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The Daily News reminds us about Ed Charles.
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Today’s Top Story, which I won’t put any better than the Times will…I’ll just add that we might as well find out if Niese is good. Throw him in the Phillies fire.
We know that the Mets and the rest of MLB don’t believe in Figueroa, so all I am saying is Give Niese A Chance.
Because he has more than five years of service time, Perez, who has a minor league option, would have to agree to a demotion.
“If I need it, then I have to go because right now I don’t help my team,†he said. “Right now, I don’t feel I’m doing my job.â€
He added: “I feel embarrassed. I’m not doing anything for the team. That’s not easy.â€
In case Mr. Minaya is wondering, Derek Lowe is 3-1 with a 3.03 ERA.
I saw Centerfield Maz (the blogger, not Lee) the other night at the bar and I told him how “these kids today” have no idea about Mets history. I was stunned when a 24 year old adult Mets fan came up to me and said that he had no idea that Nolan Ryan was a met, and he couldn’t believe that he was traded for “Jim Vregosi.”
Maz told me he had written the piece below, which I share in full, and invite you to check out the Centerfield Maz blog.
Jim Fregosi goes down in Mets history as being the guy we got when we traded Nolan Ryan. Yes it still is the worst trade the Mets ever made. Imagine a rotation of Seaver, Ryan, Koosman & Matlack!!! Only if………..but its Fregosi’s birthday & we’ll give him a break, here’s a quick bio on the Former Met of the Day. On December 10, 1971 Fregosi & Ryan were swapped, the Mets even threw in a good outfielder named Leroy Stanton & two other banannas. Fregosi was sidelined by several injuries including a broken thumb in 1972, and he struggled. In 100 games he hit a dismal .232 with 5 HRs and 32 RBIs, he was just awful. The next year, 1973 he was hitting .238 without any home runs and 11 RBIs when the Mets had enough. He was sold to the Texas Rangers by mid season.
batters with a 2.29 ERA in California, en route to Cooperstown. This trade haunted the Mets for years and still does for long time fans.
Fregosi stayed in Texas for 5 years then finished up in Pittsburgh by 1978. In his 18-year career, Fregosi batted .265 with 1726 hits, 151 HRs, 706 RBI, 264 doubles,in 1902 games played. He would go on to a successful managing career with the Angels, winning them their 1st AL West title ever in 1979, with guess who? Nolan Ryan as the ace of the staff. He replaced Tony Larussa as White Sox manager then won a pennant with 1993 Phillies. His number 11 is retired by the Angels. But there will certainly be no #2 hanging in the Citi Field rafters.
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Thanks to Alan for sending this one in. While not as bad as having plexiglass in your face, I think Alan’s points are fair.
Where is center field? Where is the warning track? Also, I thought all seats faced second base; these seats face the seats in right field.
Basically I’m hearing that you can only see all 9 position players from the lower deck, and from the Promenade between the bases. I also notice that everyone who sends pics seems to be in a row 3.
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