Today is October 23rd!
Al Leiter turns 60 today! The New Jersey lefty pitcher pitched for the Mets from 1998 to 2004 including an all-star season in 2000. After retiring he became a broadcaster and his son Jack pitches for the Texas Rangers. Al Leiter was inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame in 2023.
Kazuo "Kaz" Matsui turns 50 today! A Japanese infielder who played for the Mets from 2004 to 2006, he played for the Seibu Lions in Japan from 1995 to 2003 before coming to the Mets as the first Japanese infielder to sign with a Major League Baseball team. He hit a homer in his first MLB plate appearance in 2004 and it went downhill from there. In 2006, the Mets later traded Matsui to the Rockies where he ended up being an important member of the 2007 Rockies. (Yes, kids, believe it or not, the Rockies once made it to the World Series.) Matsui hit a grand slam against the Phillies in the NLDS and played in the World Series against Boston. Kaz Matsui played three season with the Houston Astros before returning home to Japan where he played until 2018 at age 42 for his old Seibu team. Matsui would go on to be manager of the Lions in 2023 and 2024 where he had an 80-107 record; in 2024 the Lions went 49-91, dead last in the Pacific League. Former Met JD Davis is currently a member of the Saitama Seibu Lions.
The Mets are hosting their annual MetsGiving Food Drive to benefit City Harvest on Thursday, November 13 from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Mets Team Store. City Harvest is New York City’s first and largest food rescue organization. This year, City Harvest will rescue more than 86 million pounds of nutritious, high-quality food that would otherwise go to waste and deliver it for free to hundreds of food pantries, soup kitchens and community partners across the five boroughs. Fans donating at least 10 non-perishable items will receive a voucher redeemable for two tickets to a select Monday – Thursday Mets home game in 2026. Fans will be limited to one ticket voucher. Fans who donate will also receive an exclusive 20% discount at the team store.
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Shoutout to the MLB fans that peer pressured the Angels to put up a HVAC job listing 😭😭
It’s crazy that this is real lol
HBD to Al Leiter! Loved watching him pitch for us—generally outstanding in high-pressure scenarios
Since it’s almost Halloween it’s once again coming to my attention how little male ginger representation there is. Which makes costumes tough when I don’t really love dressing up 😅.
It’s not that there’s a lack of ginger representation it’s just that for some reason so much of it is female.
Lois Lane, Mary Jane Watson, Jean Grey, Blossom and Ms. Bellum (power puff girls), Daphne from scooby doo, Wendy from gravity falls, black widow, scarlet witch, firestar, Daisy from Mario, and aerial from the little mermaid.There’s definitely more too that’s just what comes to the top of my head.
Meanwhile for ginger males we have Ed Sheeran, the Weasleys and I guess phineas from
Phineas and ferb.
So add on the fact that I have glasses and I’m mega screwed. I basically HAVE to spray my hair lol.
Justice for more ginger male representation!
I can’t tell you how little I give a shit about the Astros cheating scandal in the year 2025. r/baseball upvoting everybody who calls George Springer a cheater and a POS and talking about “the media” “white washing” and “gaslighting” is peak reddit. Get the fuck over it already
There was a thread yesterday in r/baseball asking which team felt the most heat to win and a lot of replies said Mets, which does not make a lot of sense to me.
Yes, every team should have pressure to win, especially when you have a payroll this high, but the Mets have a fluid window given the win now core players, and a top farm system.
Curious what others think
The CS ending on Monday and then WS starting on Friday is really stupid.
The league should endeavor to have everything wrapped up before Halloween even if the WS goes 7.
The Mets might want to look at Yusei Kikuchi as a trade target. He’s seemingly going to war with the Angels management over poor amenities for players, and treating players well is something the Mets have built a good reputation around in the Cohen era. The Mets need starting pitching and the Angels likely need to get a malcontented guy off of the team after a public falling out.