I’ve got to get this up before 4:10. Of course I had to leave right field for last. The Mets have had more right fielders in their history than any other position. Typical. Anyway… In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the New York Mets, I’ve been looking at the primary players at each position […]
So the Mets lost again last night. No big surprise there. It’s been almost 3 weeks since the All-Star game and the team has managed to win 2 games. Depressing. Rather than just be all doom and gloom, I’ve decided that I’m going to just look at the silver lining. For instance during last night’s […]
1990 saw some new faces at the All-Star Game for the Metropolitans. After coming to New York from the Reds during the off-season, John Franco was named to his last All-Star team. He pitched a 1-2-3 top of the 9th, but alas, the N.L. could not get anything going against A.L. pitching. The Senior Circuit […]
1988 was a bit of another last hoorah for the Mets. Following their unsuccessful run to return to the World Series that year, they began to slowly dismantle the team. They still sent 2 guys to the ASG in 1989, though. Darryl continued his impressive All-Star run with his 6th appearance at the Mid-Summer Classic. […]
I sort of forget what a good time the mid to late 80’s were for Mets fans. Once again, 1988 saw 4 members of the New York National League team head to the All-Star Game. Once again, Doctor K was named to the All-Star squad. Once again, he was chosen to start the game. He […]
Coming off of their 1986 World Championship, the Mets again sent 5 men to the 1987 All-Star Game. Davey Johnson was named the manager of the National League squad. That goes along with his 4 appearances as a player, 3 for the A.L. and once with the N.L. The Straw Man made his fourth straight […]
The Mets had more All-Stars on their team than ever before in 1986. That should be no surprise, considering they would go on to win the World Series. Doc followed his 1984 Rookie of the Year with a Cy Young in 1985. This earned him the honor of starting the ’86 All-Star Game for the […]
1985 was another big year for the Mets when it came to All-Stars. For the second year in a row they sent 4 guys to the game. In his first year with the Mets, Carter was named to his 8th All-Star team. Unfortunately, Terry Kennedy and Ozzie Virgil got all the playing time, leaving Kid […]
The Mets were really starting to gain momentum in 1984, although they would still come up a bit short. They did however improve their record from 68-94 in 1983 to 90-72. They also sent 4 guys to the All-Star Game that year, which was the most they’d had to that point in their history. Doc […]
Games that start after 10 o’clock? Games that end around 1 in the morning? Ugh. Fortunately, the Mets were able to hang on by their toenails last night against the Dodgers and win it 3-2. Of course since it was a close one, I wasn’t able to go to sleep until that last out was […]
