On the air

[Theoldmole]

When is first spring training broadcast? Telecast?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

SNY and WOR, respectively. (2/28 for both.)

[Zvon]

0H! Thanks for asking and thanks for answering.

[G-Fafif]

Handy Spring Training broadcast guide here.

OE: Hey, so handy it was already posted!

[Guest d'Kong76]

I think Steve Philips is pretty good on the radio.

[Ceetar]

d'Kong76 wrote: I think Steve Philips is pretty good on the radio.

Really? I've been already become frustrated with all the generic baseball cliches and the "when I was a GM.."

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yup, he's fine. People consider him a gigantic joke but he strikes me as mostly honest about his knowledge and insight.

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Yup, he's fine. People consider him a gigantic joke but he strikes me as mostly honest about his knowledge and insight.

I like him ,always have in the booth, although he used to have that "ok listen" vibe when talking about GM stuff....there is a reason he keeps getting gigs despite his personal failings.....

[Lefty Specialist]

Just wondering if there are any interns under the table when he's announcing, just to make him feel at home.

[Guest d'Kong76]

If he's lucky!
The two of them are kinda getting on my nerves now,
but it's spring training.

[Zvon]

I knew that was Phillips just from his voice, which was surprising to me.

Whoa! denDekker diving catch! WOOT!

[Guest d'Kong76]

And I hope they lose the 'new home of the ny mets'
thing early in the season.

[Zvon]

They never promised us a Teagarden.
1-1 Mets

Then he makes a nice block on another bad pitch. Reid?

[Zvon]

Gah

2-1 them

[Guest d'Kong76]

Mets exploding in the top o' the ninth!!

[Ceetar]

d'Kong76 wrote: Mets exploding in the top o' the ninth!!

better than imploding.

Braves about to go 0-6.

[Zvon]

d'Kong76 wrote: Mets exploding in the top o' the ninth!!

Very sweet to be listening to this.

Steve is great in the booth. He missed his calling.

[Zvon]

HA. Mets come from behind to beat the Braves in the 9th.

This, even tho I'm not done shoveling snow yet, is now a beautiful day.

I especially like how Thor and that Familia Guy pitched.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Lol, Oliver North with the post game!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Zvon wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: Mets exploding in the top o' the ninth!! Very sweet to be listening to this. Steve is great in the booth. He missed his calling.

I think he'd probably tell you today that announcing baseball was his calling, at least following his career as a player.

I guess it says something about how the Mets have been run these last few years that top-level jobs with them are the last the person serves in the industry.

I'd be very surprised if Jerry Manuel, Willie Randolph or Art Howe got hired against as field manager.

Phillips, Jim Duquette and Omar Minaya appear to be viewed by the larger baseball world as insufficient candidates for the same job with their squads.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Career killers, your New York Mets!

[Edgy MD]

Duke had a sweet role as VP of baseball ops with Baltimore. I think that was below the GM chair, but who knows who is ever in charge with the bloated Baltimore front office.

Rick Peterson went on to become pitching coach with Milwaukee. He was let go with a year left on his contract, but that wasn't as much a reflection on him as it was a nu manager bringing in his own staff. He's now in the front office as director of pitching development with (you guessed it) Baltimore.

With Willie and especially Jerry, I think they dug their own graves. But Willie is mostly a decent act with a love of the game, and I bet he gets at least an interim job eventually. He's kind of like Carter, though, in that he doesn't see the value in keeping his ambition under his hat, and guys like that end up as pawns in somebody else's big game.

[Ceetar]

I suspect Willie gets a job. Baseball-lifer type, has certainly been coaching and around since, his time here wasn't bad, made the playoffs, lots of it could be brushed off as rookie mistakes.

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Zvon wrote: d'Kong76 wrote: Mets exploding in the top o' the ninth!! Very sweet to be listening to this. Steve is great in the booth. He missed his calling. I think he'd probably tell you today that announcing baseball was his calling, at least following his career as a player. I guess it says something about how the Mets have been run these last few years that top-level jobs with them are the last the person serves in the industry. I'd be very surprised if Jerry Manuel, Willie Randolph or Art Howe got hired against as field manager. Phillips, Jim Duquette and Omar Minaya appear to be viewed by the larger baseball world as insufficient candidates for the same job with their squads.

ChickenEggChicken. Did the Mets kill their careers or are the Mets in the habit of hiring shucks I'm just glad to be here type guys that don't have the clout and won't stand up to eff Wilpon or Prince Fredo? A zillion things hadda happen for the Mets to sign Sandy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Oh, I think it's the Mets hiring guys who might not be the best.

I don't even believe the Mets hired the Alderson guys so much as the Aldersons were installed by their debtors.

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Oh, I think it's the Mets hiring guys who might not be the best. I don't even believe the Mets hired the Alderson guys so much as the Aldersons were installed by their debtors.

That's kinda what I meant all around. The hires have no clout because they're not so hot. And Team Sandy was thrust on the Mets.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Meanwhile, the farm system is now top-five in MLB according
to radio broadcast this afternoon.

[MFS62]

The WOR AM Radio signal is kinda' weak up here.
But I read over the weekend that the Mets will still be broadcast on 1050 AM (ESPN DEPORTES) for another few years. I could get that today, so it looks like I'll be brushing up on my Spanish.

Later

[G-Fafif]

Long Island Mets radio network affiliates emerge way the hell out in Seawolf territory, reports Neil Best.

The HOPE Radio Network announced Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to simulcast WOR's Mets broadcasts over the next two seasons to its five frequencies across Long Island: 107.1 FM on the East End as well as 94.9, 96.5, 96.9 and 104.5 FM. Rich Anderson, president and owner of the network, said the games would be presented under its Champions Radio division, which also includes Jets games and Stony Brook football and men's basketball games. Last summer HOPE switched over from a Christian format to an all-sports format in affiliation with ESPN, supplemented by local shows. Anderson said that formula proved not to be economically viable, and the network parted ways with ESPN and reverted to a Christian format last month. But Anderson said he still wanted to retain some sports presence, and hopes to return to carrying Rangers and Knicks games, as the station did before severing its deal with ESPN. Part of the point of carrying ESPN programming into the East End was because the network's New York station has an FM signal that struggles to reach that far. WOR, the Mets' primary new home, has a strong AM signal, but by adding WLIR, fans on the East End should have access to a clearer sound.

[Theoldmole]

WOR: THe new home of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and the New York Mets.