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Wednesday, June 14, 7:10 p.m. vs RHP Gerrit Cole (7-1, 2.84) Nimmo CF Marte RF McNeil 2B Lindor SS Alvarez C Baty DH Pham LF Escobar 3B Vientos 1B - Verlander RHP (2-3, 4.85)

Way to go, rook(s)!

The Angels have purchased the contract of Daniel Murphy from the Ducks.

Tommy Hunter DFA Zach Muckenhirn optioned to Syracuse John Curtiss recalled from Syracuse Josh Walker recalled from Syracuse

Schaefer points to Gare for invoking Ralph — and to Ralph for being so invokable, particularly in Pittsburgh.

=G-Fafif post_id=128108 time=1686267654 user_id=55] Stunning comeback on deck. Or in Pittsburgh.

Stunning comeback on deck. Or in Pittsburgh.

[media=youtube]D1neRn1c9Qc[/media] Turn this thing around Mets will not go quietly Damned if I know why I'm convinced tonight is the night, but I'm convinced tonight is the night.

“Let me tell you, those fans in Washington and Philadelphia, I like 'em. They hate me so much, that it's almost like an acknowledgment. They boo me so hard, they yell at me. They call me so many vile names that it's almost respect.” —Bill Parcells in 1989, for Jerry Izenberg's classic No Medals for Trying Pete understands.

How sad that Chris Russo talking is considered news.

Noah Syndergaard and his 7+ ERA go to the IL with a blister.

Buck Showalter said the Mets were snakebit last night. Time to bite back. Verlander versus Strider versus “I don't even KNOW her!” retorts. First pitch scheduled for 7:20, which is distinctly Bravesian and therefore distinctively irritating.

Alvarez, batting ninth and catching.

All those of us who have cursed the MFYs to Hell have, at first glance, gotten our wish.

I'm sure the Rangers' doctors and trainers will take good care of him, but it feels wrong that Jake isn't on our IL.

Pete Alonso in the Mets' 61st game of 2022: 22 HR. The Mets in the Mets' 61st game of 1980: 15 HR. Jose Moreno hit the Mets' 15th homer of 1980 in Game 59. Elliott Maddox hit the Mets' 22nd homer of 1980 in Game 67.

The Met regular season home runs at the Mets' ballpark literal power rankings have a new undisputed leader. 1. Pete Alonso 72 2. Lucas Duda 71 3. Michael Conforto 66 4. David Wright 49 5. Curtis Granderson 38 6. Wilmer Flores 37 7. Yoenis Cespedes 30 7. Asdrubal Cabrera 30 7. Ike Davis 30 10. Brandon Nimmo 29 11. Francisco Lindor 28 12. Daniel Murphy 27 13. Jeff McNeil 25 13. Jose Reyes 25 15. Todd Frazier 22 15. Travis d'Arnaud 22 17. J.D. Davis 20 18. Dom Smith 19 19. Jay Bruce 17 20. Angel Pagan 15 Eduardo Escobar, with 14 (alongside Neil Walker and Carlos Beltran), is knocking on the door. Starling Marte has just tied Amed Rosario and Scott Hairston with 13. Other 2023 Mets: Mark Canha 7 Tomás Nido 7 Brett Baty 5 Daniel Vogelbach 4 Francisco Alvarez 3 Tommy Pham 2 Luis Guillorme 2 Mark Vientos 1

Official: Catcher Omar Narváez has been returned from his rehabilitation assignment and was reinstatement from the IL, and catcher Tomás Nido was designated for assignment.

The very first pitcher in Mets history has died at 93. https://www.mlb.com/news/former-manager-pitcher-roger-craig-passes-awayhttps://www.mlb.com/news/former-manager-pitcher-roger-craig-passes-away

I wondered if Senga's interpreter wouldn't translate as well on four days' rest, but he seems no worse for the wear.

So how often have the Mets homered four times yet scored only four runs in a game? Five games with four solo homers and no other scoring, all losses. This was the fifth. Wrote up the first four in 2019,last time it happened. http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2019/04/22/cant-any-bunny-here-play-this-game/http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2019/04/22/cant-any-bunny-here-play-this-game/

The Mets are actually 13-8 — 1986 HOF Day was a doubleheader, with Buddy & Rusty inducted between games of a makeup twinbill versus the hapless Pirates on the final Saturday of the season. Koosman's was on a single-game Saturday, 9/9/1989, whose attendance topped 41,000 in the days when they counted clicks of the turnstile rather than tickets sold. Still, I wouldn't be surprised if the seats weren't filled for Kooz, as the Mets were more than a decade away from figuring out the timing of ceremonies of this nature. Except for Seaver's day, which was more about retiring his number, these things prior to 2001 were regularly scheduled for the final month of the season, which didn't help attendance in those years when the Mets were far out of it. Bill Shea accepted his honor, in his stadium, in front of whoever arrived early ahead of a throng of little more than 9,000, meaning few heard him, and one member of his intended audience didn't listen to him. William Shea stood at home plate in Shea Stadium yesterday afternoon and made a public appeal to Leon Hess, owner of the Jets, not to move the football team to New Jersey. ''Leon, I ask you,'' Shea said over the public-address system, ''don't leave us. Stay with us. We'll be successful again. I remember when the only place the Jets had to play was here. They were brought out of bankruptcy for $1.2 million. We brought them through some tough years.'' Shea, the lawyer who was instrumental in bringing National League baseball back to New York 21 years ago, made his appeal before 9,126 people before the Mets played the Chicago Cubs. He was on the field to be inducted into the Mets' Hall of Fame, along with the late Johnny Murphy, onetime general manager of the club. In an interview before his public appeal, he said that the Jets owed it to their fans to stay. ''They got the team for $1.2 million, and they're worth $40 million now,'' he said. ''They're a Long Island team. Their fans are from here. They ought to stay.'' https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/19/sports/shea-in-plea-to-jet-owner.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/19/sports/shea-in-plea-to-jet-owner.html