The Mets trip West started in the North with three wins. A loss in the final game of the series against the San Francisco Giants sent them South along the coast, where they continued to loss three more times to the Los Angeles Dodgers, leaders in the National League West. Heading south in the National East standings, the Mets flew North to face the American League East Boston Red Sox injured, off course and searching for an exit strategy.
Journalist and filmmaker Brian Biegel has a new book in stores called Miracle Ball: My Hunt for the Shot Heard ‘Round the World. It chronicles his two-year search to find the Bobby Thomson’s home run ball from October 3, 1951.
New York Daily News columnist John Harper made a valid point in today’s column, when he suggested Jose Reyes “may never have the feel for the game that would complete the package and make him one of the absolute best players in baseball.”
The late Ted Williams, the last major league baseball player to bat over .400, once told a reporter, “Hitting a baseball is the single most difficult thing to do in sport.” One year after Williams passed away, the USA Today published a comprehensive case study and agreed, of the 10 Hardest Things To Do In Sports, hitting a baseball was No. 1.
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