Cool giveaway. Step it up in Queens Steve.
Cool Cyclones Hawaiian Shirt tonight
Howie Rose to NYS Hockey Hall of Fame Mets-Cardinals Game Notes
RHP Jordan Hicks (1-3, 4.15) vs. RHP Max Scherzer (4-1, 2.66)
Max tossed 7.0 innings of one-run ball, allowing just three hits while walking two and punching out six in his May 13 start vs. the Mariners…It was the third time this year he pitched 7.0 frames…He did not factor into the decision as the Mets fell, 2-1…This is the first time since July 2-8 last season that his team has lost back-to-back games he has started.
Scherzer’s 32.5 percent strikeout rate is the third- highest ever by a Met in his first seven starts for the team (min. 30.0 innings)… Only Pedro Martinez (34.2 percent) and Nolan Ryan (32.8 percent) have had a higher strikeout rate in their first seven starts in a Mets uniform…Dwight Gooden (30.5 percent) is the only other Met to fan more than 30 percent of his batters faced.
Congratulations are in order to Howie Rose who will be induced into the New York State Hockey Hall of Fame on Sunday, May 22…Rose is part of the first class of inductees to the Hall of Fame…Rose was the play-by-play announcer for the New York Islanders on Fox Sports New York from 1995-2016…He also worked as a play-by-play broadcaster for New York Rangers games on WFAN from 1989-1995, including their Stanley Cup Championship season of 1993-1994…Rose was previously honored with the New York State Sports Broadcasters Award for play-by-play work during the 1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs…In November of 2019, Rose was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame as well as the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2012. The Mets also conveniently forget that at one point there was a Howie Rose rule where he couldn’t be on immediately after the game, and we had to have the Todd Kalas version of Mets Extra. But now they love howie.
COOKIE’S KIDS PROGRAM: As part of the Cookie’s Kids Program, Carlos Carrasco is partnering with Northwell Health to host pediatric cancer patients from Cohen Children’s Medical Center once a month at Citi Field to share his story and talk with patients and their families…The first visit of the season took place earlier today…Carlos hosted seven patients who saw special sites around Citi Field and received Mets swag and tickets to a future Mets game.
Will @MLB punish Mets’ Lindor for apparently violating MLB Rule 4.06?
Dear MLB. This is your rule. If you have this rule you should enforce it. If not, you should remove it. This looks to me like a player in uniform addressing a spectator. You have clear evidence. Let me know what you decide.
⚾ x 🏀@Lindor12BC chats with @spidadmitchell from the on-deck circle pic.twitter.com/oEqqzRTggG
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 18, 2022
Suddenly everyone is on #TeamWayne
I noticed this morning there were a ton of tweets saying what a nice job Wayne did subbing for Gary. YES. I have been telling you this for years – but like so many of my opinions you weren’t ready to hear it.
The truth is, Gary is the most replaceable member of the booth. You just didn’t notice it because SNY often threw in people who weren’t professional PBP announcers.
Now you have heard Wayne. If the booth because Wayne, Keith and Ron you’d be over it in 4 innings, whereas we see what an MVP Keith is (extremely noticeable when he is absent.)
Let’s play Sterling or Scully…
Outta here! @outtadapakmark #LGM pic.twitter.com/snKrv3fIXH
— New York Mets (@Mets) May 17, 2022
If you listen to Wayne’s calls…he almost TrackWalls*….but the thing is, he doesn’t. Yes he describes the OFer drifting back – that’s because that’s the correct description. But he isn’t forcing a catch phrase, and he isn’t calling a shot in the third deck the same as a ball barely over the fence, as some announcers do sometimes when they mail in their calls.
It’s the little things.
Verdict: Scully
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* Been picking up new readers as the Mets are in first place.
TrackWalling is when Gary Cohen calls a home run on autopilot, as in, “To The Track, To The Wall, Its Outta Here” which he does way too often…..and many Mets fans can’t admit that Gary is basically doing “It Is High, It Is Far, It Is Gone.” But it IS the same.
MHN: Matt Harvey suspended 60 games without pay
Here’s a question, if you’re not in the Major Leagues, does it matter? What does this even mean, that he can’t be on the Orioles until July 1 or so? Whatever.
Anyway, when are we going to ask former Angels GM Billy Eppler what he knew or didn’t know during that season?
The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced today that Baltimore Orioles pitcher Matt Harvey has received a 60-game suspension without pay for participating in the distribution of a prohibited Drug of Abuse in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The start date of Harvey’s 60-game suspension is retroactive to April 29, 2022.