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Time Traveler Tuesdays: Mets First Base in the 2000s—Power, Pop, and Plenty of Big Names

Time Traveler Tuesdays: Mets First Base in the 2000s—Power, Pop, and Plenty of Big Names

Time Traveler Tuesdays: Mets First Base in the 2000s—Power, Pop, and Plenty of Big Names

With John Olerud leaving Queens for Seattle after the 1999 season, the Mets had to get creative in filling their first base position. Todd Zeile, whose natural position was originally catcher but who had played nearly 2,000 Major League games at third base, was chosen to man first base for the Mets in 2000. Zeile knew he had a lot of work ahead to master the footwork and nuances of first base. So he reached out to one of the best to ever do it—a Mets legend. "I worked with Ke

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