Comments for Last Word On Baseball https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/ Baseball News, Analysis, History, Rumors Wed, 17 Aug 2022 07:00:22 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Haunted Wrigley Field: A Tale of Its Haunts by 100 Haunted Wrigley Field - Ghostly Podcast https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/2020/10/14/haunted-wrigley-field-a-tale-of-its-haunts/#comment-51360 Wed, 17 Aug 2022 07:00:22 +0000 https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/?p=39419#comment-51360 […] https://ballparks.com/baseball/national/wrigle.htmLast Word On Sports: https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/2020/10/14/haunted-wrigley-field-a-tale-of-its-haunts/America’s Haunted Road Trip: […]

]]> Comment on Buck Showalter Hired as Mets Manager by June 30, 2022 – Last Word on Sports: Eppler Built 2022 Mets With Help – Fan in the Box https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/2021/12/18/buck-showalter-hired-mets-manager/#comment-51359 Sun, 24 Jul 2022 16:42:58 +0000 https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/?p=52130#comment-51359 […] Eppler’s most impactful acquisition isn’t player related. It was the signing of Buck Showalter and his staff to guide the 2022 Mets. The experienced Showalter walked into the locker room […]

]]> Comment on Brodie Van Wagenen: An Amazing Error by June 30, 2022 – Last Word on Sports: Eppler Built 2022 Mets With Help – Fan in the Box https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/2020/10/02/brodie-van-wagenen-an-amazing-error/#comment-51358 Sun, 24 Jul 2022 16:42:43 +0000 https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/?p=39156#comment-51358 […] of Alderson’s tenure coincided with a fall in the team’s fortunes, the Mets named sports agent Brodie Van Wagenen as the new GM in November 2018. After new owner Steve Cohen hired Alderson to be the team’s […]

]]> Comment on Biggest Surprises within MLB Award Finalists by May 31, 2022 – Last Word on Sports: Quiet Before the Thunder for Mets and Phillies – Fan in the Box https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/2021/11/09/biggest-surprises-mlb-award-finalists/#comment-51357 Sun, 24 Jul 2022 16:27:45 +0000 https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/?p=51667#comment-51357 […] runner-up in the 2021 NL Cy Young voting, Wheeler is excelling in his post Mets career. Like Scott Kazmir in the mid-2000s, Mets fans wonder […]

]]> Comment on Reliving History: 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers by May 24, 2022: Last Word on Sports: Pignatano’s Passing and Memories for NY Fans – Fan in the Box https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/2020/04/17/reliving-history-1955-brooklyn-dodgers/#comment-51356 Sun, 24 Jul 2022 16:16:47 +0000 https://lastwordonbaseball.com/?p=30621#comment-51356 […] the Mets bullpen coach from 1968 through 1981, the managers he served included Hall of Famers Gil Hodges, Yogi Berra, and Joe […]

]]> Comment on Joey Bart 2018 Draft Profile by MLB Draft Profile: Kevin Parada - Prime Time Sports Talk https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/2018/05/21/joey-bart-2018-draft-profile/#comment-51355 Mon, 16 May 2022 14:30:58 +0000 http://lastwordonsports.com/baseball//?p=12857#comment-51355 […] easy to compare Parada to Georgia Tech’s first-round catcher from four years ago. I scouted Bart back in 2018, and the report is oddly similar. There were questions about him sticking behind the plate back […]

]]> Comment on Brodie Van Wagenen: His Greatest Misses by May 2, 2022 – Last Word on Sports: Cano Designated for Assignment by Mets – Fan in the Box https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/2020/10/02/brodie-van-wagenen-his-greatest-misses/#comment-51181 Tue, 03 May 2022 01:19:10 +0000 https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/?p=39153#comment-51181 […] was acquired by then-new GM and former Cano agent,  Brodie Van Wagenen, in a blockbuster trade in December 2018. At first, he struggled with the Mets. Shadowed by his first PED suspension […]

]]> Comment on Previewing the 2021 Tampa Bay Rays by April 27, 2022 – Last Word on Sports: Games Opened – Ready for a New Stat? – Fan in the Box https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/2021/03/29/2021-tampa-bay-rays-preview/#comment-51010 Thu, 28 Apr 2022 04:23:06 +0000 https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/?p=45086#comment-51010 […] The Tampa Bay Rays developed the concept of the opener and perfected it. The Rays opened their game on April 23rd with two hitless innings by J.P. Feyereisen. Five relievers later, they closed nine hitless innings against the Boston Red Sox before winning 3–2 in ten innings. […]

]]> Comment on Philadelphia Phillies All-Time Tournament Team by April 15, 2022 – Last Word on Sports: Mets Home Opener – Fan in the Box https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/2022/02/22/philadelphia-phillies-all-time-tournament/#comment-50987 Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:12:07 +0000 https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/?p=52526#comment-50987 […] seven games. They won three of four against the Washington Nationals and two of three from the Philadelphia Phillies. The arms of the starting rotation accounted for much of this early success. A week ago, Tylor […]

]]> Comment on New York Mets All-Time Tournament Team by April 7, 2022 – Last Word on Sports: 2022 New York Mets Season Preview: “Win Now” Mets Have Something to Prove – Fan in the Box https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/2022/02/23/mets-all-time-team-tournament/#comment-50986 Tue, 26 Apr 2022 17:54:40 +0000 https://lastwordonsports.com/baseball/?p=52396#comment-50986 […] those in a hurry, the 2022 New York Mets are your team. They are the win-now Mets. Steve Cohen opened his checkbook and the hitherto frugal […]

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