By Scott Engel, The Game Day The new HBO Sports Documentary, “Say Hey, Willie Mays!” is a warm reminder of what the iconic outfielder has meant to New York baseball, and how his trade to the Mets in 1972 was a true return “home”. When the Mets retired his number in a surprising and fitting tribute at Citi Field in late August, the franchise ensured that Willie Mays was always going to remain at...
The 1986 Mets weren’t just an all-time team. They were a representation of the city in which they played — loaded with compelling characters who collectively formed a rollicking, raucous group that brought home a World Series title. For Nick Davis, it was an epic story that needed to be told. He did so in a four-part documentary which premiered on ESPN this week. A lifelong Mets fan...
Rarely, if ever, has a team better represented its time and place than the 1986 New York Mets. That is at the heart of a four-part ESPN 30 for 30 documentary produced and directed by Nick Davis and executive produced by Jimmy Kimmel and Sal Iacono, which premiered Tuesday and is available to stream on ESPN+. But there’s so much more in the story of the Big Apple’s most fascinating...
