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"The Dean of #MetsSky". I'm ONLY here for Mets baseball. If you're here for politics, please don't follow me. I'll block you. Read pinned post for more. Our MetsSky resource page at www.qflea.com/LGM.html

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 14d

Updated pinned post:
* Here for #Mets only. Don't follow me for anything else.
* Competitive racewalker retired by illness at age 72.
* NYC born & raised, retired to the Delmarva.
* Music is vital to my wellness.
* Politics stresses me, making me ill. While we probably agree, I will not engage!

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 8h

Nice to see you - and that you still have your edge!

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 9h

#Mets have signed Joe Jaques, lefty reliever, to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training.

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 12h

#MetsSky Interesting article about Kai Correa for those interested.

risingapple.com/ny-mets-hire...

It feels like the NY Mets hired Kai Correa for Mark Vientos more than anyone else

The New York Mets just made a hire that feels less about press releases and more about solving a very specific problem. Kai Correa arrives with a reputation for

risingapple.com

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 13h

You can do whatever you choose. I intend to keep a positive outlook, especially as the new coaching staff is hired, the team is constructed and the games begin.

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 13h

We'll just have to agree to disagree on Mendoza.

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 13h

If you blame 2025 solely on Mendoza, you didn't watch enough games. There's plenty of blame to go around.

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 14h

No, they didn't fire everyone. Richardson & Druschel still here & Sherlock retired. Calloway leaves after two years, Rojas leaves after two years, Showalter leaves after two years. You don't fire Mendoza after two because it's a bad look & NO ONE will ever want to manage here.

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 14h

At least give the new staff a chance to get together, assemble a team and start to play some games?

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 14h

MetsTwitter? I think you made a wrong turn somewhere. 😂 But #MetsSky will do the trick here! Welcome aboard.

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 15h

Good morning Francine.

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 15h

Good morning #MetsSky. Late start as I had monthly men's breakfast. 25 guys out to local restaurant drinking coffee & telling tales. From what I can tell based on more savvy people that myself, #Mets added two surprising but good coaches. Looking to see who else joins the staff. Have a great day!

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 19h

I understand, but I still qualify for fossil status. It was one amazing summer. The first men walking on the moon, followed by Woodstock and surrounded by the most impossible pennant race imaginable.

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 1d

OK, so I'm a fossil. Still love my team! 🦴 ⚾ 💙 🧡

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 1d

So far, so good.

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 1d

Won't know until we see results. I do like that hitting coach does not take cookie cutter approach, recognizing that each hitter has particular skills and you work to improve those as opposed to changing things. Sounds right to me.

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 1d

That post has a lot of SOUL.

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 1d

Correa is currently on Cleveland coaching staff. He was also bench coach for San Francisco. I think he was also interim manager there for a short period of time. Well regarded in Cleveland.

Looks like these vacancies being filled quickly. That's good. Be nice to be done before free agency starts.

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 1d

I was home with friends watching the game. As the Mets poured champagne on their heads, my friends and I poured Hires Root Beer. Made a mess but who cared?!?

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 1d

#MetsSky

A Pod of Their Own @apodoftheirown.bsky.social · 1d

Episode 255: The Mets have fired almost their entire coaching staff, Pete Alonso wants a 7-year deal, and the postseason is in full swing.

Apple🍎: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Spotify🍏: open.spotify.com/show/4I54NHb...

“Fake News!”

Podcast Episode · Home Run Applesauce: A New York Mets podcast · 10/14/2025 · 1h 21m

podcasts.apple.com

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 1d

Listened on radio in my parent's kitchen while working on homework. I was 17.

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 1d

That is a lot of words. I wonder if he's working alone, or if there will be an assistant coach working with him. "In charge of the major league team’s hitting program" doesn't necessarily say "coach" to me.

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 1d

Ron Swoboda.

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 1d

Hey Ari. Good morning. Enjoy a great day.

Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 1d

Very happy to see this Ed. Heal well. All my best.

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Charley @qflea.bsky.social · 2d

I don't know why you would do that to yourself. Anything they say on that station is the airways equivalent of clickbait, said to generate calls to that radio station.

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