Last night I was among a handful of Mets bloggers that were invited by the Mets Media Relations staff in a getting to know you enviorment, that was held in the press room where Jerry Manuel holds both his pre and post game press conferences. The best thing about last night was the fact that I got to put the faces to the names of my fellow bloggers that I have been reading for the last three years or so , and corresponding for the past year. Among those in Attendence was Matt ” The Father of all Mets Blogs” Cerrone, Kerel Cooper from “On The Black” -( I got the next round at McFaddens Kerel !). Jason Fry and Greg Prince From “Faith And Fear In Flushing” , Shannon Shark from “The Mets Police”Eric Simon from Amazing Avenue, and also Matthew Warthus from ” Always Amazing” and Caryn from “Metsgrrl” . So if you ever wondered what it was like to get a handful of Mets bloggers into one room , I would have to say that it is almost like being at a cooler version of a Star Trek convention – Everybody that attended are extemely passionate about the team,and it reflected in the many conversations that were ongoing through the hour and a half that our get together lasted.I would like to sincerely thank Danielle Parillio from the Mets Media Relations department for making last night’s event – even though last nights game was unfortunately rained out , a success. It was gratefully appreciated Danielle !
And with that said…. ON WITH THE INFAMY !!!
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 Happy Birthday wishes go out to one of the best outfielders to ever come out of the Mets farm system,Ken Singleton (1947). Unfortunately all of that success came with the Montreal Expos and the Baltimore Orioles. He is currently the best announcer on the YES Network.
Sadly on this date in 1995, one of the original voices of Mets baseball, Lindsey Nelson was silenced.
New York Mets purchased the contract of pitcher, Bob Shaw from the San Francisco Giants on June 10, 1966.
New York Mets traded pitcher,Jack Hamilton to the California Angels for pitcher, Nick Willhite on June 10, 1967.
New York Mets signed free agent reliever Doug ” Hair-breath Harry” Sisk on June 10, 1980. Doug Sisk was a decent middle innings reliever through most of his Mets career, but when he was bad – LOOK OUT !!
New York Mets signed free agent pitcher, Eric Gunderson on June 10, 1993.
New York Mets traded former outfield prospect, Shawn Gilbert to the St. Louis Cardinals for reserve outfielder, Wayne Kirby on June 10, 1998.
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85 comments
rustyjr
6/10/2010-8:03am at 8:03 am (UTC -4)
sorry guys couldn’t retrieve pics from my phone
ceetar
6/10/2010-8:05am at 8:05 am (UTC -4)
Sorry I missed it. you going back tonight?
rustyjr
6/10/2010-8:21am at 8:21 am (UTC -4)
Yeah they gave us tix for tonites game
ceetar
6/10/2010-8:39am at 8:39 am (UTC -4)
Supposedly there is still a ticket for me to pick up, so I suppose I’ll see you there unless they close the bridge on me or something. Where are we sitting?
rustyjr
6/10/2010-8:45am at 8:45 am (UTC -4)
Section 124 I think
metsfan4decades
6/10/2010-8:40am at 8:40 am (UTC -4)
Very cool Rusty.
I’m surprised the Mets Media Relations pays attention to such things as blogging. Because, you know, Francesa under the assumption of ‘Who reads blogs anyway’ – so if the Pope thinks it, it must be so…….
I’ve read a couple of posts from Cerrone who is always defending the blogs place in baseball today – to the point of criticizing those that apparently don’t take it seriously.
rustyjr
6/10/2010-8:47am at 8:47 am (UTC -4)
Everyone was really cool & down to earth – cerrone thinks I should do a videoblog lol I got the face and voice for print lol
ceetar
6/10/2010-8:49am at 8:49 am (UTC -4)
They email us the starting lineup and all the press releases and post-game notes as well. It’s pretty cool.
Francesa’s way of getting the lineup is to randomly ask his producers if it’s posted anywhere yet.
metsfan4decades
6/10/2010-9:02am at 9:02 am (UTC -4)
Nice…you guys are definitely in the loop..
I would have liked meeting the guys from Faith and Fear in Flushing. I read Greg Prince’s book which I totally enjoyed. He’s only a few years younger than me, became a Met fan only a year later than me, so many of his Met memories I can totally relate to.
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-9:18am at 9:18 am (UTC -4)
Wow, closest you have come to giving away your age!!
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-9:56am at 9:56 am (UTC -4)
I know her age… I believe she’s in late 20s or early 30s…
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-10:00am at 10:00 am (UTC -4)
OK, I thought she was about 31, but somehow she remembers the 1969 Mets…..oh well, I know most women have special powers….
metsfan4decades
6/10/2010-10:21am at 10:21 am (UTC -4)
Ah…31. I remember that age fondly.
I grew up with the TV always tuned into the NY Mets, compliments of my Dad and started actively following them in 1968. Probably gives you all a fair idea of my age.
Sad to admit but from all I’ve read here since this blog started I believe I’m probably the oldest of the regulars….
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-10:28am at 10:28 am (UTC -4)
I sure remember age 31 fondly…I lived in Seattle and was playing in a grunge/rock/pop/punk band and lived a BIT differently than I do today, so while I remember it fondly, a few things here and there are a tad hazy…
I was 7 when I watched the Rose-Harrelson fight in the 73 NLCS and the WS with my Dad and became hooked for life.
rustyjr
6/10/2010-12:53pm at 12:53 pm (UTC -4)
ugh grunge pop
i shall name you temple of the mawg !
metsfan4decades
6/10/2010-10:19am at 10:19 am (UTC -4)
Ha! Kistics is my new best friend and just went to the top of my X-Mas card list.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-10:31am at 10:31 am (UTC -4)
Nice!
rustyjr
6/10/2010-9:18am at 9:18 am (UTC -4)
Yeah I hung with Greg and Jason – great guys – had Greg sign my bok
ceetar
6/10/2010-9:21am at 9:21 am (UTC -4)
I met many of you Opening Day. Not Cerrone or Greg and Jason though. Wish work hadn’t run late and I could’ve gotten there. *curses* oh well. heh, didn’t think about bringing my faith and fear book.
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-9:26am at 9:26 am (UTC -4)
That was a cool book.
njstuckintx
6/10/2010-9:12am at 9:12 am (UTC -4)
Did you find out if cerrone has a device that transcribes how he talks and it puts it into print for his posts?
udontmesswthejohan
6/10/2010-9:19am at 9:19 am (UTC -4)
Why was I not informed?!?!
This is an outrage.
http://www.crotusblog.com
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-9:20am at 9:20 am (UTC -4)
Wow, really glad you got to enjoy that Rusty!
And damn, 15 years since Lindsey Nelson passed away…remember those jackets he used to wear which would blind everyone around him?
SWEEP TODAY!!
Well, a split would be OK, but what momentum they would have with a sweep.
ceetar
6/10/2010-9:28am at 9:28 am (UTC -4)
Going for a sweep of the entire homestand!
Then the big 9 game road trip. 6 games against pathetic teams. 4 games pitched by Pelfrey and Santana.
njstuckintx
6/10/2010-9:33am at 9:33 am (UTC -4)
If there ever was a time to dispell the whole “we can’t win on the road”, it is now.
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-9:35am at 9:35 am (UTC -4)
Amen to both of your words of wisdom!
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-9:58am at 9:58 am (UTC -4)
We should expect at least 4-2 against the O’s and Indians…
rustyjr
6/10/2010-9:49am at 9:49 am (UTC -4)
If Johan throws a no hitter & niese gets a loss I’ll be content lol
njstuckintx
6/10/2010-9:50am at 9:50 am (UTC -4)
2 no hitters is too much to ask?
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-9:58am at 9:58 am (UTC -4)
yes.
njstuckintx
6/10/2010-9:59am at 9:59 am (UTC -4)
Rain Rain, go away. Come again another day.
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2010-11:18am at 11:18 am (UTC -4)
No, the Mets are WAAAAAAY overdue for a no-hitter, 2 in 1 day would go a long way toward making up for the lack of 1 ever.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-9:59am at 9:59 am (UTC -4)
Man.. that’s awesome.. I should start a blog too just so that I can be visit the media room.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-10:00am at 10:00 am (UTC -4)
Oh BTW, did you see who got the win against the Bravos last night?
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-10:06am at 10:06 am (UTC -4)
First thing my brother asked me when I came into the office this morning!
metsfan4decades
6/10/2010-10:26am at 10:26 am (UTC -4)
Nice..
And ouch, looks like Heyward needs to learn some fundies out there in RF. It’s the CF’s call on that ball….
fongy2
6/10/2010-10:14am at 10:14 am (UTC -4)
Jeez…..Doug RISK……….
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-10:16am at 10:16 am (UTC -4)
Along with Castillo and Benitez, one of the three most unfairly maligned players in Met history.
He was no star, but he had some very good years.
fongy2
6/10/2010-10:29am at 10:29 am (UTC -4)
Agreed!…More like,we
needed someone to boo
in the mid to late 80s!
I know i’m in the extreme minority BUT I felt the same way about
Benitez. He was,all-in-all a good closer who
just couldn’t be counted on in a huge spot. I have said though for some time
that I think Billy Wags
was the exact same way..,See blowing the 4-0 lead to the yanks in Shea when we were about to sweep them and
not being able to maintain the tie game in the ’06NLCS. THOSE
are my greatest memories of Wagner.
RE: Luis Aches&Pains…
I’ll just say “No Comment”………
rustyjr
6/10/2010-10:33am at 10:33 am (UTC -4)
Well disks aborted comeback in’94 was painful
fongy2
6/10/2010-10:38am at 10:38 am (UTC -4)
True dat! But
my best Sisk Memory
was opening day’83
when he came in to Save Tom Terrific’s Return!
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-11:12am at 11:12 am (UTC -4)
I was at that game!
And I agree about Benitez…
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-10:34am at 10:34 am (UTC -4)
“and he dropped the ball!”
stickguy
6/10/2010-10:43am at 10:43 am (UTC -4)
The Dodgers have a rookie starting pitcher making a fast start too. Carlos Monasterios. He is now 3-0, with a snappy 2.27 era (hey, that’s Pelf territory!)
He could also be doing it for the Mets, except they sold him to the Dodgers this off season (probably for gas money for Jeffy’s Ferrari collection).
Met’s took him as a rule 5 (from the Phils, who also probably wish they had him back!). Met’s promptly sold him to the Dodgers.
fongy2
6/10/2010-10:53am at 10:53 am (UTC -4)
You’re just too critical Stick.
See guys like you and me just don’t understand Omar’s great masterplan!
stickguy
6/10/2010-11:15am at 11:15 am (UTC -4)
master plan?
For a billion $ operation, that transaction was the eqivilant of looking under the seat in your car to see if you could find a couple of quarters that fell out of your pocket.
The Mets keep claiming Maddoff had no impact, they have money, etc. But there were a few recent moves that screamed trying to save a few bucks, instead of getting more talented players back (the Wagner deal being another).
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-11:01am at 11:01 am (UTC -4)
Well.. I would hold off on judgment till he has had a full season.
We thought Taka was the 2nd coming of messiah after 2 starts, but came back down to earth. Same thing with Nieve last season after he had pretty good start with the Mets.
stickguy
6/10/2010-11:13am at 11:13 am (UTC -4)
I know it is a small # of games. I was just being snarky.
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-11:34am at 11:34 am (UTC -4)
Met’s????
stickguy
6/10/2010-11:43am at 11:43 am (UTC -4)
If you are going to harp on my typos, I will ick you off the float and keep all the Blue Moon for myself.
I have no idea why I made Mets possesive there. Twice.
eats, shoots, and leaves baby.
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2010-11:49am at 11:49 am (UTC -4)
ick him off?
I read that book by the way.
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-12:01pm at 12:01 pm (UTC -4)
ight after he icks my ass.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-12:11pm at 12:11 pm (UTC -4)
one key makes a lot of difference here… especially that they are next to each other…
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2010-12:14pm at 12:14 pm (UTC -4)
That reminds me. My favorite Dutch airline is KLM. Just sayin’.
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-11:49am at 11:49 am (UTC -4)
LOL!
I have several bottles of bourbon, gin, and vodka always at the ready in the extensive bar area of the Float, so we can use the Blue Moon if we need to wash the Float before the parade….or if the guard dogs get thirsty….
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-12:14pm at 12:14 pm (UTC -4)
OMG, I did not know of that book and am ordering it TODAY!
Kingman’s Grammar Police need a refresher course…
I hope the author is OK with excessive use of the ellipsis…
…
…
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2010-12:24pm at 12:24 pm (UTC -4)
You might also be interested in this. Any author with the name A. Parody has to be good.
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-12:36pm at 12:36 pm (UTC -4)
Haha, that looks good…I am a major book fiend; a big part of my budget goes to Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and assorted used book stores.
Mr North Jersey
6/10/2010-11:13am at 11:13 am (UTC -4)
Sounds cool Rusty. Of all the people you mentioned the ones I would of liked to had met most would of been Kerel Cooper and Shannon Shark.
Joe Janis wasn’t there?
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2010-11:20am at 11:20 am (UTC -4)
I am intrigued given the large number of Mets blogs that exist how it came down to this select group. I will probably never know but am pleased that my blog-brother was a part of it.
rustyjr
6/10/2010-11:26am at 11:26 am (UTC -4)
Oh jeezI forgot – yes Joe was there ! Sorry Joe it was a long day
trs86
6/10/2010-11:30am at 11:30 am (UTC -4)
It’s all about the views baby…. Well that and the King.
Mr North Jersey
6/10/2010-11:35am at 11:35 am (UTC -4)
Then where was Joe D?
Kingman 26
6/10/2010-11:36am at 11:36 am (UTC -4)
Thank you.
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2010-11:44am at 11:44 am (UTC -4)
You’re welcome.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-11:58am at 11:58 am (UTC -4)
huh?
ceetar
6/10/2010-11:36am at 11:36 am (UTC -4)
I have no idea. I don’t exactly get a ton of pageviews myself (but maybe they like the positive nature of it?) and this blog is/was less than a year old.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-11:39am at 11:39 am (UTC -4)
sounds like it was picked by MC…
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2010-11:42am at 11:42 am (UTC -4)
That’s pretty much what I was saying without saying it.
ceetar
6/10/2010-11:49am at 11:49 am (UTC -4)
could be. Could be that they send out the emails to a ton of people and based on interaction decided to invite certain individuals.
rustyjr
6/10/2010-11:52am at 11:52 am (UTC -4)
From what I understand Matt didn’t choose who was invited .
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2010-11:55am at 11:55 am (UTC -4)
I think you mean:
From what I can gather…
rustyjr
6/10/2010-12:10pm at 12:10 pm (UTC -4)
:-p
Mr North Jersey
6/10/2010-11:43am at 11:43 am (UTC -4)
Whats up with the lineups seems like there are 2 different lineups out there 1 with Tejada and one without.
ceetar
6/10/2010-11:47am at 11:47 am (UTC -4)
the without is the correct one.
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2010-11:51am at 11:51 am (UTC -4)
Oh my! Did they take Tejada out of the lineup cuz he’s on his way to Houston?
-JK
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-11:54am at 11:54 am (UTC -4)
i thought he was going to Baltimore…
GravediggerHebner
6/10/2010-11:57am at 11:57 am (UTC -4)
I was hoping Seattle or Houston, but Baltimore or Cleveland seem more likely. I wouldn’t wish Houston in the summer on my worst enemy.
stickguy
6/10/2010-12:04pm at 12:04 pm (UTC -4)
If he is going anywhere, it should be AZ. And not to get Heilmann back.
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-12:07pm at 12:07 pm (UTC -4)
I thought Webb is still couple months away from returning…
ceetar
6/10/2010-12:00pm at 12:00 pm (UTC -4)
He is, right after the game tonight.
njstuckintx
6/10/2010-12:06pm at 12:06 pm (UTC -4)
What about to Chicago for Peavy?
DNDJohan aka kistics
6/10/2010-12:10pm at 12:10 pm (UTC -4)
Peavy sucks.. not worth Tejada.. maybe Luis…
njstuckintx
6/10/2010-12:25pm at 12:25 pm (UTC -4)
Nah, Warthen can straighten him out… :/
rustyjr
6/10/2010-12:51pm at 12:51 pm (UTC -4)
did anyone else notice when we played milwaulkee that peterson wasn’t wearing the jacket?