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Let it snow? The Rockies-Mets game was cancelled on Monday because of a different kind of April shower. Today, owner and Dick Monfort and general manager Dan O’Dowd (pictured above) got out a shovel and helped the crew get rid of the snow to avoid another delay. That’s the spirit. (Photo: Jack Dempsey/The Associated Press)
How does that saying go again? It’s not opening day unless you see a dog dressed in a Mets uniform wearing year-specific glasses and smoking a pipe? Or something. Photo: Mike Stobe/Getty Images
UPDATE: Less funny when you read the backstory.
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Johan Santana is out for the season, and might have thrown his last pitch for the Mets after hurting his left shoulder. It is a big loss for the New York team and fans — especially since he also did stuff like wear a garbage can during MLB photo day. (Marc Serota/Getty Images)
New Blue Jays pitcher R.A. Dickey “had a lot of fear” about revealing childhood sex abuse in his book:
It is only coincidence that Dickey is on the cover of Sports Illustrated during the week of his trade to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Dickey and Olympic judo gold medallist Kayla Harrison share the cover photo because both were sexually abused and ultimately “refused to be silent victims,” as the magazine observes in an issue devoted to 2012’s “inspiring performers.”
Dickey, the National League’s top pitcher last season, revealed his abuse in an autobiography published earlier this year. During a conference call Tuesday to discuss his trade from the New York Mets, he was asked about his teammates’ reaction when his book came out.
“Honestly, I had a lot of fear about releasing a book like that because it wasn’t necessarily a baseball book,” he said. “It was much more a book about life and darkness and redemption and a lot of other things. So I had a lot of fear about baring my soul, to not only my teammates but the world. I’m thankful that the book was received the way it was.”
It is already a candidate for catch of the year: Ex-Toronto Blue Jay Travis Snider, now with the Pittsburgh Pirates, climbed the right-field wall at Citi Field to rob the Mets’ Mike Baxter of a home run. Click through to watch the video.
Washington Nationals Racing Presidents mascot George Washington (C) is tackled by a “shark” as Teddy Roosevelt (L), who is wearing a shark’s mouth, races toward the finish line of their masot race during the Nationals’ game against the New York Mets on Friday night.
Photo: Larry Downing/Reuters
Happy PIEday: New York Mets David Wright gets pied with shaving cream by teammate Justin Turner after hitting a walk off single to beat the Philadelphia Phillies.
This is probably the greatest photo you will see all day. Yes. New York Mets relief pitcher Manny Acosta says goodbye to his dog before boarding the team bus after their 9-4 baseball victory over the Cincinnati Reds. They start their series with the Toronto Blue Jays tonight.
If you don’t have anything nice to say…
Philadelphia’s Jonathan Papelbon leaves the field as fans react after he gave up a three run home run to the New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park on Monday. The Mets won 5-2. (Photo by Drew Hallowell/Getty Images)
Former Mets manager Yogi Berra and former Mets catcher Gary Carter meet on the field for a post-game ceremony after the last regular season baseball game ever played in Shea Stadium against the Florida Marlins on September 28, 2008. Carter died on Thursday at the age of 57. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
