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Saturday Seasons: The Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Crying Game at Shea – The 1992 Mets
If you were a Mets fan in 1992, you probably remember two things: You had to blow into your Super Nintendo cartridge to make Super Mario Cart work, and you had to do the same thing to your TV remote just to get through a Mets game. This was supposed to be a bounce back year for the Mets’ as we added A Few Good Men . But instead we got The Crying Game .When the big reveal came, we couldn’t handle the truth and much like The Crying Game, we were left blinking in disbelief, a

Mark Rosenman
Oct 186 min read


Farewell to the Iron Pony: Remembering Sandy Alomar Sr., the Father of a Baseball Family
Baseball lost one of its quiet constants yesterday. Sandy Alomar Sr. the slick-fielding infielder, devoted baseball lifer, proud father, and one-time Mets coach passed away Monday in his native Puerto Rico at the age of 81. To most fans, the Alomar name brings to mind his two remarkable sons , Roberto, the Hall of Famer, and Sandy Jr., the six-time All-Star but before either of them was turning double plays or catching big league fastballs, there was the original: a 5-foot-9

Mark Rosenman
Oct 134 min read


WTF (“What the Frick”)? Ralph Kiner, the Broadcasters Left Behind, and How We Can Fix the Frick Award
Ralph Kiner once said, “All of Rick Aguilera’s saves have come in relief appearances.” And just like that, he taught us everything we...

Mark Rosenman
Oct 139 min read


Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing #41 : The Beagle and the Mule That Time Forgot: Mets Mascot Madness
Welcome back to Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing, our weekly rummage through the Mets’ attic, where we dust off the bubble-gum...

Mark Rosenman
Oct 125 min read


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 117 min read


What Do Soupy Sales, Tony and the Tigers, and ‘Hullabaloo’ Have to Do with the Mets?
Today was one of those raw, gray October mornings, the kind that makes you reach for an old Mets yearbook instead of the remote, because...

Mark Rosenman
Oct 85 min read


Ralph Kiner’s Vinyl Lesson: When Baseball Wisdom Spun at 78 RPM
There was a time—long before YouTube tutorials, batting cage swing analyzers, or launch angle debates—when baseball instruction came not...

Mark Rosenman
Oct 63 min read


Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing #40: From No-Hitter to Miracle: The Story of Don Cardwell
Welcome back to Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing, our weekly rummage through the Mets’ attic, where we dust off the bubble-gum...

Mark Rosenman
Oct 54 min read


A Slow and Sudden Demise
I believe this exchange from the 1985 classic film, Fletch, does a perfect job of summarizing the 2025 Mets season: Dr. Dolan - You know...

shaikushner
Oct 45 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 43 min read


Let's call the 2025 Mets what they actually were ...
First off, let me get some semantics out of the way: Everyone and their mothers are calling the plight of the 2025 Mets a "collapse"....

John Coppinger
Oct 213 min read


The Audacity of Hope
The Hope Diamond Mets fans should be disappointed but not surprised by the outcome of the 2025 season. This was a flawed team...

A.J. Carter
Oct 14 min read


Kollector’s Korner Met-o-ra-bil-ia Hall of Fame Inductee #9: Family, Fandom, and the Mets: Justin Oland’s Story
If you’ve been saving our first seven installments in plastic sleeves and alphabetizing them by subject, congratulations — you’re...

Mark Rosenman
Oct 15 min read


Mets Fans, Lend Me Your Ear, I Come to Praise Mendoza Not Bury Him
Mets fans, lend me your ears—though given the way this season went, most of us would rather stuff them with Shea Stadium hot dog wrappers...

Mark Rosenman
Sep 309 min read


David Stearns Takes Ownership of Mets’ Disappointing Season: “I’m Responsible for It”
On Monday, Mets President of Baseball Operations David Stearns faced the media in a wide-ranging press conference that spanned nearly...

Mark Rosenman
Sep 296 min read


Mike's Met Of The Month, September 2025: Juan Soto
Mets' outfielder Juan Soto takes home the final Met of the Month Award for 2025, hitting .309 with 8 home runs, 21 RBI and a 1.022 OPS in September.

phillipsm331
Sep 292 min read


Mets Sleep with the Fishes as Reds Had Nothing Brewing, Ending a Disappointing Playoff-Less Season
Marlins 4 Mets 0 (loanDepot Park, Miami, FL) Mets record: 83-79 Mets streak: Lost 1 L10 : 5-5 WP - Edwin Cabrera (8-7) LP - Brooks...

Mark Rosenman
Sep 285 min read


Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing #39 : The Mets’ Lost Voices: Steve Albert and Lorn Brown
Welcome back to Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing, our weekly rummage through the Mets’ attic, where we dust off the bubble-gum...

Mark Rosenman
Sep 285 min read


Feat of Clay Keeps Mets Alive
Mets 5 Marlins 0 (loanDepot Park, Miami, FL) Mets record: 83-78 Mets streak: Won 1 WP - Clay Holmes (12-8) LP - Eury Perez (7-6) Seat...

A.J. Carter
Sep 274 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 274 min read
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