John Franco

Don't get me wrong, I respect the fact that Wright wanted to face the music. But someone had to be the adult in the room.

Erik Boland, Yankees beat reporter for Newsday, will kick off the show. We discuss Bobby Valentine‘s comments and some of Erik’s early observations from Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Here Vinny Cartiglia of Metsblog, who spent the last few...

On June 3rd at Citi Field, the Mets will hold a ceremony to induct John Franco into the team's Hall of Fame and the former reliever joined Boomer & Craig in the Allstate Studio today and told them that he could not be happier.

I had the opportunity to sit down with the newest inductee to the New York Mets Hall of Fame, John Franco, before his appearance at the Citi Bank branch at Madison Ave and 42 Street in Manhattan. Franco was there to promote the Citi Mets ticket pre-s...

There was outrage yesterday from Mets fans as clips of the team executives and manger Terry Collins boarded a helicopter to take them to Miami to catch the Knicks-Heat game.  It was the equivalent of seeing your neighbor who you know is collecting S...

Really not much Mets stuff to talk about, we’ve already covered Johan Santana and his left arm, the new dimensions of the outfield walls at Citi Field and Daniel Murphy playing 2nd base. We’ve discussed Sandy Alderson on Twitter (@MetsGM), the sc...

CLICK HERE TO VOTE IN THE NYBD METS HALL OF FAME Late last week, John Franco became the 26th member elected into the Mets Hall of Fame. I support the organization’s decision to honor Franco, who spent 14 years with the team. In discussing th...

  I will be a guest on Mike Silva’s NY Baseball Digest Live radio show tonight on Blogtalk Radio, talking Mets and John Franco’s Mets Hall of Fame induction.  ...

Earlier in the week I talked about why John Franco deserves to be in the Mets Hall of Fame. It wouldn’t be complete unless we remember what Franco called the “biggest save of his career.” Franco was a huge part of the 2000 team th...

What were the highlights of Franco's career in a Mets uniform?

Franco saved a Mets-record 276 games from 1990-2004 and finished with 424 saves overall, the most by a left-hander.

Yesterday the New York Mets announced that John Franco will be indicted into the team’s Hall of Fame this coming season with the pomp and circumstance commencing on June 3rd. There has been much speculation this winter on who would be selected as t...