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Mike's Met Of The Month, May 2026: Juan Soto
New York Mets' outfielder Juan Soto ended May on a heater to earn Met of the Month accolades.

phillipsm331
May 311 min read


Miami Vise: Mets Put the Clamp on the Marlins For Second Sweep of the Season
Mets 10 Marlins 1 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 26-33 Mets streak: Won 4 WP -Nolan McLean (3-4) LP -John King (1-1) SV-David Peterson (1) Seat on the Korner: Juan Soto We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main

Howie Karpin
May 313 min read


Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing #74 : The Big Cat’s Final Baseball Chapter Almost Happened in Queens
Last week in Sunday School, we talked about Dae-Sung Koo and the beautiful insanity that makes baseball the only sport where a middle-aged relief pitcher can accidentally become Babe Ruth, Bo Jackson, and Evel Knievel all in the same inning. One swing. One headfirst slide. One Shea Stadium crowd screaming “KOOOOOOOOOO!” loud enough to register on nearby seismographs and probably wake up people waiting on line at Nathan’s in Coney Island. It was the kind of baseball story Mets

Mark Rosenman
May 315 min read


Minor League Mondays: What Jack Wenninger Needs To Do To Reach The Majors
This week's edition of Minor League Mondays takes a look at Syracuse Mets' RHP Jack Wenninger, who is pushing to make his big league debut this season.

phillipsm331
May 313 min read


The Youngsters Dazzle with Great Pitching and Great Defense in Mets' 3rd Straight Win
Mets 6, Marlins 1 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 25-33 Mets streak: Won 3 WP - Christian Scott (1-0) LP - Tyler Phillips (0-1) Seat on the Korner: Christian Scott We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Even

Manny Fantis
May 304 min read


Saturday Seasons, 2024: Grimace and Bear It, or OMG?
Optimists looking for a way to have hope as the 2026 Mets season unfolds look back no further than 2024, when the team overcame a horrendous start and propelled themselves into the National league Championship Series. The season was David Stearns' first as the team’s head of baseball operations, and his first major task was finding a manager to replace Buck Showalter, whom owner Steve Cohen fired, ostensibly to give the about-to-be-named top baseball executive

A.J. Carter
May 306 min read


AJ and AJ Shine Before MJ Brings It Home
Mets 9 Marlins 7 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 24-33 Mets streak: Won 2 WP - Austin Warren (1-1) LP - Pete Fairbanks (2-3) Seat on the Korner: MJ Melendez We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event Restaur

shaikushner
May 295 min read


Before Lee? Why Jane Jarvis and John Stearns Belonged in the Mets Hall of Fame First
This weekend Lee Mazzilli and Bobby Valentine will be inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame . This event brings understandable excitement from Mets fans of a certain generation — especially those of us who spent the late 1970s pretending our hair looked just as cool as Lee’s. Spoiler alert: It didn’t. Mazzilli was everything a young Mets fan could want. He was from Brooklyn, he was Tony Manero before Saturday Night Fever, and he carried himself with the kind of swagger

Mark Rosenman
May 284 min read


Trade Tracker Thursday: Detroit Tigers. Hitters Galore! : Cespy, Rusty, HoJo, and The Grave Digger
The trade history between the Mets and the Detroit Tigers has been few and far between. There hasn't been any kind of transaction between the two since Yoenis Cespedes almost 11 years ago! The wire is riddled with no names (Kyle Lobstein, anyone? Kevin (not Joe) Morgan?) and very few impactful pitchers (sorry, Flushing-born Ed Glynn fans). But there have been some dingers, ropes, and taters coming off the bats of Trade Tracker players who could go yard with the best of them.

Mitch Green
May 287 min read


The Kid is Clutch: Benge Comes up Big Twice in a Tough Win
Mets 4 Reds 2 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 23-33 Mets streak: Won 1 WP - Jonah Tong (1-0) LP - Andrew Abbott (4-3) SV - Devin Williams (8) Seat on the Korner: Carson Benge We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The

Manny Fantis
May 273 min read


The Mets Still Believe. The Fans? Well, that’s a different story.
There are baseball seasons that unfold like symphonies. And then there are seasons like this one, which unfold more like the Three Stooges dropped a piano down the stairs at Citi Field. The Mets entered Tuesday night against Cincinnati looking less like a roster and more like the never-ending search for the right replacement for Curly in the Three Stooges. Every day another player seems to limp into the trainer’s room while another kid arrives from Syracuse carrying batting g

Mark Rosenman
May 276 min read


Mets Chase a Needed Win but Get Burned
Reds 7 Mets 2 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 22-33 Mets streak: Lost 5 WP - Chase Burns (7-1) LP - David Peterson (3-5) Seat on the Korner: Chase Burns We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event Restaurant

shaikushner
May 274 min read


Bob Horner: The Slugger Who Never Needed a Warm-Up Swing
Baseball lost one of its great right-handed power hitters on Tuesday when former Atlanta Braves star Bob Horner passed away at the age of 68. And if you’re old enough to remember Horner in his prime, you probably still instinctively flinch whenever someone mentions a hanging slider. Horner was one of those players who looked like he could hit a baseball through a brick wall, then ask the brick wall if it needed directions home afterward. He wasn’t flashy. He wasn’t theatrical

Mark Rosenman
May 263 min read


Time Traveler Tuesdays : From Punch Line to Powerhouse: The 1960s Pitchers That Built the Miracle Mets
NEW YORK — Before the New York Mets became a miracle, pitching for them could feel like torture. The early 1960s Mets were charming, chaotic and often overmatched, a newborn franchise trying to replace the National League void left in New York after the Dodgers and Giants had left town. For pitchers, that meant taking the ball with huge shoes to fill, to match their predecessors. In those first lean seasons, Al Jackson was the kind of pitcher every bad team needs, but too few

Manny Fantis
May 263 min read


Mets lose 4th straight as life remains a cornucopia of pain
Reds 7 Mets 2 (Citi Field, Flushing, NY) Mets record: 22-32 Mets streak: Lost 4 WP - Nick Lodolo (1-1) LP - Nolan McLean (2-4) Seat on the Korner: Nick Lodolo We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets. Continuing the tradition of Rheingold Beer sponsoring Kiner’s Korner, this season every seat is proudly presented by The Main Event Restaurant &

John Coppinger
May 254 min read


From the Polo Grounds to Citi Field: Help Us Build the Ultimate Mets Fan Registry
There’s a funny thing about being a Mets fan. You don’t really choose it. It chooses you. Usually somewhere between a summer night, a bad decision, and a team that convinces you—again—that this might finally be the year… right before it isn’t. And yet here we are. Still watching. Still arguing. Still believing. Which, medically speaking, probably says more about us than it does about baseball. So we decided to do something simple. We’re building a home for it. Welcome to Met-

Mark Rosenman
May 253 min read


Minor League Mondays: Ryan Clifford May Get A Shot With The Mets Soon
Mets' first base prospect Ryan Clifford has made a case to be promoted to the majors with 10 home runs in his first 49 games for AAA Syracuse.

phillipsm331
May 252 min read


Marlins Walk it Off in Grand Fashion for the Series Sweep
The Mets lost 4-1 to the Miami Marlins on Saturday as their bats remained ice cold.

Mark Rosenman
May 245 min read


Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing #73 — Dae-Sung Koo and one of the Greatest At-Bats in Mets History
Last week in Forgotten Faces of Flushing, we talked about Grant Roberts and how quickly baseball can take things away. A live arm. A promising future. A career that looked like it was just beginning until shoulders, headlines, and bad timing stepped in like a seventh-inning rain delay nobody asked for. This week is different. Because sometimes baseball gives you one perfect afternoon instead. One ridiculous, impossible, beautiful baseball memory that somehow lasts longer than

Mark Rosenman
May 244 min read


Mets' Bats Come Up Flat In Second Straight Loss To Marlins
The Mets lost 4-1 to the Miami Marlins on Saturday as their bats remained ice cold.

phillipsm331
May 233 min read
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