MMO’s partnership with Out of the Park Baseball (OOTP) for a 16-team tournament finally concluded as the 1988 Mets swept the 2022 Mets in the championship game. The 2022 Mets made a run to the championship as the No. 9 seed and fell to the No. 3-seeded 1988 Mets. The 2022 Mets was piloted by MMO editor and writer James Villani. The 1988 Mets was ran by MMO writer Dilip Sridhar. If you have not...
On December 6, 1989, the Mets and Reds traded left-handed closers, with the Mets sending Randy Myers to the Reds and obtaining John Franco in return. Myers was very effective in his three full seasons (five overall) with the Mets. He posted a 17-13 record, with 56 saves. He shared closing responsibilities with Roger McDowell in 1988, and became the Mets’ full-time closer half way...
On May 21, 1981 the Mets had an off day. A player’s strike was looming, and the Mets were on their way to a 41 – 62 record in the last season of Manager Joe Torre’s regime in Queens. But future Mets were active that day in what is now widely known as the greatest college game ever played. To set the scene, the game was played at Yale Field in Connecticut. Built in 1927, before...
