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History: Carole King wrote her first hit song “Will You Still Love Tomorrow” at the age of 18 in 1960. She & her husband at the time, Gerry Goffin would go on to write over a dozen hit songs in the sixties for groups like the Shirelles (Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow), The Animals (Don’t Bring Me Down), Bobby Vee (Take Good Care of My Baby), The Drifters (Up on the Roof), The Cookies (Chains -also covered by the Beatles), Steve Lawrence (Go Away Little Girl), Aretha Franklin (Natural Woman), The Chiffons (One Fine Day), The Everly Brothers (Cryin’ In The Rain), Little Eva / Grand Funk Railroad (The Locomotion), Grand Funk Railroad / Gene Pitney (Some Kind of Wonderful) & Freddie Scott (Hey Girl). After moving from Manhattan to West Orange New Jersey, they wrote the song “Pleasant Valley Sunday” which became a huge hit for the Monkees. They also penned the Monkees classic, "Porpoise Song". Countless artists have covered her songs, an d she is credited with writing ...

Edgar Alfonzo was born on June 10, 1967. He is the older brother of popular former Met Edgardo Alfonzo. Edgar spent 12 years in the Baltimore & Anaheim minor league systems never making to the big leagues. Since 2000 he has been working at various levels of the Mets system. In 2000 he was manager of the Kingsport Mets. In 2001 he was the first manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones in their inaugural season, leading them to a first place finish, and a co-championship. He won Baseball America’s short season manager of the year award. In 2002 he was the St. Lucie Mets hitting instructor, then worked as a Mets minor league infield co-ordinator. In 2007 he returned to Brooklyn as manger again finishing in first place but losing in the league finals. In 2008 his Cyclones finished 4th & he m oved on to the Savannah Sand Gnats in 2009, but finished 12th. In 2010 he is the back as manager of the St. Lucie Mets. He has been living in that area since 1998 and is very excited about managing at...

What a great night at the brand new Meadowlands Stadium last night. The Eagles put on an amazing show wowing the 50,000 plus, on what turned out to be a beautifal early summer night, after a brief sun shower passed through. Supported by the Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban it was a 5 hour extravaganza of some great music. THE NEW MEADOWLANDS STADIUM: As for the new stadium, there was really nothing there that blew me away. Upon first arrival, there were slow lines at the pay booths, which charged a hefty $25 to park. There wasn't much direction, the lanes all of a sudden merged down into only two pay booths which was causing the whole delay. There you get your first close up of the big large grey Stadium, which really is kind of ugly. The parking situation was ridiculous at first. I arrived at 400 PM and was sent to a parking lot behind the racetrack, a long way away from the stadium. I was told there would be shuttle bus es to take us over! Shuttle bus, after I paid $2...

Dario Antonio Lodigiani was born on June 6, 1919 in San Francisco California. Dario was one of the many Italian American players to come out of the San Francisco Bay area in the 1930’s. While still in junior high his double play partner was Joe DiMaggio. By the time he reached high school he was a an All Star in baseball, football, & basketball. He was drafted right into the AAA level of baseball at 19 years old & two years later debuted with the Philadelphia Athletics. Lodigiani & his childhood friend DiMaggio made it to the big leagues together, remaining friends & going to their respective careers. He was primarily a second baseman & third baseman with superior fielding range, posting fielding percentages that put him among the leagues best. In his rookie year he batted .280 with 6 HRs 15 doubles & 44 RBIs, playing in 93 games. He would also be in the leagues top five in hit by pitches three times. He dropped to a .260 average the next year playing in ...

centerfield maz fan Louie Diaz has a great Mets story from the Summer of 1969. A young Louie was there the night the Mets clinched the NL East title in 1969 and can prove it. The following week Sports Illustrated ran its coverage of the Mets 1st place victory and among the pictures they published, there is Louie storming the field front & center. As years went by his brothers ex-wife ended up with the magazine & never gave it up to him. Louie went to online & recently bought a great copy of the October 1969 Sports Illustrated with Frank Robinson on the cover. He told the story to centerfield maz & it just had to be posted! September 25th 1969: Shea Stadium was packed with excitement as 55,000 fans were ready to witness the first stage of the miracle, the clinching of the NL East title. 1969 was the first year of divisional play, so the Eastern Title & NL Playoff Series were a whole new concept. Gil Hodges and his 1st place Mets were ahead of the Cubs by six games ...

Yesterday the Rolling Stones re issued their 1972 classic album; EXILE ON MAIN STREET. The album celebrating its 40th anniversary, (a bit early) has become known through the years as a masterpiece & one of the Stones finest works. This was never my personal favorite album among the Stones works, but indeed it is a classic. It is now available in a deluxe boxed set & deluxe i-tunes version which I down loaded. The original songs, remastered sound absolutely great, much clearer & crisper than the original recordings. The new release comes with alternate versions of “All Down the Line” “Loving Cup” & “Soul Survivor” with Kieth singing the lead. There are eight new songs: PLUNDERED MY SOUL which also has two videos of footage from that era associated with it. PASS THE WINE (SOPHIA LOREN) / DANCING IN THE LIGHT / FOLLOWING THE RIVER / GOOD TIME WOMEN / I’M NOT SIGNIFYING / SO DIVINE (ALADDIN STORY) / & TITLE 5. They are all quality songs that didn’t make the original dou...

Just got back from a great trip to Ft. Lauderdale Florida. The Mets just happen to be in South Florida, so I attended the first game of the Marlins vs. Mets series on Thursday night. I don't expect much from this team, so the running joke was how are they gonna lose tonight? Well they sure surprised us with the wild pitch walk off!! I run a historical Mets blog & usually dont comment on the current team. I leave that to the Mets Police & all the other blogs. All I am going to say, is that I predicted a 85 loss season this year and am sticking by it. Don't expect to win until the core of this team is ALL gone. We are getting there. I hope Jose Reyes & David Wright are taking a good look at Ike Davis when they strike out, so they can see the new face of the franchise. Here is a brief run down of the Marlins home: Sun Life Stadium. It was my second time there and I noticed a bit of a face lift since 2004. The outside has some colorful ramps as you drive up to the stad...