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We are nine days away from Opening Day, which means across Mets Nation the annual ritual has begun. No, not spring cleaning. Prediction season. From now until the first pitch of the season at Citi Field, we’re going to spend a few minutes each day here at Kiner’s Korner doing something Mets fans love almost as much as debating—50 years later—whether Yogi Berra should have started George Stone in Game 6 and Tom Seaver in Game 7 of the 1973 World Series. Trying to predict the f

1980 was a 67-win catastrophe for the New York Mets, and the Joe Torre-led team wasn't competitive for almost the entire season. They finished 24 games out of first place. It was still four games better than the 63-win 1979 campaign. And just like 1979, the Mets' shortstop was Frank Taveras. The speedy, sure-handed player had a good season. Taveras swiped 32 bags while batting a career-high .279. He added 27 doubles to the stat line. Taveras started the season batting in the

We are now ten days away from Opening Day, which means across Mets Nation the annual ritual has begun. No, not spring cleaning. Prediction season. From now until the first pitch of the season at Citi Field, we’re going to spend a few minutes each day here at Kiner’s Korner doing something Mets fans love almost as much as debating—50 years later—whether Yogi Berra should have started George Stone in Game 6 and Tom Seaver in Game 7 of the 1973 World Series. Trying to predict th

We are now less than two weeks away from Opening Day, which means across Mets Nation the annual ritual has begun. No, not spring cleaning. Prediction season. From now until the first pitch of the season at Citi Field, we’re going to spend a few minutes each day here at Kiner’s Korner doing something Mets fans love almost as much as debating—50 years later—whether Yogi Berra should have started George Stone in Game 6 and Tom Seaver in Game 7 of the 1973 World Series. Trying to

Welcome back to Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing, our weekly stroll through the Mets attic — the place where the yearbooks are a little dusty, the bubble gum cards stick together, and every once in a while you stumble across a name that makes you stop and say, “Wait… I remember that guy.” Last week we dusted off the file on John Buck, the catcher who spent most of his career being a solid, dependable big league backstop — until April of 2013, when he briefly turned

We are now less than two weeks away from Opening Day, which means across Mets Nation the annual ritual has begun. No, not spring cleaning. Prediction season. From now until the first pitch of the season at Citi Field, we’re going to spend a few minutes each day here at Kiner’s Korner doing something Mets fans love almost as much as debating, 50 years later, whether Yogi Berra should have started George Stone in Game 6 and Tom Seaver in Game 7 of the 1973 World Series. Trying

The expectations for the 2013 Mets were modest but, at the very least, they were hoping to take a step forward to becoming a contender. However, the season became a literal repeat of 2012 as the team finished with the exact same record of 74-88. There was some optimism stemming from the continued development of 24-year old pitcher Matt Harvey. The righthander burst on the scene in 2012 with an impressive rookie season. Throughout their history, the Mets have produced some gre

We are now less than two weeks away from Opening Day, which means across Mets Nation the annual ritual has begun. No, not spring cleaning. Prediction season. From now until the first pitch of the season at Citi Field, we’re going to spend a few minutes each day here at Kiner’s Korner doing something Mets fans love almost as much as debating, 50 years later, whether Yogi Berra should have started George Stone in Game 6 and Tom Seaver in Game 7 of the 1973 World Series. Trying

The New York Mets and San Francisco Giants are forever linked in baseball history. When the Giants (and Dodgers) broke New York's heart by moving to California, the Mets were born to fill the void - literally adopting the Giants' iconic orange as part of their identity. Can you imagine what the fans of those teams went through? My father went through it. Born in 1919 in NYC, he was a huge fan of Mel Ott and Carl Hubbell. I often heard about the diminutive Ott's leg kick and

We are now exactly two weeks away from Opening Day, which means across Mets Nation the annual ritual has begun. No, not spring cleaning. Prediction season. From now until the first pitch of the season at Citi Field, we’re going to spend a few minutes each day here at Kiner’s Korner doing something Mets fans love almost as much as debating, 50 years later, whether Yogi Berra should have started George Stone in Game 6 and Tom Seaver in Game 7 of the 1973 World Series. Trying to

We are now a little more than two weeks away from Opening Day, which means across Mets Nation the annual ritual has begun. No, not spring cleaning. Prediction season. From now until the first pitch of the season at Citi Field, we’re going to spend a few minutes each day here at Kiner’s Korner doing something Mets fans love almost as much as debating, 50 years later, whether Yogi Berra should have started George Stone in Game 6 and Tom Seaver in Game 7 of the 1973 World Series

Welcome to the first installment of The Mets Interview Vault: Lost Audio from Mets History. This series is all about digging through old recordings, dusty archives, and forgotten broadcasts to bring you the voices of the players, managers, and personalities who helped shape Mets history. Some of these interviews haven’t been heard in decades—sometimes they’ve been hiding in boxes, on reel-to-reel tapes, or tucked away in old radio and TV archives. Our mission is simple: to re

We are now a little more than two weeks away from Opening Day, which means across Mets Nation the annual ritual has begun. No, not spring cleaning. Prediction season. From now until the first pitch of the season at Citi Field, we’re going to spend a few minutes each day here at Kiner’s Korner doing something Mets fans love almost as much as debating, 50 years later, whether Yogi Berra should have started George Stone in Game 6 and Tom Seaver in Game 7 in the 1973 World Serie

The 70s Mets' shortstop story is really about one person. He was scrappy, he was tough, and he was undersized, but he had an oversized heart. Buddy Harrelson broke onto the scene for the team in the late 60s, but the bulk of his work and his legacy were built in the 70s for the team. The first couple of years of the decade were arguably his best on the team. In his 1970 (all-star) season, he played a career-high 157 games. He batted .243, with 42 RBI, and 72 runs scored. He m

As the calendar creeps closer to March 26 and the start of another baseball season, the annual ritual begins. Not the first pitch ritual. Not the hot dog ritual. Not even the ritual of fans convincing themselves this is finally the year they won’t overreact to every April loss. No, the real ritual is the spring press conference where everyone tries to read tea leaves while the general manager calmly reminds us that baseball seasons are marathons, not sprints, even though the

Welcome back to Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing, our weekly stroll through the Mets attic where the yearbooks are a little worn, the bubble gum cards stick together, and every once in a while you come across a name that makes you stop and say, “Wait a second… how did we forget that guy?” Last week we opened the attic door and found a man who spent nearly two decades quietly standing in the background of Mets history. The traveling secretary who appeared in every of

A return of an ace and a first baseman, a Cy Young Award winning season, a first time historical milestone and changes, both on the field and for the field itself, along with an all too familiar second half collapse defined the 2012 season for the Mets. After missing the entire 2011 season due to anterior capsule surgery, former Cy Young award winner Johan Santana made a remarkable return. Santana was not only the starting pitcher on opening day, he authored the first no-hitt

The New York Mets and Boston Red Sox occupy two of baseball's most demanding, passionate, and media-saturated markets. Forever inextricably linked by the unforgettable drama of the 1986 World Series, these two historic franchises share a unique dynamic. They may play in different leagues, but share their deepest vitriol for a mutual enemy that plays in the Bronx. For that alone, Mets fans and Red Sox fans will always be friends. While they aren't traditional trade partners, t

The Mets' shortstops of the 1960s won't go down in history as the strongest players to play the position for the team. That probably would come decades later. However, some solid players filled the role, back when the position was considered more of a fielding spot than a hitter's. The inaugural opening day shortstop in 1962 for the Mets was Felix Mantilla. He was a solid hitter, so he stayed in the lineup, playing most of his games at 3rd base that year. Elio Chacon took the

At Kiner’s Korner we usually remember the men in uniform who swung the bats, toed the rubber, or chased fly balls into the gap. Today we remember the man in uniform who made sure they did it honestly, loudly, and within 17 uncompromising inches. Bruce Froemming passed away on February 25, 2026 at the age of 86. For 37 straight seasons, from 1971 through 2007, he stood where few dare to stand and fewer survive for long, squarely between a pitcher’s ego and a hitter’s paycheck.