By Jay Horwitz

They are celebrating in the Minaya household in New Jersey and for good reason. Omar’s son Justin, a 6–6 forward from Big East regular season champ Providence, just signed as a free agent with the Charlotte Hornets.

Justin will report to the Hornets summer league team in Las Vegas after July 4.

Justin guarded the other’s team’s top player, dove for loose balls and always came up with a key rebound at the most opportune time. Omar couldn’t be prouder of his son.

“Justin worked so hard to get to where he is now. He is the ultimate team player. No one can predict what the future might hold, but he has a chance now and that’s all you can ask.”

By Jay Horwitz

No one was more excited than I was 39 years ago today when we announced that we had acquired Keith Hernandez from the St. Louis Cardinals.

We were getting a former batting champ, MVP and a World Series winner. Sorry to say it went downhill after that…

By Jay Horwitz

It’s a photo that’s ingrained in the heads of practically every Mets fan.

There is third base coach Buddy Harrelson running along side Ray Knight who scores the winning run to cap the wild 10th inning rally in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series vs. Boston.

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By Jay Horwitz

Looking forward to seeing some old friends tomorrow night when Johan Santana, Josh Thole and Terry Collins return to Citi Field to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first no-hitter in Mets history.

This will be Jo’s first visit back here in almost a decade. I will…

By Jay Horwitz

Another chapter in our history came to an end today when Joe Pignatano, the last living coach from the 1969 Mets, passed away in Naples, Florida after a long illness. He was 92.

Piggy was a baseball lifer who was the bullpen coach with us from 1968–1981…