Yesterday, I read an interesting column on the history of print and web based journalism, and how written mediums are quickly getting replaced by multi-media tactics.

I knew this was prevalent in our society, but it’s becoming increasingly more clear nowadays when top-tier writers like Ken Rosenthal are linking to their Facebook to express their opinion.

However, the most shocking moment for me was when Matthew Cerrone, the king of Mets Blogs, talked about sharing and interlining content with other blogs during his book signing. He explained that he doesn’t do that nearly as much because “There aren’t many left”. Those words echoed to the back of the Barnes & Noble, and reverberated off the skulls of the blogger in me, now curious, unsure if my pursuit of become a more regular writer is something that won’t be available for me in 10-20 years, when I’m older.

It was a perfect bit of dialogue that captures how the media world is changing day by day. What used to be expressed in a 100 word blog post can now be just as easily described in a 100 character tweet, but it wasn’t always this way, oh no. When I was younger, I remember just how many Mets sites were out there, so many, that I thought (and still do) that the Mets have the most passionate and well-educated fans anywhere in the league. There were so many, that Mets360, made a comprehensive list of all the Mets related sites out there. He came up with over 25 and listed even more that were once considerably active that still share some Mets information.

However, the times have changed a lot since then, some new blogs popped up, and some older blogs disappeared, so I wanted to start a list to see how many Mets Blogs exist actively that share Mets information.

To qualify, I think a blog should at least have written five posts in the year 2017 and one post in the last 3 months, additionally 50% of the content be related to something Orange & Blue. That’s it.

So here is the list, feel free to add to it if you’d like by commenting below or tweeting @NikoMetsPlus. I’m actually curious to find the exact number of active sites left.

• 213 Miles From Shea (Since 2007) 
• Amazin’ Avenue (Since 2005) 
• Astromets Mind (Since 2014)
• Blogging Mets (Since 2009) 
• Centerfield Maz (Since 2008)
• Collect the Mets (Since 2011)
• Faith and Fear in Flushing (Since 2005) 
• Mack’s Mets (Since 2008) 
• Mets360 (Since 2009)
• MetsBlog (Since 2003)
• Mets By The Numbers (Since 1999)
• Mets Chronicle (Since 2010) 
• MetSilverman (Since 2008)
• Mets Insider Blog (Since 2017)
• Mets Merized Online & MetsMinors (Since 2005) 
• Mets Plus (Since 2013)
• Mets Police (Since 2008) 
• Mets Today (Since 2006)
• Metstradamus Blog (Since ?) 
• New York Mets Report (Since 2008)
• Rising Apple (Since 2007)
• Remembering Shea (Since 2008) 
• Studious Metsimus (Since 2009) 
• The Daily Stache (Since 2008) 
• The 7 Line {Blog} (Since 2011)
• TheMediaGoon (Since 2008) 

Simply put, I’m amazed. There are just about 25 sites that are active (most of which were started in the Shea Stadium days) and there are plenty more that I probably couldn’t find on my own.

While I’m pretty active on the Mets online-sphere, I didn’t know of a good chunk of these blogs until I composed this list.

It’s awesome to see how many websites share different types of information, and not just the lineups and recaps. Articles on unique baseball cards, the bullpen cart, uniform alterations, their podcasts, unique interviews, and all the other stuff one can’t get from a quick social media post is what makes the Mets blog network stronger than ever.

It’ll be interesting to see this list evolve over the coming years; and if there are any blogs left out, again, feel free to comment or tweet me, so I can add it. This list should be a place where one can discover new Mets sites and connect and network with their authors.