Baseball Reacts To The Death of Bin Laden
PHILADELPHIA – There was the chant from the 45,000 fans, Sunday night at Citizens Bank Ballpark in Philadelphia. They repeated “U-S-A! U-S-A!, as the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies continued...
View ArticleHome Runs Ruin Mets Extra Inning Affair
Men and women of the military were honored by the New York Mets at Citi Field before their game with the San Francisco Giants Tuesday evening and the team wore patriotic hats. And it looked like it...
View ArticleTen Years Later, 9/11 Remembered at Citi Field
Flushing, NY -The lilting strains of a clear female voice singing “God Bless America” was heard throughout Citi Field as scenes of players on many major league teams standing at attention were shown on...
View ArticleThe NY Sports Day Interview: Gary Carter
Editors Note: This interview was conducted on August 4, 2004 and NYSD is reprinting it after the passing of Gary Carter today. Back in 1989, I was a freshman in college and went to an early April game...
View ArticlePigs Finally Fly: The Mets Get Their First No-Hitter
A popular saying to describe something very unlikely to occur is “that will happen when pigs fly.” Until last Friday night the Mets had never had one of their pitchers, a group that included such...
View ArticleSports Beat “The Wright Decision”
David Wright’s productive 2012 season was a rare bright spot for Mets fans. With one year remaining his current pact with the Mets, David picked a good time to finally feel at home at Citi Field, a...
View ArticleOptimism again for NY Mets with another season home opening win
Perhaps when the New York Mets opened the 2013 season at Citi Field Monday afternoon they resembled teams of the past. One could say the 1982-83 teams at Shea Stadium are comparable, significant,...
View ArticleStars Shine At Citi
The prelims were over and it was time for the main event. The 2013 All Star Game, the 84th Mid-Summer Classic since a sportswriter in Chicago named Arch Ward brainstormed the idea in 1933, was met with...
View ArticleSports Beat – Defending Bobby V
Former Mets manager Bobby Valentine stirred things up when he complained that the Yankees did not reach out to their community in the days following September 11, 2001. There is little argument that...
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