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Saturday Seasons: In 1991, The Buddy System Failed
The 1991 season marked a return to the bad old days for the New York Mets: their first losing record since 1983, the departure of a hero,...

A.J. Carter
Oct 11, 20257 min read


Saturday Seasons The 1990 Mets: The Curtain Falls
If you’re a Mets fan who remembers 1990, first of all — congratulations on surviving parachute pants, Crystal Pepsi, and your mom yelling...

Mark Rosenman
Oct 4, 20253 min read


Saturday Seasons 1989 Mets : Good, Not Great, and the Last Flicker of ’80s Dominance
If you’re a Mets fan of a certain age (translation: you still have VHS tapes labeled “Family BBQ” that are actually Game 6 of the ’86...

Mark Rosenman
Sep 27, 20254 min read


1988 Mets Fail Orel Exam, Lose Pennant
The 1988 Mets were the baseball equivalent of the financial advertising disclaimer that past performance is not a guarantee of future...

A.J. Carter
Sep 20, 20257 min read


Saturday Seasons 1987 Mets: Big Hits, Broken Arms, and Terry Pendleton’s September Bomb
If you’re a Mets fan of a certain age (read: old enough to know that “streaming” isn’t Netflix, it’s what happens when your doctor frowns...

Mark Rosenman
Sep 13, 20255 min read


Saturday Seasons: You Know How 1986 Ends. Do You Remember How They Got There?
If you’re a Mets fan, you already know how 1986 ends: a team that manager Davey Johnson declared during spring training would dominate...

A.J. Carter
Sep 6, 202510 min read


Saturday Seasons: 1985 season. The Kid Helps a Young Team Grow Up
There was much optimism in the air around Shea Stadium when the 1985 season began. The expectations had risen after a 1984 season that...

Howie Karpin
Aug 30, 20258 min read


Saturday Seasons: In 1984, the Cubs Avenge 1969
In 1984, the Chicago Cubs got back at the Mets for what the Flushing squad did to them in 1969. Both teams were awful in...

A.J. Carter
Aug 23, 20259 min read


Saturday Seasons: 1983: The Last of the Lean Years
The 1982 season that began with much optimism ended in another disastrous finish: the sixth consecutive season that the team finished...

Mark Rosenman
Aug 16, 20254 min read


Saturday Seasons: For 1982, it was "By George, we think they've got it." Not
In 1982, the Mets decided to let George do it. Two of them, actually. And neither one did. ...

A.J. Carter
Aug 9, 20257 min read


Saturday Seasons: 1981: The Split Season
The final record of the 1980 Mets did not tell the whole story. Despite ultimately finishing in fifth place and losing 95 games, there...

Mark Rosenman
Aug 2, 20253 min read


Saturday Seasons: In 1980, the Pendulum Starts Swinging Back
A lot of good things happened to the Mets in 1980. Almost none of them occurred on the field. The team lost 95 games and finished in...

A.J. Carter
Jul 26, 20257 min read


Saturday Seasons: 1979- The Payson Era Ends
The decade of the Seventies ended in the same manner that the decade of the Sixties ended. With champagne flowing in the locker room...

Mark Rosenman
Jul 19, 20254 min read


Saturday Seasons: 1978- False Optimism
With the conclusion of the first season under the new realities of free agency and how the game was impacted, the results for Mets fans...

Mark Rosenman
Jul 12, 20255 min read


Saturday Seasons: 1977-- The Descent into the Dark
July 13, 1977. Mets versus the Cubs at Shea Stadium. Lenny Randle at bat, facing Ray Burris with one out in the sixth and the Mets...

A.J. Carter
Jul 5, 20259 min read


Saturday Seasons: 1976 Celebrating 15 Amazing Seasons
The post-mortem of the 1975 season, while ultimately characterized as a disappointment, was not the disaster that was 1974. The pitching...

Mark Rosenman
Jun 28, 20254 min read


Saturday Seasons: In 1975, Disappointment, Disillusionment and Despair
The Mets began 1975 with great hopes and expectations. They ended it with disappointment, disillusionment and despair. And if you had to...

A.J. Carter
Jun 21, 20257 min read


Saturday Seasons : The 1974 New York Mets: A Season of Missed Opportunities and Endurance
After falling one game short of a second World Series title in five years in 1973, the New York Mets entered the offseason flush with...

Mark Rosenman
Jun 14, 20255 min read


Saturday Seasons : The Forgotten Miracle: The 1973 Mets
Welcome to Saturday Seasons, the weekly series where we hop in the orange and blue DeLorean and cruise through one Mets season at a time,...

Mark Rosenman
Jun 7, 202513 min read


Saturday Seasons: 1972 -- The Sorrow and the Pity
The New York Mets began the 1972 season with great anticipation and expectations, including a pronouncement by their manager that this...

A.J. Carter
May 31, 20256 min read
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