The Mets Police

Taking a break from policing the Mets for a moment to pass along some sad news.

Chad Bowen died on 4/21/08 just a week shy of what would have been his 26th birthday.

Chad was the winning pitcher in the first game the Brooklyn Cyclones ever played at Jamestown NY on June 19, 2001.

Drafted by the Mets in the 8th round of the 2000 draft, Chad was the Appalachian League Pitcher of the Year, Rookie League All-Star SP, and Appalachian League All-Star RHP. He also won the Doubleday Award in 2000 for Player of the Year for Kingsport prior to his time in Brooklyn.

He pitched for 4 years in the Mets organization, 2 of them at Brooklyn. Following his release in 2003 he spent some time playing independent ball before retiring.

According to the obituary he worked at Plumgood Food.

No cause was given for his death.

A 25 year old former Cyclone should be mentioned in the sports pages, not the obituaries.

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080425/MTCN0504/80424066/-1/ARCHIVE01

Taking a break from policing the Mets for a moment to pass along some sad news.

Chad Bowen died on 4/21/08 just a week shy of what would have been his 26th birthday.

Chad was the winning pitcher in the first game the Brooklyn Cyclones ever played at Jamestown NY on June 19, 2001.

Drafted by the Mets in the 8th round of the 2000 draft, Chad was the Appalachian League Pitcher of the Year, Rookie League All-Star SP, and Appalachian League All-Star RHP. He also won the Doubleday Award in 2000 for Player of the Year for Kingsport prior to his time in Brooklyn.

He pitched for 4 years in the Mets organization, 2 of them at Brooklyn. Following his release in 2003 he spent some time playing independent ball before retiring.

According to the obituary he worked at Plumgood Food.

No cause was given for his death.

A 25 year old former Cyclone should be mentioned in the sports pages, not the obituaries.

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080425/MTCN0504/80424066/-1/ARCHIVE01

Heard Howie Rose say Charlie Samuels was running his mouth about the Mets wearing the hideous awful cursed black jerseys over the weekend during both games.

So they trotted the horrible repulsive black jerseys out last night. Well guess what Charlie – if you check the boxscore it doesn’t include the words Santana, Maine or rain – so they lost.

Now they are 3-2 with the appalling ghastly black jerseys – so let’s put them away forever.

I’ll use Wilpon logic – the Brooklyn Dodgers never wore black uniforms and the black might accidentally remind someone of the color of the New York baseball Giants hats – so put them away.

Yep. Read the rest here: http://metslifers.blogspot.com/2008/05/mets-are-good-at-ruining-young-talent.html

Heard Howie Rose say Charlie Samuels was running his mouth about the Mets wearing the hideous awful cursed black jerseys over the weekend during both games.

So they trotted the horrible repulsive black jerseys out last night. Well guess what Charlie – if you check the boxscore it doesn’t include the words Santana, Maine or rain – so they lost.

Now they are 3-2 with the appalling ghastly black jerseys – so let’s put them away forever.

I’ll use Wilpon logic – the Brooklyn Dodgers never wore black uniforms and the black might accidentally remind someone of the color of the New York baseball Giants hats – so put them away.