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For a second consecutive year, the New York Mets would like to wish everyone a Happy “MetsGiving”. For those un-aware of what the concept is, MetsGiving is basically the Mets giving back to the community, though a variety of fundraisers, events and other miscellaneous tasks to contribute. The first “event” is coming up in just a…

We all saw it coming, but now it’s official. Carlos Beltran, an all-star outfielder with an illustrious 20 year career, is calling it a career after winning the World Series with the Astros in 2017. In an article in the Players Tribune, titled “Muchas Gracias, Béisbol”. Carlos explained why he made the decision to hang it…

No, I’m not giving up blogging on MetsPlus, but as I said earlier the month, I’m shifting my focus for the offseason, slightly. I have a lot of content planned for MetsPlus during the Winter Meetings, and I still have that big Otesaga Review coming out. However, some new content is also coming out on Niko’s…

Last year, MetsPlus attended the 2016 Winter Meetings in National Harbor, Maryland. Today, we share one of the more special features from that year, an interview with Jeremy Rochford, the “Interview Me” guy.    We’ve all heard those cliché expressions. “You have to follow your dreams”, and “you can only get there if you try as…

I had never heard of “The Athletic” before Ken Rosenthal turned to it as his written home. However, when the most prominent baseball reporter goes there, it becomes a household name. Unfortunately, a lot of the coverage and thoughts on The Athletic have been negative. Take this tweet from The 7 Line: This story would be…

Happy Halloween! As you can see from the title, this is not a standard post; today I wanted to discuss my blog, and my in-activity throughout my platforms. First off, I wanted to share that I’m not a fan of “personal” reasons. Whenever someone quotes “personal” reasons for their hiccups, I generally pass it off…

The 113th playing of the Major League Baseball World Series is upon us, and from the start, this has been a World Series like no other. One reason it’s so different is because the World Series is no longer the “World Series”. Anti-cable internet TV streaming company YouTube TV has become the first “presenting sponsor…

First we thought it would be Wally Backman, but after the Mets dropped Backman from his role as the manager of the Las Vegas 51s in 2015, that went out the window. Then, as the 2017 season came to a close, there were rumors that Robin Ventura, the man who hit the grand slam single, would…