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Post by Rufus-T on Apr 13, 2024 15:27:45 GMT
This is long over due. Gooden's #16 retired tomorrow. Strawberry later in the year. I watched the Mets as much as the Yankees during the 80s, and they were the face of the Mets. I enjoyed that team so much that at that time, people mistaked me as a Mets fan. As much as appreciated their time with the Yankees championship years, they are forever the essential Mets in those exciting years. Should have win one more, at least in 1988. ESPN's 30 for 30 has an excellent episode about their rise and fall with the Mets. Another Mets from that era I think should be considered, Lenny Dykstra's #4, but that will not happen. Thanks Doc & Strawman for the fun baseball.  |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 13, 2024 16:21:09 GMT
I always liked the brashness of the '88 team... until the Disney'fied Dodgers made their magical run on them.
Baseball needs more villains to root for... it's become so stale.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Apr 14, 2024 0:20:35 GMT
Sweet.
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Post by mtbg on Apr 14, 2024 12:10:42 GMT
This is long over due. Gooden's #16 retired tomorrow. Strawberry later in the year. I watched the Mets as much as the Yankees during the 80s, and they were the face of the Mets. I enjoyed that team so much that at that time, people mistaked me as a Mets fan. As much as appreciated their time with the Yankees championship years, they are forever the essential Mets in those exciting years. Should have win one more, at least in 1988. ESPN's 30 for 30 has an excellent episode about their rise and fall with the Mets. Another Mets from that era I think should be considered, Lenny Dykstra's #4, but that will not happen. Thanks Doc & Strawman for the fun baseball. Both were so damn good. They are the quintessential 80's cautionary tale. Young, rich, & famous in NY during the coked up 80's. I've always said without the drugs, Darryl would be a HOFer but Doc would've been one of the very best of the best. He was just so dominant. Glad they are still with us and getting their #'s retired. |
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