Let's Go Mets!

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Originally Posted by tiger8mush

good watch, thanks for sharing

+1 This is a great video. One of the things I love about that team is that they only had one future Hall of Famer, Gary Carter, but they still managed to win. They worked together in a way that few teams have since.

I'd say the 1997 Indians (even though they didn't win) and the Big Papi-era Red Sox are the only ones that even come close.

And speaking of the Hall of Fame, I can live with Wally Backman not being in the Hall (colorable argument that he didn't have the counting stats), but the fact that Keith Hernandez isn't in the Hall keeps me up at night.

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Wally Backman in the Hall of Fame? From one diehard Mets fan to another, you must be kidding. A career 13 war player. He missed the Hall by a fair amount.

Originally Posted by bk400

+1 This is a great video. One of the things I love about that team is that they only had one future Hall of Famer, Gary Carter, but they still managed to win. They worked together in a way that few teams have since.

I'd say the 1997 Indians (even though they didn't win) and the Big Papi-era Red Sox are the only ones that even come close.

And speaking of the Hall of Fame, I can live with Wally Backman not being in the Hall (colorable argument that he didn't have the counting stats), but the fact that Keith Hernandez isn't in the Hall keeps me up at night.

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Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Wally Backman in the Hall of Fame? From one diehard Mets fan to another, you must be kidding. A career 13 war player. He missed the Hall by a fair amount.

As I said, he didn't have the counting stats

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A couple of cards:

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The best first baseman in the history of baseball plus Mark Bavaro. Why Mark Bavaro? Because Mark Bavaro is awesome.

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Originally Posted by bk400

The best first baseman in the history of baseball plus Mark Bavaro. Why Mark Bavaro? Because Mark Bavaro is awesome.

Great cards!

So the Mets released “Get Metsmerized” one day into the ‘86 season, but were cocky enough to guarantee a World Series win (well at least George Foster who ended up being released later in the season, and HoJo did during their segments).

I feel like Dykstra and “Rook” Kevin Mitchell were the strongest MCs….

https://youtu.be/hpvufrpAhls?si=ulXYrPbU_GXDH_SR

Here is an article about the failed rap song (sorry about the paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/247...f-the-86-mets/

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Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Great cards!

So the Mets released “Get Metsmerized” one day into the ‘86 season, but were cocky enough to guarantee a World Series win (well at least George Foster who ended up being released later in the season, and HoJo did during their segments).

I feel like Dykstra and “Rook” Kevin Mitchell were the strongest MCs….

https://youtu.be/hpvufrpAhls?si=ulXYrPbU_GXDH_SR

Here is an article about the failed rap song (sorry about the paywall): https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/247...f-the-86-mets/

Thanks for sharing this! I had not seen this before, and as awesome as it is, I kind of understand why. (I thought George Foster was pretty good as the leadoff man.)