Keidel: The Future Of Flushing Is Here As Wheeler Gets Set To Take Hill
If Wheeler can just get a fraction of Harvey's traction, the sun could finally shine on Queens, where they could someday be Kings.
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If Wheeler can just get a fraction of Harvey's traction, the sun could finally shine on Queens, where they could someday be Kings.
WFAN radio co-host Craig Carton promised he'd end Tuesday's program with the keys -- and he delivered.
Young ace Matt Harvey will take mound in the first game of Tuesday's double dip in Atlanta. Then comes the main event: Zack Wheeler making his major league debut in the nightcap.
Bob Costas sent a private broadcast to the Mets on Monday: sorry!
The Mets and Braves waited a long time to get going. Finally, at 1:22 a.m., Freddie Freeman gave Atlanta a most improbable victory.
Zack Wheeler is excited about his big-league debut with the New York Mets, especially since he'll be pitching not far from where he grew up.
If you consider that Costas -- whose mental and semantic alacrity once made him the exemplar of sports broadcasting -- is deep into the back-nine of his career, perhaps his fits of shock-jock rhetoric are somewhat expected.
Zack Wheeler is scheduled to make his major-league debut on Tuesday night in the second game of the Mets' day/night doubleheader against the Braves in Atlanta.
Since the Midsummer Classic will be preceded by a home-run contest on the previous day, I offer this fantasy all-time Home Run Derby called "The Ultimate Blast."
Costas threw a bucket of cold water on Sunday's win, calling New York's on-field celebration an "indication of the ongoing decline of western civilization."
The Mets have arms -- especially at the minor-league level -- to trade for bats. But Matt Harvey and Zack Wheeler aren't the only pitchers who general manager Sandy Alderson isn't willing to part with. Add Bobby Parnell to that list.
There's an advantage to all this. More beach time for the fans, who will be unencumbered by such mundane things as division and wild card races.
Kirk Nieuwenhuis sent the fans home happy on Father's Day by delivering a three-run walk-off homer as the Mets defeated the Cubs on Sunday.
The fourth MLB All-Star Game 5K & Fun Run presented by Nike will benefit Sandy Relief and take place on Saturday, July 13th in Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York.
Scott Feldman allowed two hits in seven innings and Starlin Castro hit a two-run double to left in the Cubs' three-run eighth inning and Chicago beat the New York Mets 5-2 on Saturday.
