It Was 47 Years Ago Today (Give or Take) I’ve been spending a lot of time in 1972 the last week, the first year I completed the full Topps set (and the last year that brand new, very old Mets’ pitching coach Phil Regan had his LAST card as a player.) The week began with…
DetailsSunday Notes: Tyler Clippard’s New Pitch Came Out of His Back Pocket Tyler Clippard got top billing in this column nine months ago. A Toronto Blue Jay at the time, he boasted a 3.17 ERA, and had allowed just 6.5 hits per nine innings over 696 career appearances. Thanks in part to a lack of…
DetailsMets coach Chili Davis getting it done, sticking it to Cubs There were many happy Mets, but the happiest may have been hitting coach Chili Davis, who was fired by the Cubs after last season and subsequently hired by the Mets. The Cubs are still paying him so this is a win-win for the Mets.…
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Today in baseball: From high school to MLB in 20 days Today, 46 years ago, David Clyde made his debut in the Majors with the Texas Rangers. Nothing special one would say. Well, the path he followed to get there was rather intriguing to put it mildly. David Clyde had a stellar high school career…
DetailsBoone’s message on Stanton’s night: ‘I hope they saw his at-bats’ It took longer than anyone could have anticipated for Giancarlo Stanton to make an impact on the Yankees this season, but he delivered — twice — in a 7-5 win over the Astros on Saturday night in The Bronx. Stanton’s year had been defined…
DetailsYankees’ Zack Britton had to sweat it out in old role but prevailed The Yankees are one of just four teams to have not used a pitcher on three straight days, which meant Aroldis Chapman wasn’t available to them on Saturday night. Instead, Aaron Boone went with Zack Britton to close their 7-5 win over…
DetailsMets’ Pete Alonso has shot at bunch of rookie homer records CHICAGO — Pete Alonso is moving fast toward multiple rookie records. By blasting his 26th homer in Saturday’s first inning, the Mets first baseman tied Darryl Strawberry’s franchise rookie record for homers in a season. Alonso also broke Cody Bellinger’s NL rookie record for…
DetailsAaron Hicks: My shoulder pain is gone after cortisone shot Aaron Hicks returned to the lineup after missing two games with a right shoulder problem that required a cortisone shot Thursday. “I feel good, shoulder feels good. Better than it was [Thursday]. I think it was the shot and now it’s gone,’’ said Hicks, who…
DetailsRookie call-ups could put your fantasy team over the top On the heels of yet another set of successful minor league call-ups, this time in the form of Astros outfielder Yordan Alvarez and Marlins pitcher Zac Gallen, fantasy baseball owners should already be looking ahead to the next wave. Acquiring proven talent for the second…
DetailsRobert mashing way into Barons history Top White Sox prospect Luis Robert homered for the third straight game and went 3-for-6 with three RBIs and two runs scored as Double-A Birmingham cruised past Chattanooga, 11-2, on Saturday. Source: https://www.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20190622&content_id=308377448&fext=.jsp&vkey=news_milb&sid=milb
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