So over the last two days there was a furious volley of emails between the Mets coaches, myself, Chris and Elliot, about how to play this game. We had to take into account: (1) inning restrictions on certain pitchers (primarily Reed - who had pitched the most for us); (2) whether Eian and Jallah would be available on Friday night (No on Jallah, ( Read more... )

So the Triple A Mets finished up with a couple wins which put us in second place by the end of the season. Emmett pitched the last inning of the last regular season game and finished with a flourish: strikeout, pop-up (that he fielded), strikeout ( Read more... )

Hmmm, looking at my previous Triple-A assessment is interesting in retrospect ( Read more... )

I'll give a rundown on our first baseball tournament of the year, then go back and catch up on our abbreviated Triple-A season ( Read more... )

Our Little League season finally got underway after getting rained out for the entire month of March. Emmett's in Triple-A this year, which is a step up and another adjustment for him. I got roped into coaching again, which I will definitely not be doing next year. I do enjoy it, but it's a huge time commitment (particularly adding on to my ( Read more... )