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Gary Apple was born in Troy, New York & is a graduate of Syracuse University. He began his sports work in the late 1980's for a CBS station in St. Louis & covered the University of Missouri basketball. He moved on to the West Coast working in Los Angeles from 1990-1995 as a sportscaster on both KTLA & KTTV. He also worked on the nationally broadcast Prime Sports' Press Box. Apple came to New York in the late nineties as the WCBS TV covering sports for seven years. In 2003 he received praise by the NY State Broadcast Association for best sportscast. Apple would also serve as the Jets pre season side line reporter, a host for CBS Sports Desk & made appearances on the CBS Early Show. In upstate NY he won an Associated Press Award for Best Sports reporting.  Apple also worked as an NBA TV studio host, reported for ESPN's Baseball Tonight & as an anchor for the MSG Network. He arrived at SNY in 2006, doing Sports Nite highlight show ...

Monday May 27th 2013: The Memorial Day subway series began at Citi Field, this year's version starting for the first time on a Monday, rather than on a weekend series. Through the years the subway series thing has died down & fans have become a lot less interested than they once were. Proof being the back to back two game series during the week. In the first game of the matchup; Mets manager Terry Collins sent Jonathon Niese to the mound against Philip Hughes in front of 32,000 at Citi Field. Both pitchers pitched well, holding each other scoreless through five innings, scattering a few harmless hits along the way. In the top of the 6th Bret Gardner, tripled down the left field line & scored on a Jayson Nix base hit. In the home 7th, Mets Captain David Wright took things into his own hands, blasting a long HR to left center field. In the bottom of the 8th pinch hitter Jordany Valdespin, drew a walk & advanced on a passed ball from pitcher Dave Robertson. Ru...

Stephen Michael Palermo was born October 9, 1949 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Palermo attended Worcester State College and enrolled in the Umpire Development Program in 1972. It took him only five years to get to the major league level. He was one of the first A.L. Umpires to not use the large outside chest protector that the N.L. umps had stopped using years before. A.L. umps hired prior to 1977 were grand fathered in & were not required to use the inside chest protectors. Palermo was the third base umpire who signaled “fair ball” when Bucky Dent hit his famous HR during the 1978 A.L. East playoff game at Fenway Park. His father a Red Sox fan told him why couldn't you call it foul. Palermo said because it was like 20 feet fair. His dad, a true fan, responded "so". He would go on to umpire in the 1980, 1982 & 1989 ALCS, as well as the 1981 ALDS. He covered first base for the 1986 All Star Game held at the Houston Astrodome. His only World Series was in 1...

On September 22nd 2015 Yogi Berra passed away at his home in New Jersey, he was 90 years old.  Yogi certainly lived a good life, a better one than most will ever know. Through it all he stayed humble & maintained a dry sense of humor. These qualities made him loved. Berra had a rich history with the Mets & upon his passing many Mets old & new remembered him fondly.   In 1973 Yogi Berra led the Mets to an NL Eastern Title with an Amazing September stretch run. In the NLCS they beat the Mighty Cincinnati Reds & then went to a seventh game of the World Series but fell one game short of the Worlds Championship, losing to the Oakland A's club who won three straight titles. The 1973 Mets are maybe the most beloved Mets team for centerfieldmaz. The Mets had a moment of silence for Yogi Berra before their game at Citi Field. The club issued the following statement. "Yogi Berra was a baseball legend who played a key part in our history. He was k...

Friday May 7th, 2010: This was the second season the Mets were playing at Citi Field & tonight's game would mark the Mets first walk off HR win at the new ball park. Jerry Manuel's Mets (16-13) hosted Bruce Bochy's San Francisco Giants (17-11). The Mets would finish fourth in 2010 as another poor era in Mets history was underway, the Giants went on to surprise everyone winning that years World Series.  Starting Lineups Giants 1 Aaron Rowand CF 2 Mark DeRosa LF 3 Pablo Sandoval 3B 4 Aubrey Huff 1B 5 Juan Uribe SS 6 Nate Schierholtz RF 7 Matt Downs 2B 8 Eli Whiteside C 9 Jonathan Sanchez P Mets 1 Angel Pagan CF 2 Luis Castillo 2B 3 Jose Reyes SS 4 Jason Bay LF 5 David Wright 3B 6 Jeff Francoeur RF 7 Ike Davis 1B 8 Rod Barajas C 9 Mike Pelfrey P This game would be highlighted by the Mets catcher, Rod Barajas & big offensive evening. Barajas, a Mets 12 year veteran at the time, came to the Mets via free agency. He started o...

Matt Harvey apparently showed up for his start on Sunday morning, but found out he had been suspended by the team for three games. Harvey left the ball park & Adam Wilk was brought up from AAA to make a surprise start. Terry Collins said arrangements started to get rolling yesterday in anticipation of the decision. Wilk was greeted by two Giancarlo Stanton HRs & a 7-0 Mets loss to the Marlins. This a day after a sex doll was publicly seen in Kevin Plawecki's locker. An unnamed source has stated that there was a mix up with the ball club & the pitcher. It seems Harvey had played a round of golf Saturday morning & then went home suffering from an apparent migraine. The Mets say Harvey violated team rules & his no show at Saturdays night game, as well as other possible issues, stemming from as far back as last year, led to the three day suspension. Harvey had been struggling on the mound in 2017, after a losing record last year. Many fans & media were alr...

The return of Matt Harvey after Tommy John surgery had certainly been a successful one. He got his  first win on April 9th, beating the Nationals with six shut out innings. On April 14th he beat the Phillies in a 6-5 win at Citi Field. On April 19th, he allowed four runs but still earned a win over the Miami Marlins to get to 3-0. Then on April 25th, he starred in the early season subway series beating the A.L. New York team, pitching into the 9th inning allowing just two runs with seven strike outs. Friday May 1st 2015: 33,178 fans came out to Citi Field to see Terry Collins first place Mets (16-8) take on Matt Williams Washington Nationals (10-14). The Nats were the favorites in the NL East & considered the Mets main rivals they were already off to a slow start, a sign of things to come. Tonight the Mets continued to send an early message. The Nats sent Matt Scherzer (1-2) to the mound, their high priced free agent from Detroit who was also off to a slow s...