Let’s focus on something positive for a few minutes (at least until the beat reporters tweet from the locker room about Fredgate).
TEAMMATES WEEK: The 2011 “Teammates in the Community
Week” will launch on Memorial Day, May 30 and honor our nation’s
military through a weeklong series of events…Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson, who served in the Marines for four years with a tour of duty in Vietnam, Manager Terry Collins, players and front-office staff will join with Citi executives and participate in programs during the week with active military personnel and veterans…The series of events will include a visit to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, a special ceremony at the Empire State Building, a softball tournament at Citi Field with members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, a wheelchair softball exhibition in the Citi Field parking lot featuring veterans, and a visit to a Veterans Hospital...The Citi Veterans Network will be engaging veterans for select events.
THIS DATE IN METS HISTORY: Rusty Staub goes 5-9 in a 19-inning affair on May 24, 1973 vs. Los Angeles (NL)…Ed Kranepool’s two-run double plates the go-ahead runs as the Mets defeat the Dodgers, 7-3, to end the marathon.