The Mets Absurd Love of the Pitch Count

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by Russ_Cohen - May 16, 20170

The New York Mets routinely prevent their starting pitchers from pitching out of late-inning jams and year after year have a crisis in the bullpen. Sandy Alderson can be blamed for personnel but this issue lies with pitching coach, Dan Warthen and manager Terry Collins. There have been multiple starts this

Start Spreading the News

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by Harvey Frommer - May 11, 2017May 11, 20170

With the New York Yankees back in business and the future looking bright and my THE ULTIMATE YANKEE BOOK coming out this fall, for your reading pleasure - -a small excerpt. Apocryphal Story or statement of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true. The Trade As the story goes, Sox owner Tom

Believe in The Mets Players

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by Russ_Cohen - May 8, 2017May 8, 20170

The only thing that can stop the New York Mets is their training staff and their management. Those are the two factors that can directly affect the outcome of some of their best players, like Noah Syndergaard, or Yoenis Cespedes. To show that the job has gotten away from manager, Terry

Foreword: Rickey and Robinson

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by Harvey Frommer - April 4, 2017April 4, 20171

Every time baseball season starts up and April rolls around my thoughts turn back to a long time ago. That past is as real in many ways as the present. My fascination with Jackie Robinson and by extension Branch Rickey began many, many years ago. When school was out in Brooklyn in

Yankee Stadium, Opening Day 1961 and More

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by Harvey Frommer - March 30, 2017July 6, 20170

With Opening Day 2017 just around the corner, it’s just fascinating to flash back to another time, another Yankee Stadium, another cast of characters In freezing rain on Opening Day April 17, 1961 only 1,947 hardy souls showed up. Whitey Ford got the Yankees off to a good start blanking Kansas

The Catcher Position is Standing Between the Mets and a Championship

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by Russ_Cohen - March 20, 20170

The New York Mets are deep. They have the most pitching depth in baseball. They have a deep outfield and a few solid utility players. Most would say they have a team with championship potential. I’d agree if they only had a solid catcher. In 1969, they had Jerry Grote. He

Opening Day at Yankee Stadium: 1927

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by Russ_Cohen - March 15, 20170

Another spring, another season, another baseball opening day. One of the most memorable of openings days at the “House That Ruth Built” took place in 1927 when the old Yankee Stadium was just four years old. Owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert was very upbeat about prospects for baseball in 1927 but was muted

YANKEE MONIKERS & NICKNAMES, HOW THEY GOT THAT WAY

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by Harvey Frommer - February 23, 2017February 23, 20170

Nom de plumes, aliases, sobriquets, catch words - nicknames, all time, all ways for Yankees. Through the decades sporting scribes, fans, friends and relatives, opponents and teammates have outdone themselves pinning nom de plumes, aliases, sobriquets, catch words - nick-names on Yankee personnel and experiences. These have run the gamut, from

Noah Syndergaard Has His Detractors

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by Russ_Cohen - February 18, 20170

In my world, I thought Noah Syndergaard was the Mets best pitcher last season. He’s already been named the opening day starter and he came into camp looking great. Oh, wait. He put on 17 pounds of muscle and now “panic city” is back. The worry is he looks too big,

Jackie Robinson Moments

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by Russ_Cohen - January 31, 2017January 31, 20170

Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on January 31, 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. He remains for me and so many others one of the most important figures in sports and American history. My newest book billed a Harvey Frommer Baseball Classic was just published. http://www.lyonspress.com/book/9781630761578 While there were a few black players in