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The Mets Single-A affiliate, the Savannah Sand Gnats, are 
a No. 4 seed in CNBC’s second-annual Minor League Baseball logo awards, hosted by their sports business blogger Darren Rovell of SportsBiz.
According to Rovell’s blog, “Over the next couple weeks these teams will face off in a single-elimination tournament. You, the reader, will vote as to which one you prefer and the team with the most votes will move on to the next round.”
…hat tip to Always Amazin for the link…
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If Keith Hernandez can win as a write-in, and Metsblog can finish 2nd to only FireJoeMorgan, then the Sand Gnats are a lock…
Of course, I’ll also have to make sure that the Modesto Nuts come in 2nd place.
I always got a kick out of the Montgomery Biscuits.
the Las Vegas 51’s cleared got hosed on thier seeding. They should be up near the top!
The best is still the Macon Whoopie
someone should do a bracket of favorite metsblog posters…
or more realistically a bracket of favorite all time Mets.
I’d get in on that all-time Mets bracket
as this seems like as good a place as any for some minor league news…
The Binghamton Mets collected five hits and scored their first two runs of the spring, finishing in a 2-2 tie Saturday against the Springfield Cardinals, the Double-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Mets plated both runs in the third inning. Daniel Murphy scored Jose Coronado on an RBI triple, one of his two hits in the game. Mike Carp, who went 1-for-4, drove Murphy home.
Starting pitcher Salvador Aguilar pitched two scoreless innings, adding a strikeout. Kevin Tomasiewicz also went two innings, giving up one earned run. Edward Kunz, the New York Mets’ top pick in last year’s draft, tossed two scoreless innings and racked up two strikeouts for the B-Mets.
The B-Mets, which will take today off before hosting Springfield again Monday, open their season against the Trenton Thunder at 6:35 p.m. Thursday, April 3 at NYSEG Stadium.
The Anderson Joes? Really?
The Gand Prairie Airhogs logo is pretty tight as well.
You kinda need to know the backstory on the Anderson Joes’ logo (and name) for it to actually be zany. Anderson, SC is just a few miles where Joe Jackson grew up. While playing the Anderson semi-pro team (Jackson played for Greenville’s semi-pro team), well, I’ll let Jackson recount it…
“As I pulled into third [he smoked a triple], some big guy [playing for Anderson] stood up and hollered: ‘You shoeless sonofagun, you!’ They picked it up and started calling me Shoeless Joe all around the league, and it stuck. I never played the outfield barefoot, but it just stuck with me.”
-Joe Jackson
Basically, an unknown member of the Anderson ballclub coined Shoeless Joe Jackson’s nickname by Joe’s own admission. Doesn’t sound too zany? Well, what I find zany is your team wanting to be remembered for intentionally dogging it in the field (to be fair, Shoeless Joe did hit in the ‘19 WS…he couldn’t bring himself not to)…
Wow, there actually is an “Albuquerque Isotopes” .. Didn’t know that. The team chose the name based on the Simpsons episode :)
Anyone have any idea when voting for the Sand Gnats opens in round 2? The first round voting moved pretty quickly. The Wichita Wingnuts look tougher than a 12 seed. Maybe Matt can let us know so we can do our part.
The Sand Gnats face the Wichita Wingnuts Thursday in the CNBC logo challenge. Voting begins at 9 a.m and ends Friday morning at 9 a.m.
Needless to say, lets spread the word on all the Mets blogs to vote the Gnats into the Sweet 16 where a potential matchup with the Yankees low-A affiliate Charleston RiverDogs looms.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/23689445 is the link for today’s matchups.
visit sandgnats.com Thursday for a link to tomorrow’s bracket.
Thanks for all the interest and lets get the word out!
The Sand Gnats face the Wichita Wingnuts Thursday in the CNBC logo challenge. Voting begins at 9 a.m and ends Friday morning at 9 a.m.
Needless to say, lets spread the word on all the Mets blogs to vote the Gnats into the Sweet 16 where a potential matchup with the Yankees low-A affiliate Charleston RiverDogs looms.
Below is the link to the full story
http://www.sandgnats.com/news/archives/index.html?article_id=616
Thanks for all the interest and lets get the word out!
I bet Joba Chamberlain hopes he never faces the Sand Gnats.
Here’s today’s link for the CNBC logo challenge in which the Sand Gnats are in a tightly contested battle with the Wichita Wingnuts. Use the link below to vote and spread to other blogs.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/23706466
Go Sand Gnats & Go Mets!