Mets try to make the most out of their final road game before their Home Opener. Clay Holmes versus Connor Gillispie, 4:40 PM, SNY.

I seem to remember the Padres having an empty Sunday on their schedule years ago, maybe because of a papal visit? I'm not sure. When Padres shared Jack Murphy with Chargers, they had to work around their co-tenants’ schedule, which meant the occasional Saturday off for August NFL exhibitions (same ...

The Canario scenario has Alexander traded to the Piratea for cash (not Dave).

1,259. Max Kranick

1,256. A.J. Minter
1,257. Griffin Canning
1,258. Jose Siri

Fman99 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 3:25 pm I don't think it's official till I see a Mets onesie.

A valiant emergency catcher in 1967.

https://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/ ... a-catcher/

Famed sportswriter (and Mets fan) John Feinstein, 69. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/03/13/john-feinstein-sports-commentator-dies/ I grew up in New York; I’m still a New Yorker at heart and the New York teams are my teams. I’m a Mets fan… https://povichcenter.umd.edu/still-no-cheerin...

Betty Bonney was 17 when she sang on Les Brown’s “Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio” in 1941. She died in January at age 100.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/arts ... -dead.html

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 12:30 pm This thread makes ot seem as though he hurt his hand in a drunk driving mishap.

He hurt it swinging, but not at a key party.

metirish wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 10:59 am HOW WILL HE DRIVE IN TWENTY-FIVE ?

If he’s back after eight weeks, he has a chance to drive in 25 runs.

Gelbs:

BREAKING: Francisco Alvarez fractured his hamate bone in his left hand yesterday. He’s going to have surgery and will be out 6-8 weeks.

Aug. 14, 2024, in Santa Cruz, Calif, per the article MH references. https://www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/former-red-sox-mets-outfielder-dies-sought-privacy-post-baseball-life-death-2040236 Bob’s one of the last Mets I remember being lent out to another organization’s farm club, playing for Triple-A I...

OMG! The emotional sparkplug of the 2024 Mets signs with San Diego.

Was picked up to solidify a contending rotation in 2023, got hurt in Spring Training, comes back to find the Mets in break-it-down mode and pitches like a pro the rest of the way, with the limited Met offense treating him as if he were deGrom. Became my favorite Met of a lost year. Before he put it ...

Tom's eldest daughter has passed away from cancer in her mid-50s.

Longtime MSG voice -- and ABA Nets ballboy -- Al Trautwig, 68. Neat story here about his LI roots.

https://www.uticaod.com/story/news/colu ... 263696007/

Fractured left shoulder. Out a "long time," Mendoza says. Ouch for Nick and depth.

Oblique injury for Sean Manaea. Shut down for a couple of weeks. IL beckons for season's start.

Roberta Flack, 88.

Grapefruit League action commences this afternoon at one on SNY and 880 AM. Here are the first 2025 Mets who will say hi to Houston in Port St. Lucie.

Lindor SS
Soto RF
Alonso 1B
Alvarez C
McNeil 2B
Torrens DH
Baty 3B
Azocar CF
Ortega LF

Clay Holmes to pitch, followed by others.

BIG HAIRY DEAL awaits as tomorrow’s News back page headline. The Post likely photoshops a beard onto the Babe.

Al Leiter, Ray Knight and the estate of Donn Clendenon oughta be getting residuals.

Recorded the postseason-clinching berth out in 2022. It will surprise nobody that it wasn’t via pickoff.