Author: William Heller

By Billy Heller There are almost no words left for that season-saving Francisco Lindor blast on Monday. For me, Tug McGraw’s “You Gotta Believe” turned into “I Can’t Even Believe It.” I knew the hit was immediately part of Mets history with the likes of Pizza’s post-9/11 homer and Wilmer Flores’ post-tears classic against the Nationals. But I wondered what other regular-season home runs over the...

By BILLY HELLER When the Kansas City Royals traded former Mets farmhand Barry Raziano to the California Angels in 1974 during spring training, it was a bit of a headache for the right-handed pitcher, who had just made his MLB debut with the Royals the previous season. He had already driven to Fort Myers, Fla., from his home in New Orleans. “So now I gotta drive back to Palm Springs,...