Well, it finally happened.<\/p>\n
Jeff Conine<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>started tonight\u2019s game against the Phillies wearing\u00a0No. 19,<\/strong>\u00a0having tossed aside theNo. 28<\/strong>\u00a0issued to him upon joining the Mets last month. The Mets.com roster indicates he swapped jerseys with reserve catcher\u00a0Sandy Alomar Jr.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0Not for nothing but we\u2019d\u00a0anticipated<\/a>this move for awhile.<\/p>\n The change couldn\u2019t hurt either guy. Conine, who\u2019d frequently worn 19 during his lengthy career, was batting just .174 (4-for-23) in 28. Alomar had just 3 hits in 21 at-bats for a .143 batting average and an OPS+ of -13.<\/p>\n MLB.com\u2019s Anthno DiComo\u00a0has all the non-drama.<\/a><\/p>\n Stories abound in professional sports of athletes trading numbers for cars, cash, jewelry \u2014 you name it. But Sandy Alomar Jr. didn\u2019t need any of those things. As soon as he realized the significance that No. 19 had for Jeff Conine, he offered up a swap for free. So beginning Friday, Conine will again wear his familiar 19, while Alomar will assume No. 28.<\/p>\n Conine has had some form of the No. 9 in his uniform throughout his 17-year career. Mostly, it\u2019s been 19, though in Baltimore, he had to settle for No. 18 (one plus eight equals nine).<\/p>\n So when he saw Alomar sporting a No. 19 wrist band \u2014 an old band that clubhouse attendants mistakenly put in Alomar\u2019s locker \u2014 Conine asked where he got it. That sparked the conversation and the swap.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Well, it finally happened. Jeff Conine\u00a0started tonight\u2019s game against the Phillies wearing\u00a0No. 19,\u00a0having tossed aside theNo. 28\u00a0issued to him upon joining the Mets last month. The Mets.com roster indicates he swapped jerseys with reserve catcher\u00a0Sandy Alomar Jr.\u00a0Not for nothing but we\u2019d\u00a0anticipatedthis move for awhile. The change couldn\u2019t hurt either guy. Conine, who\u2019d frequently worn 19 … Continue reading “Hey, Nineteen”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[325],"class_list":["post-775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-jeff-conine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":776,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775\/revisions\/776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}