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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
18 hours ago6 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


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 135 min read


Andy Esposito's One On One with Davey Johnson from 1985
Mets hearts are saddened by the loss of Davey Johnson at the age of 82. A great manager, a great ballplayer, a pioneer in the...

Andrew Esposito
Sep 710 min read


My Conversations with Davey Johnson: Stories, Lessons, and R.I.P. to a True Baseball Mind
It’s a strange thing when history and heartbreak collide. Davey Johnson, who once stood at second base for the Orioles and lofted the fly...

Mark Rosenman
Sep 66 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 610 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 308 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 239 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 97 min read
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