Tag Archive: skip Lockwood

Nov 27

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty: The “JUST STOP!!!!” Edition, 11-27-12

Over the past week the Mets have been relatively quiet with the exception of a few minor moves. These moves included the signing of outfielder Jaimie Hoffman; pitchers Scott Rice, Carlos Torres, and Wanel Mesa; and yesterday’s trade with Oakland for backup middle infielder Brandon Hicks. The Mets also signed rehabbing middle reliever Tim Byrdak …

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Sep 30

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty: The “A Real Dirty Review” Edition 09-30-12

In the world of baseball  everything is debatable. Who deserves to be the Cy Young Award winner ? Who is the greatest hitter of all time ? Who was worse – Luis Castillo or Oliver Perez ? And of course who are the best 50 players in Mets History. Well A&E Home Entertainment in conjuncton …

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Sep 07

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty: The ” Don’t Throw The Baby Out With The Bathwater!” Edition 09-07-11

Last night I woke up at around 11:45 to find that both my wife and I fell asleep in front of the t.v with the Mets/Marlins game still on. The Mets were winning 4-2 and Bobby Parnell was on the mound to tie up loose ends. As we all know Parnell – like he has …

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Aug 14

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty: The ” Who Is The Craziest Met Ever? Edition 08-14-11

First off I would like to thank the man who makes the magic of the Mets radio broadcastson WFAN  fill our cars, homes and personal workspaces for the idea of today’s column. That man is none other than my friend, ” THE IMMORTAL” Chris Majkowski ! Through the years there have been many players who have donned …

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Jul 28

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty : The ” Can This Team Still Finish The Season Over .500 ?” Edition 07-28-11

Well the three ring circus that was the Carlos Beltran trade talks has finally ended, and general manager has managed to pull the proverbial rabbit out of the hat. He has done what all the sports pundits and pontificators claimed that he could not do – Get a top flight prospect for Beltran ! I …

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May 24

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty : The ” Did Fred Wilpon Just Screw The Pooch On Jose Reyes ?” Edition 05-24-11

  “Fiddling as Citi Field burns ?” As for Reyes’ trade value, rival executives tell ESPN.com’s Buster Olney that Wilpon’s comments reduced the Mets’ leverage (Twitter links). GM Sandy Alderson faces the perception held by some general managers that the Mets must trade him because they won’t be signing him after the season. MLBTR.com Well …

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Feb 22

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty : The ” Top 50 Mets Of All Time Countdown #15″ Edition 02-22-11

  If there has ever been a position that the Mets have never had a problem with filling ( except for the past four seasons) , it has to be the second baseman. Throughout  the past 50 years this organization has had more than a few men who were able to make breathtaking acrobatic plays, …

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Feb 10

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty : The ” Top 50 Mets Of All Time Countdown #27″ Edition 02-10-11

Through the years the Mets have almost always had good – if not great closers. You had Tug McGraw from the late ’60s to early ’70′s. Then Skip Lockwood would take over until the end of the me decade. He would be supplanted by the tandem of Allan and Reardon. We had Franco fending games …

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Nov 27

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty: The ” Amos Otis For Joy Foy- The Forgotten Worst Trade ?” Edition 11-27-10

  Since there hasn’t been a whole lot of Mets news lately and thinking isn’t a integral part of my day job, I decided to utilize my brain power for the forces of  good instead of it decaying into a heap of grey gelatinous goo. So I was wondering to myself ”  ” Obviously  the …

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Nov 16

This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty: The ” All Time Overlooked And Under Appreciated Line Up” Edition 11-16-10

Well the results of this years Rookie Of The Year voting was released yesterday and needless to sat I was Livid when I saw that Ike Davis came in at number seven with only two votes. Yes both Buster Posey and Justin Heyward were more deserving of the award , but I still think Ike …

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