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By Jay Horwitz Al Leiter has done it all in his 19-year Major League Baseball career. He has pitched a no-hitter, appeared in three World Series, started game seven of a World Series and appeared in two All-Star Games. Despite all of those honors, nothing will mean more to Al…

By Jay Horwitz He has been behind the mic for every on-field ceremony at Shea and Citi for the last two decades. But this one will be different for Howie Rose. Instead of making intros and getting the crowds revved up, Howie will be seated with the other inductees when…

By Jay Horwitz In the midst of Howard Johnson’s three, 30–30 seasons and his National League home run and RBI titles, I suffered one of my greatest failures as a public relations person. Even though I tried and tried, I couldn’t get Howard Johnson a commercial for Howard Johnson’s Hotels…

By Jay Horwitz Anytime I have a chance to remember Shannon Forde, I jump at the opportunity. Well, today is one of those times. MLB and all of its clubs are honoring moms and helping raise Breast Cancer Awareness. Shannon was a great mother to her two young kids, and no one battled harder than she did to defeat her breast cancer.

Author’s Note: I wrote this research paper for my writing 101 class. The assignment was to write a paper about anything related to sports, and having been a Mets fan my entire life, I thought it could be fun to look at Mr. Met. …

By Jay Horwitz A friend of Willie Mays texted me this week to say that Willie was still thrilled we retired his Number 24 at last August’s Old Timers’ Day. On his 92nd birthday (May 6), we are so pleased to make Willie happy. In my mind, he was the…

By Jay Horwitz Citi Field was never louder that night. It was November 1, 2015, the fifth game of the World Series against the Kansas City Royals and we lead 2–0 after eight. Matt Harvey strode back to our dugout with thunderous cheers. I don’t have to tell you what…

Former All-Star pitcher Matt Harvey is officially retiring after nine seasons in Major League Baseball. Harvey announced his decision Friday on an Instagram post, writing, “Goodbye, baseball. And thank you.” “With all the extraordinary memories came many wounded and difficult times,” he wrote. “The awareness that those incredibly powerful moments…

By Jay Horwitz I have seen many crazy and unpredictable events during my time with the Mets. However, nothing was more crazy or unpredictable than what took place seven years ago this May 7th in San Diego. On that sunny afternoon, 42-year-old Bartolo Colón became the oldest MLB player to…