Latest from Mets News and Links - 5/4/25
Mets News and Morning Links - 5/4/2025
Good Morning. Happy Birthday Ken Oberkfell, Manny Aybar and Miguel Cairo. Mets gets rained out in St. Louis - play 2 today, Blade Tidwell makes MLB debut today, Binghamton gets postponed, Syracuse wins, St. Lucie wins while Brooklyn's late comeback falls short.
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MLB.com: Cardinals-Mets postponed Saturday; split doubleheader set for Sunday. "Torrential rains throughout the day on Saturday forced the Mets and Cardinals into a split doubleheader on Sunday at Busch Stadium. Game 1 will start at 12:15 PM CT/1:15 PM ET, while Game 2 is scheduled to begin at 5:15 PM CT/6:15 PM ET."
NY Post: Blade Tidwell is scheduled to make his MLB debut in the opener against Erick Fedde. Tylor Megill is slated to get the ball in Game 2 against Andre Pallante.
Andrew Tredinnick The Record: The unique way the Mets informed Blade Tidwell that he would be making his MLB debut. "The coaching staff for the Triple-A Syracuse Mets wanted to make sure that Blade Tidwell was pouring over his scouting report for an upcoming matchup with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders. When Tidwell received the sheet with the impending matchup, the 23-year-old was shocked. In big letters at the top: 'You're going to the big leagues, kid!'"
SNY on YouTube: Blade Tidwell Pre-Game Interview.
Steve Serby has a very extensive interview with Griffin Canning. Q: The book “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle has impacted you. A: I read it in 2023...I was injured (back)...It felt like every single word I read just kind of resonated with me. That’s kind of what he writes in the book is like, “Nothing I’m writing is nothing that you don’t already know within you.”
Bob Nightengale USA Today: Oldest living Met Jim Marshall reflects on 70 years in baseball, favorite teammates. "Marshall is an original member of the infamous 1962 New York Mets, and will be honored Monday night as the oldest living Met before their game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field...His greatest memory of that historic season where the Mets went 40-120 and produced the most losses in a single season until the Chicago White Sox toppled it last year?...“Opening Day at the Polo Grounds," Marshall says. “They were doing the player introductions, and when they got to me, they booed the hell out of me because Gil Hodges wasn’t playing. He was hurt, but they just buried me. “Welcome to New York."
Mets Daily Clips:
Mets-Cardinals Rained Out:
Cardinals-Mets postponed Saturday; split doubleheader set for Sunday (MLB.com)
Mets-Cardinals rained out, rescheduled for Sunday doubleheader (New York Post)
Mets-Cardinals game on Saturday postponed due to rain. Doubleheader slated for Sunday (The Record)
Mets-Cardinals game is postponed by weather, will be made up in Sunday doubleheader (AP)
Blade Tidwell News:
Mets' Blade Tidwell surprised by first promotion to majors (Newsday)
The unique way the Mets informed Blade Tidwell that he would be making his MLB debut (The Record)
Other Mets News:
Oldest living Met Jim Marshall reflects on 70 years in baseball, favorite teammates (USA Today)
Red-hot Brandon Nimmo picks up where he left off after illness (New York Post)
Fast-starting Mets still have room to improve, plus Popovich steps aside (The Athletic)
Tylor Megill asked to be yelled at, now he’s earning cheers (The Athletic)
Mets Calendar Classics: May 4th
Back to back pinch hit HRs for a 1991 win, Bobby Bo with 2 homers in '94, Christian Scott's MLB debut, Yogi Berra's last hits and the first time fans chanted “Let’s Go Mets”. These are just a few of the games played on May 4th.