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Sterling Marte underwent surgery!

 

Mets Insiders tell Mets Police:

Starling Marte underwent surgery on Tuesday to repair a core muscle injury sustained in the second half of this season. A typical recovery timeline is 8 weeks. He’s expected to be without restriction in Spring Training.

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Baseball, super-popular in Hartford, has another iconic historic unforgettable night!

I’ve been having insomnia this week, so last night as I stared at the ceiling I noticed this.

Ummmm……yay?

So now we can put this on the pedestal with Don Larsen? I think the memorable thing about Larsen is how the bullpen came together to get the last 9 outs, right?

The game ended around 11:25pm Eastern.  Baseball continues to do tremendously well, just ask Fox Sports PR

Let’s take a closer look at that. As much as I hate the late tightness of baseball, often the peak viewing quarter hour is around 11pm Eastern because the small West Coast audience is all awake while some of the East Coast hasn’t passed out yet. This one peaked at 9:30 – I guess the score was to blame.

Then let’s look at the cities Fox is bragging about. Philly and Houston makes sense. Austin and San Antonio are Texas OK. SD. KC. Vegas.

What about the east coast? Where is say Market One? Or Boston. Or Anywhere Florida. Or Atlanta.

HARTFORD?? You had to brag about Hartford? (and yes I see the Baltimore mention)

And then there was this – baseball being blissfully unaware…

You’re right baseball, the games ARE too late.

Anyway, congrats to baseball on having another iconic moment right up there with Judge hitting 62 Home Runs.  Baseball IS back baby.  The people of Hartford love it.  Keep up the great job.

Hmmm next time I have insomnia maybe I SHOULD watch baseball.

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Hojo, Bartolo and Dickey! : it’s the lineup for December’s 2022 Queens Baseball Convention

Here is the lineup for the 2022 Queens Baseball Convention which will be Saturday December 3rd at Four Points Flushing.

10:30 am- Doors Open

11:00 am – State of the Mets Panel

12:00 pm – RA Dickey Panel hosted by Roger Clark

1:00 pm – RA Dickey Signing

1:00 pm- SNY’s The Mets Pod

2:00 pm – Howard Johnson Panel Hosted by Lori Rubinson

2:45 pm- The Gil Hodges Award will be presented to Jay Horwitz

3:00pm – Hojo Signing

3:00 pm – SNY Presents Mets Hot Stove

4:00 pm – Bartolo Colon Hosted by John Saponaro

5:00 pm- Bartolo Signing

5:00 pm – The NY Post’s Amazin But True Podcast

6:00pm – QBC Sign Off

 

Get your tickets at QueensBaseballConvention.com

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Baseball is Back Baby: MLB Finals Game 1 best ratings since……….2019

The Baseball Mafia is very excited about the TV Ratings for Game One of the MLB Finals!

The network averaged 11.48 million viewers for its broadcast of the Philadelphia Phillies’ 6-5, 10-inning victory over the Houston Astros on Friday. That’s up 6 percent over last year’s first game (10.81 million) and the best for a World Series opener since 12.19 million watched game one of the 2019 series. Fox also got a 2.9 rating among adults 18-49 for the game, up about 15 percent year to year. (via The Hollywood Reporter)

Sure, I guess that’s better than DOWN, but fortunately THR has some perspective..

On the flip side, Friday’s telecast is still the third-lowest opening game on record for the World Series MLB Finals, ahead of only the previous two years. (The 2020 series, played after a pandemic-shortened season, holds the all-time low for average viewers across the full series and for each of its six individual games.)

Looking at things another way, baseball is twice as popular as FIRE COUNTRY on CBS which did 5.3 million.  On Fire Country, a young convict joins a firefighting program looking for redemption and a shortened prison sentence. He and other inmates work alongside elite firefighter.

Season 97 of Blue Bloods got 5.8M if you’d like another comparison.

Thursday Night’s TNF game with Tom Brady, which wasn’t even on “TV TV” drew 10.01M….which is worse than baseball, which is back baby!  The 18-49s love it!

The MLB Finals feature the 6-seed Philadelphia Phillies vs. the Notorious Illegal Bat Using Cheaters Houston Astros.