Mets Daily Discussion Thread - February 01, 2025
Good morning!
Sean Manaea turns 33 today! Happy birthday Sean!
Austin Jackson turns 38 today! He was a member of the 2018 Mets, he had a walk-off double in the bottom of the 13th in David Wright's final game on September 29, 2018 and played his final MLB game the next day on September 30th. The Yankees drafted Jackson in the 2005 MLB draft and traded him to the Tigers at the end of the 2009 season, where he made his MLB debut in 2010. Jackson would go on to play for the Tigers, Mariners, Cubs, White Sox, Indians, Giants and finally the Mets.
On this date in 2008, the New York Mets and Johan Santana agreed to a 6 year contract worth $137.5 million.
Paul Blair was born on this date in 1944. He was a two-time All-Star and good defensive outfielder who spent 13 years with Baltimore and the last three seasons with Cleveland and the Yankees. He was signed by the Mets as an amateur free agent but drafted by the Orioles in the November 1962 first year player draft. After retiring from play, he was named the head coach at Fordham University in 1982 and coached for one season. He was also manager of the independent Yonkers Hoot Owls of the Northeast League where they went 14–54 in 1995. On December 26, 2013, Blair suffered a heart attack and lost consciousness while playing in a celebrity bowling tournament in Pikesville, Maryland. He was taken by ambulance to Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, where he was pronounced dead.
Feel free to discuss whatever you want in this thread.