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Time Traveler Tuesdays: Mets 3rd basemen in the '60s: Growing Pains to Glory Days
1962 was a year of tweaks, trials, tribulations, and tomfoolery for the inaugural Metropolitans. So the hot corner wasn't going to be an exception to the chaos; it was just going to add fuel to the dumpster fire. In the 60s, third base became a revolving door of veterans, stopgaps, and late bloomers, mirroring the club’s journey from lovable losers to world champions. Don Zimmer did the honors of being the first third baseman in franchise history. He started opening day in 19

Manny Fantis
Jan 202 min read


Saturday Seasons: For 2004, a Wright Move and Some Very Wrong Ones
The 2004 season was eventful for the New York Mets, not all of it in a good way. The season saw the arrival of a pitching guru whose self-confidence would, in the end, hurt the team; the major league debut of an iconic third baseman who would make it to the Mets’ (if not MLB’s) Hall of Fame; a flurry of deadline deals, including one that would haunt the team for years; and a Mets-signature second half collapse that would cost both the manager and the general ma

A.J. Carter
Jan 107 min read


Saturday Seasons: Tokyo, Garth Brooks, and the Subway Series: The Mets’ Unforgettable 2000 Ride
The 2000 baseball season gave New York baseball fans something they wanted, if not the rest of the country: a true Subway Series, one played in October with a World Championship at stake. And while it didn’t end the way Mets fans would have liked, it did cap a year that by any other measure could be considered a success. Along the way, the team would play the first regular season series outside North America and the first Subway Day-Night doubleheader in 97 yea

A.J. Carter
Dec 13, 20257 min read


I Make the Call
I just completed by 27th year as a Major League Baseball accredited Official Scorer. During that time, I’ve been fortunate to have scored over 1500 regular season games and 41 post season games. Included among that list is 11 Mets post season games. I was hoping to add to that list but it wasn’t meant to be in 2025 so I thought, thanks to a suggestion from Mark Rosenman, I reflected on those Mets post season games that I have had the privilege to score. October 22nd, 2000: Wo

Howie Karpin
Oct 21, 202510 min read
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