Lot of baseball for 2 guys
WANNA stat? From reader J.T. Merwin: Connie Mack’s first year in big league baseball was 1886. His last, as manager of the Philadelphia A’s, was 1950, which was Vin Scully’s rookie year as a Dodgers broadcaster. Scully retired after last season. Together, Mack and Scully spanned 130 consecutive years of baseball.
William Keegan, Rutgers Class of ’63, recently received an inquiry from RU asking why he no longer contributes. His answer: “Since you’re willing to lose 10s of millions of dollars each year chasing a spot in the Pizza Bowl, you don’t need my money.”
Reader John Cafarella on how to purchase tickets to a Sunday afternoon New York team’s game that ESPN won’t change to late Sunday night: Oct. 1, Mets-at Phillies.
The Mets have again removed dubious tack-on fees to ticket purchases. Here is how that seems to work: If the team is any good, they’ll soak ticket-buyers for every dime they can. The worse the team, the better the chance of a fair deal. It’s like NFL scheduling.
A question that won’t be asked or answered on NFL telecasts: How many times has Bengals defensive back Adam “Pacman” Jones, West Virginia man, been arrested since entering the NFL in 2005? A: Seven.
From Mike Natale, Lake Worth, Fla., Wednesday: “I opened The Post’s sports section to read that Yoenis Cespedes the night before had a triple. I immediately turned to Page 1 to see if the headline was, ‘Hell Freezes Over!’ ”