Category Archives: Where Are They Now

Scott Kazmir Released

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Joe Janish

The moment we’ve all been waiting for since July 30, 2004 has finally arrived: Scott Kazmir is available, free and clear, after being released by the Angels. Kazmir was going to be the lefthanded Tom Seaver until Rick Peterson thought … Continue reading →

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Milledge Demoted

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Joe Janish

Where They Are Now: Lastings Milledge After starting the season 4-for-24 (.167) with 10 strikeouts as the Nationals’ leadoff batter, former Met Lastings Milledge was optioned to AAA. “He is still a work-in-progress as a leadoff man,” assistant general manager … Continue reading →

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The Forrest Gump of Baseball

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Joe Janish

Imagine this: you are a punk 16-year-old kid spray-painting a wall on the outside of Yankee Stadium. George Steinbrenner catches you in the act, grabs you and throws you in his tinted-window limo. A few minutes later he has you … Continue reading →

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Where Is Ricardo Rincon?

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Joe Janish

During spring training, non-roster invitee Ricardo Rincon looked like he might make Scott Schoeneweis expendable, seeming to have recaptured the form that made him one of baseball’s elite lefthanded middle relievers and a favorite of Billy Beane in the early … Continue reading →

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Not Stoked

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Joe Janish

We don’t know for certain whether Steven Register was put on waivers, though there have been enough “inside sources” reporting it for us to believe it’s true (or not). We do know that Brian Stokes was stretched out for 65-pitches … Continue reading →

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Where Are They Now: Ron Hunt

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Joe Janish

OK, I’m stealing the headline from Newsday … but we were doing it here first (weren’t we?). Anyway … For those who weren’t there, Ron Hunt broke into the bigs with the Mets in 1963, and was the first player … Continue reading →

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Where Are They Now: Art Shamsky

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Joe Janish

Thanks to MetsToday reader Walnutz, we now know that OF/1B/pingponger/Ironman Jeff Conine is down for the count and is in no shape to un-retire. We also have news today about another ex-Met — Art Shamsky. Shamsky, who inspired many of … Continue reading →

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Where Is Jeff Conine?

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Joe Janish

Photo by Larry Hodges With Moises Alou out, Carlos Delgado ailing, Ryan Church struggling against lefties, and Olmedo Saenz resembling Horatio Sanz, the Mets are in obvious need of a veteran righthanded hitter with some pop who can a) play … Continue reading →

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