In the colorful landscape of New York sports mascots, where Mr. Met and Billy Buffalo steal the limelight, There are those relegated to the sidelines whose tales are more tragic than triumphant.
Jason Smorol has been on the job at Syracuse's NBT Bank Stadium for nearly a decade.
For a generation of baseball fans in Central New York, Smorol is the game's chief cheerleader at the ballpark on Hiawatha Boulevard. At the helm of Triple-A play since the conclusion of the 2013 International League season, there's no separating Smorol from the thrills that is taking place on the city's Northside today.
Mets' owner Steve Cohen has come under fire this week, after he deleted a post on X where he seemed to admitted that his team would not be competitive in 2024.
A Kingston High School grad who spent his childhood watching the NY Mets will instead have the Hudson Valley watch him take the field as he makes the Mets Opening Day roster!