely to be spectacular, but a lefty who can take the ball every fifth day and potentially post a mid-4s ERA is by far the Mets best option at the moment.

surprising -- my understanding is that the service-time cutoff is literally tonight, i.e. peterson will earn a year of time by pitching today and toronto's nate pearson will *not* earn a year of time after debuting tomorrow

The Mets will allow Jacob deGrom to throw 80-100 pitches tonight, per Luis Rojas. He should be good for about six innings.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) July 29, 2020

That smile makes me like Gimenez already.

Whoops.

time to collectively opt out

Bring on Cohen.

Cano 13th among NL nonpitchers in WAR (56 PA)

Dom Smith 17th

mets are turning a golden opportunity against a decimated yankees club into another episode of bed-shittery

No surprize

lol

Mets went all out at the end of the deadline, per @JeffPassan

➖ Todd Frazier
➖ Robinson Chirinos
➖ Miguel Castro pic.twitter.com/RGHPcL0fEp

— Bleacher Report MLB (@BR_MLB) August 31, 2020

in IRL game news, is DeGrom the most cursed or unluckiest pitcher in the modern era?

it seems that amed rosario is no longer the mets' starting shortstop

gotta go 11-5 to play in the tourney i think

letting deGrom start the 6th with a 13-run lead = WORLDFUCKING DUMB

Indeed. Unrelated, but I love seeing guys get a save by closing out a game with a 17 run lead. And wasn't there a save awarded in Atlanta's 29-run game too?

saves have to be a 3 run lead or less, i think

oh wait, there are other ways to get a save:

A relief pitcher recording a save must preserve his team's lead while doing one of the following: Enter the game with a lead of no more than three runs and pitch at least one inning. Enter the game with the tying run in the on-deck circle, at the plate or on the bases. Pitch at least three innings.

always forget about the "pitch at least 3 innings" version of the save

Mets announce agreement to sell club to Steve Cohen. According to Sportico, Cohen will own 95 percent of the team, with the Katz and Wilpon families retaining the other 5 percent. Next up for Cohen: Gaining the necessary approval from 23 of 30 owners.

— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) September 14, 2020

•théINDUSTRYisntVÊRYprôf1tàbléTÖbéQU1TÊhônést•

Heard the #Mets sold for more than the $2.35B that has been reported. It is for between $2.4B and $2.45B. The previous record for a North American sports team was the $2.275B that the Panthers were sold for to another hedge fund billionaire, David Tepper.

— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) September 14, 2020

difference between $2.35B and $2.45B, alone, is $100M.

that's enough to pay each mets minor leaguer $66,666.66 per year for five years (assuming they have 300 minor leaguers).

Steve Cohen is known for often overpaying for art which seems to be part of the pleasure.[13] His art collection is reported to be worth around $1 billion.[36]

and ponied up a million dollars for Trump's inauguration

Sounds like dude has more art than sense and I’ve been out of work long enough I’m ready to transition to international art thief.

deGrom "hamstring spasm" forces exit after 2 innings

Jed Lowrie has reportedly gone home to Houston, ending his season and thus his tenure with the Mets.

He played in 9 out of a possible 222 games, making 8 total plate appearances (0 hits) and playing 0 innings in the field. https://t.co/5gOhNAS0UH pic.twitter.com/v7YhW3qN8s

— SNY (@SNYtv) September 17, 2020

he did manage to draw one walk

i guess seth lugo didn’t have it tonight

Hey, Seth, maybe you're not a starting pitcher after all.

I guess Nola and the Phillies bullpen didn’t have it tonight.

yikes

otoh, all brandon nimmo does is win

has a team with a shot on the penultimate day ever seemed deader?

The Mets will make the playoffs if:

-They win all three of their remaining games

AND

-The Giants lose both of theirs

AND

-The Phillies lose both of theirs

AND

-The Brewers lose at least one of theirs

Estimated chance of all that happening, per Fangraphs: 1.1 percent.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) September 26, 2020

i'll take at least one of those things out of the equation: the cardinals WILL defeat the milwaukee brewers at least one more time this regular season

phillies suck, so they'll lose both of theirs

not sure about the giants, though. are they still trying?

O Dom...

of all the times to play Pete Reiser

Outside of the Mets clinching the 2015 pennant, the pure jubilation from fans today is unlike anything I can recall in nearly 14 years covering the team.

— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) January 7, 2021

They say there is a lot of pressure in New York," he said. "It's a big market, there are lot of people on top of you. But I'm blessed to play the game. I'm Francisco Lindor. I'm going to do me, and hopefully people like that. Hopefully people embrace me. I'll embrace them."

Mets fans shouldn't have any problem doing that for the player nicknamed Mr. Smile. When asked about the first thing he'll do when he gets to New York, Lindor smiled and said, "I love pizza, so I'll probably eat some pizza."

I love this guy already.

same

Well, didn’t take long for things to go south.

Fucking loser needs to be fired instantly. Don't pull a Wilpon and screw around.

We have terminated Jared Porter this morning . In my initial press conference I spoke about the importance of integrity and I meant it.There should be zero tolerance for this type of behavior.

— Steven Cohen (@StevenACohen2) January 19, 2021

Thank goodness. Wilpons would have demoted him for two weeks, waited for a firestorm, then fired him.

It still doesn't say much about the Mets' vetting process. While this story might have been kept confidential by ESPN for the last 4 years, I find it hard to believe this is the only woman he has done this to and that this wasn't known to others.

are there any good jareds

the phrase “bare penis” is an interesting one I’m not sure I’ve heard before, summoning an alternate-world standard in which penises wear little outfits

Yours doesn’t?!

my family could never afford one and I guess I just got used to going without

Anyway back to the Mets

— Steven Cohen (@StevenACohen2) January 29, 2021

is that supposed to mean something, or...??

he was discussing the #stonks -- iirc his hedge fund was one of the gamestop short sellers that got burned

his hedge gae another hedge 2 bn to help cover, iirc

oohhhh! boy, the mets love their shitty financial decisions.
thanks for explaining that to me.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/30/sports/baseball/steve-cohen-mets-gamestop-barstool.html

am i really gonna take the side of a billionaire against barstool? possibly

Cohen's jovial "I'm just a working guy like you trying to make a living" is some of the blindest self-own by a rich person since "Let them eat cake."

sandy alderson really has a type

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30817976/report-ex-new-york-mets-manager-mickey-callaway-accused-misconduct

Yeah, I like Alderson, but he maybe needs to go as well.

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