1985 TOPPS TOM GORMAN It became a yardstick of sorts. Did you possess the right mixture of fanaticism, masochism, and sheer love of the theater of the absurd to make it all the way through to the end? Perhaps we should add to that list “a profoundly impaired social life”-- after all, it was the [...]
1985 TOPPS DWIGHT GOODEN I caught some of the Yankees' Old-Timers Day ceremony over the weekend. It was not a moment of apostasy-- I just like baseball history. And unfortunately, my team has not given me a regular, institutionalized Old-Timers Day since back in the early '90s. They say it died of unpopularity, and out [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1989: The New York Mets blast the St. Louis Cardinals 11-0. Kevin McReynolds hit for the cycle (the first Met to accomplish the feat since Keith Hernandez did in 1985) and Sid Fernandez pitched a four-hit complete game shutout. 2000: After vetoing a trade [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1984: On the 50th anniversary of Carl Hubbell's legendary five consecutive strikeouts in the 1934 All-Star Game, N.L. pitchers Fernando Valenzuela and Dwight Gooden combine to fan six batters in a row for a new All-Star Game record in the N.L.'s 3-1 triumph. After [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1962: New York Mets signed free agent Cleon Jones. 1991: The Philadelphia Phillies pounded Dwight Gooden for seven runs in five innings in a 10-9 loss at Shea Stadium on June 30. Gooden was back on the mound against the Phillies on July 5 [...]
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1963: New York Mets traded Charlie Neal and Sammy Taylor to the Cincinnati Reds for Jesse Gonder. 1971: New York Mets released Al Weis. 1989: The Mets lose 6-2 to the Cincinnati Reds. Dwight Gooden left the game in the third inning for what [...]