Wheeler watch begins, D’Arnaud on the mend BY JOE RINI While periodical cicadas were emerging from the ground after a 17 year wait to screech their way to a mate, the New York Mets swept the season series from the New York Yankees for the first time in this the seventeenth year of inter-league play […]
A Banner Day for the Mets, a banner career for Edgardo Alfonzo STORY AND PHOTO BY JOE RINI When Edgardo Alfonzo returned to Citi Field to help judge the recent Banner Day festivities, Mets fans could be forgiven for wishing they could turn back the clock and insert the former All-Star infielder into the starting […]
Harvey’s a step and a run from no-hitter BY JOE RINI If it’s really darkest before the dawn, then a first glimmer of daylight gleamed for the New York Mets 30 years ago this week when a much heralded Darryl Strawberry made his major league debut on May 6, 1983. The current rebuilding efforts by […]
Spring is in the Air and so is America’s Pastime Originally published April 11, 2012; updated each season Rockland County Times Staff Editorial The 2015 baseball season is just getting started and it seems that every year on Opening Day there’s a special feeling in the air. It’s not like any sport or game. There’s […]
BY MARC MATURO PORT ST. LUICE, FLA. — Mets fans — and there are many, despite rumors and various reports to the contrary — are often among the most dedicated and loyal, and this dedication and loyalty are often put to the test. But not to worry, because even in the worst of times Liz […]
Chipper Jones Honored by Mets and “Mr. Shea Stadium” BY JOR RINI The dream of playing baseball for the hometown team is real for any Dad who has soft tossed a ball to his young son holding a plastic bat or 10-year old boy who’s homered in his backyard to win a World Series. In […]