Pushed back by the coronavirus pandemic from its usual date of July 2, MLB's international amateur signing period opens on Friday. Along with the Draft, the international market remains the most cost-effective way to build a winning big league club. The most exciting player in the game today, Fernando Tatis
Pushed back by the coronavirus pandemic from its usual date of July 2, MLB's international amateur signing period opens on Friday. Along with the Draft, the international market remains the most cost-effective way to build a winning big league club. The most exciting player in the game today, Fernando Tatis
Pushed back by the coronavirus pandemic from its usual date of July 2, MLB's international amateur signing period opens on Friday. Along with the Draft, the international market remains the most cost-effective way to build a winning big league club. The most exciting player in the game today, Fernando Tatis
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It can be easy, especially now, to be cynical about the idea of professional sports. It can also feel silly to get excited about watching grown men essentially engaging in solitary practice sessions. But all that aside, it’s hard to deny that seeing players from your favorite team start to prepare themselves for the season ahead gets the enthusiasm building.
The offseason is long, especially so when your beloved team isn’t making a lot of splashy moves, so as it gets closer to spring training fans can start to glom on to any kind of content that shows their team in action again (or is that just me?)
By Jay Horwitz
One of the highlights for me this summer will be the unveiling of the statue for Tom Seaver.
Tom was the person who transformed our franchise from lovable losers into winners. But if not for an event that happened 55 years ago today, there might not have been a 1969 World Series and certainly there would have been no statue.
On this day in 1966, the New York Mets won a special lottery with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Cleveland Indians to get the rights to Seaver. Tom signed with the Mets and the rest is history. A world title, 311 wins, three Cy Young Awards and the almost unanimous Hall of Fame induction.