He was one of four catchers to reach 300 homers, 2,000 hits, 1,000 runs batted in, and 1,000 runs scored. He remains second among all catchers with a 26.1 defensive WAR and fourth with a 56.3 offensive WAR. So how come it took Gary Carter so long to get into the Hall of Fame? Only the writers who didn’t vote for the 11-time All-Star can really answer that. But Gary’s call to...
To paraphrase New York Mets’ play-by-play announcer Gary Cohen, on July 28, 1993 “it happened!” Mets pitcher Anthony Young had lost a major league record 27 decisions in a row, and on that night against the Marlins at Shea Stadium, he finally recorded a win. It’s probably not news that the 1993 Mets were not a good team. They finished the season with a record of 59-103....
Before recapping a baseball record that was set on June 6, 1992, let’s acknowledge one of the most significant events in history that took place on June 6, 1944: The D-Day invasion of France by allied forces. Over 10,000 allied casualties were suffered that day, including over four thousand deaths, as allied troops stormed the beaches in an effort that marked the beginning of the end of...
Good Morning, Mets fans! Latest Mets News According to Jason Lee from Jays Journal, former Met Matt Harvey is among some former major league players who are interested in playing for the KBO. Latest MLB News Bob Klapisch of Bleacher Report posted on Twitter that the MLB negotiations have gone dark and those who were once optimistic about a deal getting done are no longer as optimistic. Britt...
The Mets had transformed from a 94-loss club in 1983 to a 90-win dynamo the following year, thanks in large part to first-year skipper Davey Johnson and two phenomenal rookie campaigns from Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. Perhaps the biggest contributor to this early turnaround, however, was first baseman Keith Hernandez, who posted a 6.3 bWAR in his first full year with the team. With a...
Here is proof that some good came out of the abominable 1992 season. Hoping to eradicate a disastrous conclusion to 1991, the Mets’ winter maneuvering was predicated upon acquiring proven veterans. Bret Saberhagen, Eddie Murray, and Willie Randolph were among the newcomers, joining Gooden and HoJo to help foster expectations of a division title. The initial test of this experiment came...
