Mets Through the Years: The All-Star(s), 1984
July 10th, 2012 by slangon

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 […]

Mets Through the Years: The All-Star(s), 1983
July 10th, 2012 by slangon

1983 marked a turning point for the Mets. They were still a few years away from glory, but pieces and parts of that glory were starting to make their way onto the club, including their 1983 All-Star representative. I always knew that Jesse Orosco was a pretty good pitcher. Until today I had no idea […]

A Team Set Killer of a Trade
March 31st, 2010 by slangon

Last week was a pretty good week for me trade-wise. I got three trade offers that ended up doing some pretty fierce damage to various wantlists of mine. Todays episode comes to us from reader Robert, who wasn’t ashamed to admit to being a fellow Mets fan. Rob sent me a box of Mets cards […]