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The 70s Mets' shortstop story is really about one person. He was scrappy, he was tough, and he was undersized, but he had an oversized heart. Buddy Harrelson broke onto the scene for the team in the late 60s, but the bulk of his work and his legacy were built in the 70s for the team. The first couple of years of the decade were arguably his best on the team. In his 1970 (all-star) season, he played a career-high 157 games. He batted .243, with 42 RBI, and 72 runs scored. He m

The New York Mets and Boston Red Sox occupy two of baseball's most demanding, passionate, and media-saturated markets. Forever inextricably linked by the unforgettable drama of the 1986 World Series, these two historic franchises share a unique dynamic. They may play in different leagues, but share their deepest vitriol for a mutual enemy that plays in the Bronx. For that alone, Mets fans and Red Sox fans will always be friends. While they aren't traditional trade partners, t

Welcome back to Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing, our weekly stroll through the Mets attic where the yearbooks are a little worn, the bubble gum cards stick together, and every once in a while you come across a name that makes you stop and say, “Wait a second… how did we forget that guy?” Last week we talked about the time the Mets brought in Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson to serve as what manager Joe Torre jokingly called the team’s attitude coach. Because if your

Trading hs been described as a zero-sum game, but the history between the Mets and Blue Jays suggests a more complicated relationship. Over the 50 years of Toronto history, these two clubs have frequently used one another to solve their most pressing roster crises. Whether it was the Mets looking for an ace or a three-hole bat or the Jays adding to a championship core, the swaps between these two Eastern clubs has produced some of the most debated trades in Mets history. Alth

The 1969 Miracle Mets hangover seemed to come in and out through the next decade for the franchise, trying to hold onto relevance, identity, and winning baseball in the 1970s. It was indeed a decade marked by transition, grit, and improvisation. No position reflected that reality more clearly than third base — the hot corner — where a rotating cast of players mirrored the Mets’ shifting fortunes throughout the decade. At the center of it all was Wayne Garrett, the most endu

The 90s at 1st base for the Mets started as the 80s ended. The contact-hitting, maybe a little boring, Dave Magadan was named the team's full-time player at the position. There were no other real competitors on the team for the position. Magadan had a backup, journeyman Mike Marshall, who played 42 games at 1st base that year. But it was Magadan's job, and he played tremendously in 1990. Magadan batted .328 with 6 HR and 72 RBI, and a .878 OPS. Not too shabby for a player no

Welcome back to Sunday School: Forgotten Faces of Flushing, our weekly rummage through the Mets attic, where we brush the dust off the bubble gum cards, flip through the yearbooks that still smell faintly of pretzels, and rediscover the players who made you pause mid potato knish and mutter, Hold on, he was a Met, right? Last week, we took a sentimental stroll through Shea Stadium’s old organ loft and revisited the legacy of Jane Jarvis, the musical magician who could turn a