His Name Was Rico: Mets in Retirement in 2018

[Edgy MD]

Gil Hodges-era Met (and Rusty Staub trade bait) Ken Singleton is no Vin Scully, announcing he will be retiring from broadcasting (and the YES team of ex-Mets) at the end of 2018.

[Guest cooby]

Trivia: Singleton was allergic to wool in an age of wooly uniforms and had to wear a special new fabric

[Guest 41Forever]

cooby wrote: Trivia: Singleton was allergic to wool in an age of wooly uniforms and had to wear a special new fabric

Had no idea!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I've heard that. There's a story (true or not) that Singleton asked the Mets to provide him with a uniform that wasn't wool (polyester maybe?) and the Mets didn't want to go to the extra expense. The Expos, however, were willing to accommodate him and that explains his improved performance once he got to Montreal.

If I were ever to meet Ken Singleton, that's the first thing I'd ask him about.

The second thing would be how to pronounce "Jeurys".

[Guest cooby]

I remember it because I am allergic to wool as well, and I loved that one of my beloved Mets was

Sorry Ken

[G-Fafif]

Darryl Strawberry swung by the White House today.

[Edgy MD]

Frank Catalanotto takes over as baseball coach at my father's alma mater (mea alma mater patris tui), The New York Institute of Technology.

Go, Bears!

[G-Fafif]

Aaron Laffey, after giving it one last try in Las Vegas, becomes one of the Mets in retirement in 2018.

[Edgy MD]

2015 backup catcher Johnny Monell, after also giving it one last try in Vegas, also becomes one of the Mets in retirement in 2018.

[Lefty Specialist]

Always kind of liked Monell. Even though he couldn't ultimately cut it, he had a little pop and always seemed fiery.

[Edgy MD]

A Met legacy from the Bronx, and he looked good in the shower. I sure don't say too many bad things about Johnny Monell.

I wonder if John Maine's father ever played with Johnny Monell's father in the Mets' system.