By Jay Horwitz No one had a better Memorial Day Weekend than Glendon Rusch. He represented the Mets uniform with pride at the Hall of Fame Classic in Cooperstown. He started the game at historic Doubleday Field and worked two scoreless innings with three hits, no walks and one strikeout…

By Jay Horwitz Al Leiter did it all during his 19-year major league career. He pitched a no-hitter, appeared in two All-Star games, three World Series, and started the seventh game of a Fall Classic while he was with the Marlins. Still, with all of those honors, the 57-year-old lefthander…

By Jay Horwitz According to his manager Davey Johnson, Howard Johnson’s transformation from role player into a three-time 30–30 man really isn’t a mystery at all. The man they call HoJo just started to believe in his own natural abilities. With the departure of Ray Knight after the 1986 World…

By Ken Davidoff The perfect ballplayer, as per the vintage adage, possesses all five tools: Hitting for average, hitting for power, fielding, throwing and running the bases. How many tools does one need to be the perfect baseball broadcaster? The answer, which you know if you regularly watch and listen…

By Anthony DiComo The seats were always the same: Section 1, Row 1, upper deck at Shea Stadium right behind home plate. Afternoon games in those days began at 2 p.m., so after taking the Q27 bus from Springfield Blvd. and 73rd Avenue in Bayside, Queens to Main Street in…

By Ethan Wilson ‘Hello, this is Jay’ beamed the Mets Vice President of Alumni Public Relations and Team Historian Jay Horwitz as he clutched his cellphone to his ear. John Franco, the franchise leader in saves, was on the other end checking in with his long-time friend. Within the next…

By Jay Horwitz When I was 10 years old, I was cut from my little league team, Epstein’s Department Store. I could not hit, bad in the field and couldn’t run. The only way I was able to make contact was to bunt. I won letters in high school as…

Rescheduled as Part of a Split Doubleheader Sunday, May 21 at 1:40 p.m. & 7:10 p.m.; Francisco Lindor Grass Growing Bobblehead Giveaway in Game One — FLUSHING, N.Y., May 20, 2023 — The New York Mets have announced that today’s game against the Cleveland Guardians has been postponed due to rain. The teams will play a split-admission doubleheader on Sunday, May 21 with game one scheduled to begin at 1:40 p.m. and game two scheduled for…

By Jay Horwitz Al Leiter has done it all in his 19-year Major League Baseball career. He has pitched a no-hitter, appeared in three World Series, started game seven of a World Series and appeared in two All-Star Games. Despite all of those honors, nothing will mean more to Al…