For the third year in a row, Lee and I went to the Queens Baseball Convention at the Four Points by Sheraton, a 10-minute walk from home. Today's gathering was significant after the recent losses of Brandon Nimmo, Edwin Diaz, and Pete Alonso.
The first event of the evening was an interview with retired Met reliever Jesse Orosco, as seen below. He reminisced about his appearances with the 1986 World Champion Mets.
There were two panels, State of the Mets and Till Mets Do Us Part. The losses of Diaz and Alonso and the trade of Nimmo were considered, as well as future moves that David Stearns should make. The consensus was that the Mets must plan for the future and not give long-term contracts to players in their thirties.
Former Mets manager Terry Collins was honored with the Gil Hodges Award and discussed the incident in the video seen below. Tom Hallion, the umpire who argued with Terry from that game in 2016 also appeared. Adam Hamari was the home plate umpire who tossed Terry while Tom Hallion was the crew chief.
There was a feature called Mets Make a Deal based on the game show with a similar name. It was Lee's lucky day as he was called out for wearing a Mets hockey jersey. He won a Mets Connect Jersey and a Home Run Apple hat.
The day concluded with Kelly Franco interviewing current Met Brett Baty. She runs a podcast called Three Inning Fan.
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