On June 5, 1987, General Manager Frank Cashen used the Mets’ 8th round pick, the 212th overall selection on Eastern Illinois University middle infielder Tim Bogar. Little did Cashen know at the time, but he set into motion an extraordinary chain of events which is partially responsible for landing catcher of the future Travis d’Arnaud [...]
Round four is a doozy. These players each in their own way defied statistical logic and shined to an exemplary level at their level of play. The caveat here is obviously that players will do big things one year and disappear the next. The hope is that most of these guys make good on the [...]
The Mets Hall of Fame is filled with Mets from the 1969, and 1986 era squads, and with John Franco’s induction this past year, they are getting around to the 2000 NL Champions. There is though, an era woefully unrepresented, and while the exploits of the era fall well beneath the dominance of the mid [...]