When interleague play was conceived, it was for match-ups like this. The concept itself has been greatly diluted over time and the annual Mets-Yankees series had lost some of its initial steam. But when both teams are thriving and the drama is high, it can feel like it did in the early days. Last year’s three-game set at Citi Field certainly had that intensity and this upcoming meeting...
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There were two themes to Mets’ regular season of 1986. Total dominance was one. The National League East was all but secured by early summer. They held a vice-grip-like 13-game lead, and had the skipper of the defending NL champs, the Cards’ Whitey Herzog, waving the white flag in surrender. They didn’t just beat the opposition, they beat them down. Which gets us to the other...
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David Wright grew up rooting for the Mets and he matured in the Mets’ minor league system. He never gave the organization reason to doubt he was a cornerstone-in-waiting as he excelled on his way to the big leagues. July 21, 2004, marked the beginning of the end of the Mets’ four-decade search to end a virtual revolving door at the hot corner. While Howard Johnson enjoyed tremendous...
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For the first time since 2013, the Mets have a representative in the starting lineup of the All-Star Game. And for the first time since 2009, the team has four selectees. Even though it’s been confirmed that Starling Marte won’t see action, there’s a good possibility for any of the other three to add to this list of moments in the Midsummer Classic. 1964 In its debut season,...
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The Mets hosted an All-Star Game for the first time in nearly a half-century, when he team’s past, present, and future were represented. David Wright, playing in his seventh mid-summer classic, served as unofficial ambassador. He caught the ceremonial first pitch from Tom Seaver, who not surprisingly has the most All-Star appearances of any Met with nine. Wright also won the fan vote at third...
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