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Cool stuff on Baseball Digest

Damn I suck.  All day I tried to get this post right….but there are some similar named things in the universe and my small brain gets confused.

Baseball Digest had on Ken Burns and Matt Cerrone from MetsBlog today.

Here’s the correct website I wanted to send you to: http://www.baseballdigest.com/

Here’s the link to Ken Burns: http://www.baseballdigest.com/2010/09/14/7513/

Here’s where you can hear Burns and Cerrone.

Check out Mark’s site.  Good stuff.   Some notes from Mark this morning…

Just wanted to share the link and info for Wednesday’s “Baseball Digest LIVE” on which I’ll talk to award-winning filmamker Ken Burns about his newest addition to “BASEBALL”; The Tenth Inning. It’s something I am especially proud of and hope you’ll listen. I’ll also hope you’ll share the link with your readers, friends and others via Facebook or Twitter.

Here’s the link to the story on BD

Also for you Mets fans, I have been having a Twitter discussion with Metsblog.com’s Matt Cerrone about how the Mets should be going about restarting the franchise. Foe those of you who have read my work over the years, you have a pretty good idea of where I stand.

In case you missed my latest (and for context) – Real Change Happens at the Top.

Matt will be on Wednesday’s show as well.

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Mets to Host Hispanic Heritage Night

The New York Mets today announced they will host Hispanic Heritage Night Presented by Goya this Friday, September 17 when the Mets play the Atlanta Braves at 7:10 p.m. at Citi Field.

Goya is going to donate 20,000 pounds of food to City Harvest. If the one thing the Mets as an organization gets right is their charity work.

There will be a mariachi band to greet fans at the Jackie Robinson Rotunda.

K-Company from the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club will entertain fans with a pre-game dance performance.

Also, Bocatabu, a Latino pop-rock group, will also play pre-game in celebration of Hispanic culture.

Mets players will also wear “Los Mets” jerseys. I can see Shannon right now gritting his teeth in anger over the “Los” Mets. I think he might hate them more then he hates the black jerseys. Would be cool to see his head explode if they wear black Los Mets jerseys though.

Also on hand will be, Tony Unanue from Goya Foods will throw out the ceremonial first pitch, and Telemundo’s Veronica Contreras will make public address announcements in Spanish throughout the game.

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Megdal to Accept Fans Nomination For Mets GM

By:Media Goon

This is from a press release from Mr.Megdal.

After receiving thousands of votes over the course of 18 grueling primaries at blogs dedicated to the Mets around the Internet, Howard Megdal will graciously accept the nomination of New York Mets fans to be the next General Manager at 6:15 PM Thursday night in Parking Lot E at Citi Field.

Megdal won every primary he entered, with a vote share of 65 percent or greater in 17 of the 18 contests, and averaged a vote share of greater than 74 percent. Considering that Metsblog currently rates the fan confidence rating in the team at 9 percent, there can be no greater sign that Fred and Jeff Wilpon are listening to the wishes of the fans than by making Howard Megdal the next General Manager of the New York Mets.
Read the rest of the Story here.

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I Survived the Mets-Pirates series (Times)

Aw man…I missed this the other day.  Fun stuff from the Times:

One idea: offer a prize to anyone that can prove they went to all four games. Maybe a T-shirt that reads: “I Survived the Mets-Pirates series.’’ Or one that reads: “Aaargh! Pirates vs. Mets, Sept. 13-16, 2010.” That one works as pirate talk, and as commentary.

The article comes with a nice mockup of the T.

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Schmidt on Wright – A Nice Guy

A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet and talk briefly with Hall of Fame 3B Mike Schmidt.  Of course what happens when a Mets blogger meets the greatest Phillie of all time?  We discuss the Mets current third-baseman.

Given the recent discussion (relatively recent) on where Wright ranks in terms of all-time third-baseman I had to ask Schmidt what his opinions were.

Schmidt said that Wright was “…a nice guy.  He’s a good young player, in fact I was just up in New York and saw him.”  Schmidt continued that he liked the way Wright plays, but when asked if he thought Wright had a chance to be an all-time great, he down-played that idea:  “It’s way too early for that don’t you think?  He’s got a long way to go yet.”

As a side note – Schmidt (greatest player I ever saw play IMO) is tall (maybe 6’2″) but is of human proportions.  Just saying