Sugar celebrates, Puig smiles, and Miggy talks big game

Happy birthday, Sugar!

Mets closer Edwin Díaz celebrates his 25th birthday today. The Mets shouted him out on Twitter. Will you retweet them?

RT to wish @EdiDiaz44 a Happy Birthday! pic.twitter.com/QydJugpfRw
— New York Mets (@Mets) March 22, 2019

Miggy’s still got it

Miguel Cabrera spoke with Jayson Stark of The Athletic about his desire to prove his doubters wrong. Miggy says he’s still got an MVP or two left in the tank.

Pro Post of the Day

Yasiel Puig and Joey Votto shared #InternationalDayOfHappiness with a youth baseball team. The smiles are real and, of course, Puig’s tongue made an appearance. Orale!

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Thank you to the kids who bring me so much happiness! Seeing you smiling faces makes my day and watching you enjoy baseball makes me so proud ??#InternationalDayOfHappiness #happy #kids #66ers #wildhorse

A post shared by @yasielpuig (@yasielpuig) on Mar 20, 2019 at 3:16pm PDT

OTD

2008 – former Braves catcher Javy López retires. López was a three-time All-Star and was named the MVP of the 1996 National League Championship Series.

1947 – The Azules del Veracruz defeat the Diablos Rojos de México 11-3 in the first televised Mexican League game.

Happy Birthday!

Edwin Díaz (b. 1994)
Ramón Martínez (b. 1968)
Carlos Velázquez (b. 1948)