We have all watched “The Last Dance” about Michael Jordan. Now that it’s over, we got to thinking — who would we want the Mets version of this to be about?

Tim 

Everyone had a pretty good idea 2005 was Mike Piazza’s last year in Queens. Not sure it would be on the dramatic level Jordan’s story was, but Mike was so adored here.

The love was palpable during that last home stand, and I think that would have been an awesome dynamic to catch on film.

Jack 

I think the David Wright documentary could be interesting given how many stories tended to leak out from those 2005-2009 clubhouses.

There were a lot of characters and a lot of frustrating times, but also a lot of tender, more recent moments that would be really fun to get a closer look at.

The rehab games on his way back from spinal stenosis was probably the most engaged I’d been with one player coming off the injured list.

I can only imagine how many storylines into Wright’s life as a ballplayer and a father lie in there. Hopefully DiComo’s biography can capture as much of it as possible.

Mojo 

There’s certainly many options throughout Mets history who you could make an interesting documentary on, but I think the obvious choice here is David Wright.

All the ups and downs of his career, playoff games, heartbreaks, and injuries could make for quite a riveting story – and live on the legacy that he has left on the team even after his retirement from baseball.

I also have to give an honorable mention to Tom Seaver, the best pitcher in Mets history who also deserves a documentary of this magnitude.

Marissa

Like many others have said, there’s a multitude of players to write a Mets Last Dance documentary on.

My personal choice would be David Wright, given the rollercoaster of a career he had and the fact he was a Met for life.

He seems like one of the most well-respected players not only by his teammates but also by his opponents so I would love to hear other players inputs on his career as well.

Joe 

I always found the life of Gil Hodges to be so compelling. A native New Yorker who carved out an All Star career as one of the best defensive first baseman in the game.

He was an 8 time All Star who hit 375 home runs and drove in over 1200 runs.

I loved that he wanted to end his career in New York and he signed with the 1962 Mets and hit our first franchise home run.

He then returns six years later to manage the team and take them from last place to World Champions. He did so much for the game and deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

First player in NL to hit four home runs in one game. When he retired he was the all time right-handed home run leader.

That record stood until Willie Mays smashed it. He ranks second in NL history with 1,281 assists and 1,614 double plays.

When Gil Hodges died on that Easter Sunday while playing golf with the team during spring training, it was the first time I cried in baseball. He was a legend.

Sam 

Of course, I am going to pick David Wright to have a documentary or docuseries about his career with the Mets.

He is an incredible person and talent on the field that I would love to go behind the scenes and learn more about what it was like trying to navigate stardom in NY, with the always intense NY media, all while having come from a small town in Virginia.

Additionally, I’d love to watch something on Keith Hernandez or Darryl Strawberry –  two players who I know were extraordinary ballplayers but never had the pleasure of watching live.

Matt

 
In my opinion, the tribulations and triumphs of David Wright’s career would make a great documentary.

If you want to accuse me of recency bias, I’ll gladly accept it, but I still firmly believe that exploring the Captain’s career would make for excellent entertainment. His final game would have enough content for two episodes alone!

Sal 

If we’re talking about a Mets The Last Dance type 0f documentary, then the only real answer is the 1986 Championship team.

Could you imagine a dedicated camera crew following those group of maniacs everywhere throughout that season? It would be TV gold.

Locker room footage after every on-field brawl, after every win, every squabble or prank documented for us to see…the infamous nightclub fight in Houston! You could do a 10-part series on their social-lives that year alone.

Picture this, a camera in the clubhouse during game six of the World Series – Kevin Mitchell having to put his uniform back on to go out and pinch hit in the bottom of the 10th, Keith calling his travel agent for airline tickets home before the rally starts, then not moving from that “lucky” stool the rest of the game.

From start to finish I think this would be the greatest baseball documentary ever created, if only this could happen!

Michelle 

It has to be the 1986 team. I mean, I would love something about the Captain.

But when it comes to wanting all of the behind-the-scenes, true story, type of docuseries that The Last Dance was, I need that about the ’86 team.

Keith Hernandez, Ron Darling, Gary Carter, Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Lenny Dykstra, and so on — all characters on and off the field.

The Mets’ journey to the World Series itself, as well as all the off-the-field shenanigans (and everything that Sal said above), would be so exciting and entertaining and something that not just Mets fans would enjoy.

Mike

I know a lot of people will choose either David Wright or the 1986 team, but that’s not the route I’m going.

As much as I enjoyed The Last Dance, I prefer documentaries like The Battered Bastards of Baseball that tells relatively unknown stories.

With that in mind, I would like to see a documentary on the 1999 Mets and the roster moves that led to building that team. That squad had the greatest infield defense I’ve ever seen and arguably one of the best in baseball history.

Add two Hall of Famers in Mike Piazza and Rickey Henderson then a character in the form of manager Bobby Valentine, sounds like good TV to me.