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Thursday Trade Tracker: San Diego Padres. A Closer, an MVP, and an Invisible Man
The wind is howling, the snow is accumulating, the temperatures are dropping, and my mind wanders towards the beauty of San Diego. The Mets and Padres have had their share of impactful trades with beloved (and not so beloved players). December 20, 1973. Mets trade RHP Jim McAndrew for RHP Steve Simpson. Trading a solid, if unspectacular, pitcher for someone who never pitched a game for the Mets may not be impactful, but McAndrew threw for six seasons on the Mets, two of tho

Mitch Green
Jan 15 min read


Saturday Seasons : 1994 If the Glove Don’t Fit, You’re Probably Playing Shortstop for the ’94 Mets
If the 1994 Mets were a metaphor, they’d be a white Ford Bronco lumbering down the Long Island Expressway with the hazards on. Everyone in New York knew it wasn’t going to end well — but we couldn’t stop watching. While O.J. Simpson’s real-life slow-speed chase captivated the country that summer, the Mets were running their own version in Queens: a low-drama, low-speed pursuit of competence that ended in surrender long before the season did. You could almost hear the crowd at

Mark Rosenman
Nov 1, 20254 min read


Saturday Seasons 1989 Mets : Good, Not Great, and the Last Flicker of ’80s Dominance
If you’re a Mets fan of a certain age (translation: you still have VHS tapes labeled “Family BBQ” that are actually Game 6 of the ’86...

Mark Rosenman
Sep 27, 20254 min read


Saturday Seasons 1987 Mets: Big Hits, Broken Arms, and Terry Pendleton’s September Bomb
If you’re a Mets fan of a certain age (read: old enough to know that “streaming” isn’t Netflix, it’s what happens when your doctor frowns...

Mark Rosenman
Sep 13, 20255 min read
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