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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

14 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

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

Do It! Do It! Do It! Again? The Untold Story Behind 'Let’s Go Mets Go!'—and Why It’s Time for a 2025 Reboot

There are a few things every Mets fan of a certain age remembers about 1986: the fist pumps, the curtain calls, the champagne and the...

Mark Rosenman

Jul 176 min read