LOS ANGELES — In the wake of another shutout that ended a disastrous 2-9 trip, the Mets headed back to New York perhaps facing some changes. The Mets’ failure to hit and score runs has reached almost crisis levels, and team officials will meet Monday to discuss possible solutions. One of those could be reassigning the hitting instructor Howard Johnson in an effort to shake up the team’s Read more
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Leaving Mets Put Herzog on a Path to the Hall
When Whitey Herzog’s baseball Hall of Fame plaque is unveiled Sunday, his bronze likeness will be topped with a St. Louis Cardinals cap, emblematic of the team he managed to the 1982 World Series championship. But if history had played out differently, that likeness of Herzog might have sported a Mets cap. After playing for Washington, Kansas City, Baltimore and Detroit, Herzog spent seven Read more
Far From Bronx and Bombast, a Bucolic Setting
It is, in short, peaceful and unremarkable. George Steinbrenner’s final resting place, an unmarked, salt-and-pepper marble mausoleum, sits just inside the gates of the 60-acre Trinity Memorial Gardens cemetery. Deer roam nearby and dragonflies flit. A long tree line buffers the cemetery from a new school and some budding subdivisions. A cow pasture sits close by. The only traffic congestion Read more
With Lineup Back Together, Piece of Mets’ Rotation Implodes
The Mets finally had the lineup they had been waiting to field for months, with Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes playing together for the first time since May 20, 2009. The fact that the lineup managed only two runs was a little disappointing for the Mets, but hardly the focus of concern on Monday night. Mike Pelfrey, the Mets’ struggling starter who has not pitched well in almost a month, had Read more