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  Amos Joseph Otis   was born on April 26, 1947 in Mobile, Alabama.  Otis grew up in the same Mobile area as Met outfielders, Cleon Jones, Tommie Agee & the Hammer, Hank Aaron. The speedy five foot eleven Otis was originally signed by the Boston Red Sox as a short stop in the 5th round of the 1965 draft. He was sent to the Appalachian League that same year, where he batted .329.  I n 1966 he was the New York Penn. Leagues All Star first baseman, playing for A ball Oneonta. That same year the New York Mets Player of development, Whitey Herzog who was running a highly talented farm system, managed to draft Otis away from Boston.  In 1967 the with the Mets organization he batted .268 & stole 29 bases after being promoted to AAA Jacksonville. MLB Debut- Mets Career:  Otis got a September call up making his MLB debut on September 6th, pinch running for Tommy Davis at Shea Stadium in a 3-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. The next night he came in to play...

Monday April 25th, 2022: Buck Showalter's Mets were coming into St. Louis with the best record in baseball (12-5). The Mets had taken 2 of 3 in Arizona, the first series of the latest road trip.  Tonight, Max Scherzer took the mound for the Mets, against the Cardinals' Miles Mikolas, in front of a big crowd of 35,455 at Busch Stadium. Scherzer was brilliant once again, with another amazing start in the fourth game of his Mets career. In seven innings of work, Max shut out the Cards, as he struck out ten batters, allowing just two hits & one walk. It was the 106th time in his career he has had double figures in strike outs. In the 2nd inning, Max struck out the side, fanning Corey Dickerson, Dylan Carson & Edmundo Sosa. In the 3rd, after walking Tommy Edman & he gave up a single to Paul Goldschmidt. one of the two hits he allowed. But Scherzer then struck out Tyler O'Neil to end the inning.  He added two more strike outs in both the 5th & 6th innings as well....

Saturday April 22, 2006:  As Willie Randolph's 12-5 Mets were taking on Bruce Bochy's 7-10 Padres at Petco Park in San Diego, Mets analyst Keith Hernandez, made a comment as the camera panned inside the Padres dugout & a woman was seen sitting on the bench.  After Mike Piazza (who was now a member of the Padres) blasted a 2nd inning HR, Hernandez commented to Gary Cohen "Only Player personnel in the dugout. I won't say that women belong in the kitchen, but they don't belong in the dugout".  Gary Cohen responded, "There's only trouble brewing, if you say that".  To which Keith replied, he was only joking. "I love you gals out there".  He later said he stood by his beliefs that baseball is a man's game & it just gets in the way. He said if viewers took his comment about women in the kitchen seriously "they should get a sense of humor". Of course, some people got upset over the comment & he was reprimanded by SNY...

Friday, April 22nd, 2023:  Joey Lucchesi came to the Mets as in January 2021 in a three-team trade with the Padres & Pirates. He went 1-4 with a 4.46 ERA in eleven appearances, with eight starts.  In his last five starts of that year he never allowed more than one run, pitching into the 4th inning or beyond each time. In those games he got four no decisions & a loss to his credit as the Mets bullpen blew all but one of those games.  That June he  was diagnosed with a significant tear in his left elbow's ulnar collateral ligament. He underwent Tommy John surgery, was out for the rest of the season & most of  the next.  Lucchesi made his comeback in August 2022 at AAA Syracuse pitching in eight games. He made four starts going 1-1 with a 2.13 ERA.   2023:  Lucchesi made three minor league starts at AAA Syracuse going 2-0 with a 2.30 ERA. He was called up to make his first start in 672 days at the big-league ...

Friday April 14th 2000: It was still early in the season for the eventual NL Champions, but these Mets were showing they could hit & score runs all along.  The reigning NL Wild Card Champs were led by future Hall of Famer Mike Piazza & tonight was one of his big nights as he had a career best five hit games. Bobby Valentines Mets (5-5) visited Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium to face Gene Lamont's Pirates (4-5). It was to be a long four hour & ten-minute affair that would go twelve innings before being decided. The starting pitchers for the night were the Mets Al Leiter & the Pirates Jason Schmidt. After a scoreless first inning, Mike Piazza led off the top of the 2nd with a base hit, his first of the night. He would advance on a single from Joe Nunnaly but left stranded at third base. In the bottom of the 2nd, the Pirates Will Cordero led off with a HR giving Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead. In the top of the 3rd Rickey Henderson & Derek Bell...