This year Barry Larkin was the lone inductee to the baseball Hall of Fame receiving 86.4% of the votes, in this his third year on the ballot. He played all 19 years of his MLB career for the Cincinnati Reds, where he was a 12-time All-Star and a three-time Gold Glove winner. Larkin played the [...]
2004 LEAF CORNERSTONES TOM GLAVINE/MIKE PIAZZA This card is a tale of one city, and two players. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, you see… Mike Piazza’s appearance in a Mets’ uniform seemed initially like a strange apparition. Offensive players of his caliber did not just show up at [...]
"Some of us were a little bit jumpy, not just from the lack of feeling secure, but just because we didn't know if it was the right thing to do or the right place to be," Mike Piazza said. "But to see the way people reacted to it, it was a good feeling to know [...]
Throughout their history the Mets have been known as a pitching-first organization. But the Mets have had some pretty good years by hitters, too. Here are the top single-season performances by position in team history, ranked by the WAR calculation available on Baseball-Reference. Position Player WAR Year 1B John Olerud 8.1 1998 LF Bernard Gilkey [...]