Originally posted on Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy – Compton, CA: Academy Parents and Members, The Athletic Training Staff would like to alert you to the upcoming changes in weather for the upcoming week.  As you may have noticed on the local weather reports, we are beginning a heat wave in which the temperatures…

On January 6, 2016, Mike Piazza was welcomed to immortality when he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association. The Hall of Fame sat down with Mike in New York City just hours after he was introduced to the world as a member of the Baseball Hall of…

As most of you know already, the Columbia Fireflies are the new Single-A affiliate of the New York Mets, moving over from Savannah and Historic Grayson Stadium to Columbia, South Carolina, a city that hasn’t had Baseball for over 12 seasons. Last summer, it was announced that the team was going to be called the…

For the fifth time, I’ll be attending the Triple-A All Star Game in Charlotte, North Carolina, home of the Charlotte Knights, Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. Since 2011, my family and I have taken a yearly vacation to the host city of the Triple-A All-Star Game, and we have discovered the country so…

Today is July 4th, and as a lot of you know by now, the Mets have swept a quintessential series from the Cubs, and are now entering a calmer by still important three game set with their division rivals in Florida, the Miami Marlins. Like most July 4th games, the Mets and Marlins will be…

Today, in a collaboration of the 100th Avinversary of Nathan’s Hot Dogs, Independence Day and the legacy of Hot Dogs at Coney Island,  the Brooklyn Cyclones will be re-branding as the “Coney Island Franks” for one day only. The promotion includes a cap similar to the on-field verison. The Cyclones will have post-game fireworks after…

Nowadays, there is a lot more to a baseball game then just watching the game. Mid-inning games, expanded clubs and restaurants, and an expanded music selection has made the gameday experience considerably more enjoyable (to some) than a visit to the ballpark fifteen years ago. If you are anything like me, though, one of the things…

This neat video was made from the guys at In Mets We Trust, all property of this video is theirs and their website, InMetsWeTrust.com

Originally posted on Bleacher Boy: Kathy Willens/AP Photo ? -David Strobach- The New York Mets have signed free agent shortstop, Jose Reyes, to a minor league deal after clearing waivers with the Rockies to reunite the two parties.  Jose Reyes was a star for the  Mets from 2003-2011 and left for a $106 million contract spanning 6 years with…