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Remembering Mets History (2013) Matt Harvey Starts the Season At 4-0 with 25 Strike outs

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In 2013 Matt Harvey was the Mets top attraction. The Rookie had a fantastic start to the season winning his first four starts of the year, giving some excitement to the Mets fans. Wednesday April 3rd: Matt Harvey started the second game of the season taking on the San Diego Padres at Citi Field. Harvey started out the game striking out the first two batters. In the second inning he struck out the final two batters & had four strike outs thru two innings.  In the bottom of the 2nd, Lucas Duda hit a two run HR to start the Mets scoring. In the 3rd inning, he notched another strike out & retired the first none batters in a row.  In the 4th, Everth Cabrera led off with a base hit, then Harvey picked him off at first base. He issued a two out walk but got Carlos Quentin to ground into an inning ending double play.  In the bottom of the 4th, Harvey's battery mate John Buck hit a two run HR to make it a 4-0 lead. In the 5th the Mets sent nine men to the plate, with Ike...
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Remembering Mets History: (1967) Tom Seaver's MLB Debut

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April 13th, 1967: In a much-anticipated debut a young rookie pitcher named Tom Seaver took the mound in a major league game for the first time. Tom Seaver Lottery: Seaver had been a standout pitcher at the University of Southern California. The Atlanta Braves signed him just as the USC season began but MLB rules stated that a player could not be signed off of a college campus once that team stated playing.  Seaver intended to finish the year with no contact, but NCAA rules stated with no contract he could lose amateur status. Seaver & his father threatened legal action. MLB came up with a solution, that any team matching the Braves offer would earn the chance to get Seaver in a lottery. Three MLB teams, the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies & New York Mets were all in on Seaver. The Mets won the lottery & changed their teams' history forever. A small Shea Stadium crowd of just 5,005 came out on a cold day to see Tom Terrific debut on ...
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Remembering Mets History (1985) Darryl Strawberry Hits a Walk Off HR Off John Franco

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Saturday April 13th, 1985: Davey Johnson's 1985 Mets were one of the best teams in the league. They could never to be counted out of any contest. The season had begun with a home opener dramatic walk off HR from the team's new All Star-Gary Carter. The Mets had won their first three games of the year as they entered today's game.  On this Saturday matinee at Shea, 26,212 came out to see Davey Johnson's Mets host Pete Rose's Cincinnati Reds.  Trivia: The Reds Manger Pete Rose was in the line up playing at first base for this game. Rose was the last MLB player/manager. This was his 22nd playing season & second year as manager. Rose would retire from playing the next season. Both teams would have fine seasons that yea, but they both finished in second place in their respective divisions. The Reds went 89-72 second to the Los Angeles Dodgers & the Mets finished up 98-64 three games behind the eventual NL Champion St. Louis Cardinals. Ed Lynch would get the...
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Remembering Mets History (1976) Dave Kingman's Big Season Start & The Longest HR Hit at Wrigley Field

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1976 had some good highlights for the Mets: Jerry Koosman would win twenty games for the first time in his career. Slugger Dave Kingman would set a Mets club record with 37 HRs, second most in the NL.  For the 1976 season, Joe Frazier was now managing the Mets, he had been successful managing at the clubs AAA level at Tidewater. The Mets went into early May at 19-9 in first place getting lots of power from Dave Kingman. He earned the nick name "Kong". Kingman hit his first HR in the third game of the season, in a loss to the Expos.  Tuesday April 14th, 1976- One of the Longest HRs Ever Hit at Wigley Field:  A small crowd of 9,307 came to Wrigley Field on this usual day game, as no lights were installed there until 1989. In the top of the 6th inning, the Mets were leading the Cubs 3-2 as Dave Kingman came to bat with Wayne Garrett on first base & no one out.  Kingman was facing Tm Dettore & launched a massive HR that traveled an estimated 540 feet ...
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Remembering Mets History (2012) Daniel Murphy's Walk Off Single Gives Mets a 4-0 Start to the Season

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Monday April 9th , 2012 : Terry Collins New York Mets got off to a good start in 2012 having swept the Atlanta Braves in the opening series at home to go 3-0 out of the gate. Today they hosted the Washington Nationals (2-2) who were led by former 1986 Mets World Champion Manager Davey Johnson who was now at the helm for the Nat's.  Davey Trivia: Davey Johnson who was 69 years old at the time, was managing his fifth  team. Mets (1984-1990) Reds (1993-1995) Orioles (1996-1997) & Dodgers (1999-2000) After an eleven-year break he returned to manage the Nationals from 2011-2013. A crowd of 23,970 came out on a April chilly night at Citi Field as the Mets Mike Pelfrey took on the Nat's Edwin Jackson. In the top of the 1st, after striking out Ian Desmond, Mike Pelfrey surrendered three straight singles with Adam LaRoche's RBI giving the Nat's a 1-0 lead.  In the top of the 3rd, Desmond singled then Ryan Zimmerman doubled making it 2-0.  Ryan Zimmerma...
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Tomas Nido: Long Time Mets Backup Catcher (2017 - 2024)

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Tomas E. Nido Vicens was born April 12th, 1994, in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. The young Tomas was born into a very athletic family.  Parents: His mother Liana Vicens competed in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, as a swimmer  at the age of eleven.  His father Tomas Sr. won a tennis medal in the 1982 Central American & Caribbean Games. Tomas' grandfather was a Puerto Rican National basketball Player. Another relative included a great Uncle, Juan Vincens, was once dubbed "The Best Player in the World" in the 1959 FIBA Championships. Quotes- Tomas Nido: "We are a very athletic family. It sticks out about my mom, she was very young, so the work ethic from a young age is something to be really proud of & has definitely helped  me".  Tomas grew up in Se mi nole County Florida & was to play baseball for the Florida State Seminoles.  I nstead, the New York Mets selected him as an 8th round pick in 2012 & he we went...
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