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Mickey Callaway, new to the Mets and new to managing altogether, arrived to expectations that he would be less inclined towards following the "old-school" guidelines than his predecessor. He is living up to those expectations in a number of ways, most notably in regards to his lineup construction, which he has varied with each of the six games so far. The most striking way in which he has rejected traditional managerial dogma is in batting the pitcher eighth. This was something Terry Collins dabbled with briefly, but Callaway made a splash early by debuting this construction in his first game, and seems to have a clear strategy for exactly when and how to utilize it. Callaway has a very clear Continue to Article

April 07, 2018 11:00:am EST

Brandon Nimmo is currently the odd-man out due to the return of Michael Conforto, and while he wants to be starting, he said the Mets' current outfield glut is a "great problem to have." "I am a competitor, so I want to be out there," Nimmo said Thursday, according to Kristie Ackert of the NY Daily News. "But I also want this team to win, whatever they feel like is best to win, if that's me coming off the bench, if that's me starting that day, then that's what I am gonna do. I definitely want to succeed in whatever they ask me to do, so I am going to work hard and do that." In Conforto's first game back (where he slammed a two-run homer off Stephen Strasburg), he started in center field, flanked Continue to Article

April 06, 2018 3:35:pm EST

Mickey Callaway, new to the Mets and new to managing altogether, arrived to expectations that he would be less inclined towards following the "old-school" guidelines than his predecessor. He is living up to those expectations in a number of ways, most notably in regards to his lineup construction, which he has varied with each of the six games so far. The most striking way in which he has rejected traditional managerial dogma is in batting the pitcher eighth. This was something Terry Collins dabbled with briefly, but Callaway made a splash early by debuting this construction in his first game, and seems to have a clear strategy for exactly when and how to utilize it. Callaway has a very clear Continue to Article

April 06, 2018 1:45:pm EST

President Donald J. Trump hedged when asked which Opening Day game he would've atteneded if he had to choose to go to either Citi Field or Yankee Stadium, and said he thinks both teams will be exciting in 2018. "You're going to get me in a lot of trouble," Trump said Friday morning during an appearance on the Bernie and Sid show on WABC 770. "But I think both teams, because I know even the players, OK, in a lot of cases, because I'm a baseball fan and I like both teams. Randy (Levine) is so great, Wilpons are good people. So don't put me in that position," Trump said. "You really do, you're going to have two exciting teams and I want them both to do well," Trump continued. "I hate to be political. Continue to Article

April 06, 2018 10:51:am EST

Tim Tebow sure knows how to rise to the occasion. Playing his first game in Double-A ball, New York Mets' unique minor leaguer hit a three-run homer on the first pitch he saw. The ex-football star drew a huge ovation after connecting on a frigid Thursday night for the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, who beat Portland 6-0 in their Eastern League opener. "It's pretty special and it feels really good," a smiling Tebow said afterward. "It's a great day and it was a fun day, but it's just one day. We've got to be focused on the next day." Tebow has made that impression before. He also homered last April in his first at-bat with the Class A Columbia Fireflies of the South Atlantic League. This time, the Continue to Article

April 05, 2018 10:40:pm EST