Counting interim managers, the Mets have had 20 different skippers in their 50 seasons. Nine of those also played for the Mets before becoming managers. Here is an alphabetical listing of those nine managers, along with their ranks as overall players, their time playing with the Mets and their time managing our favorite team. Yogi [...]
METS IN SPECS It's a special Back-to-School edition of Card of the Week, wherein we take a quick squint at the history of Mets players wearing prescription glasses on Topps cards. 1962, 1963 Ken MacKenzie Ken looks like he should live in Williamsburg, drink PBR, and listen to a lot of Animal Collective... 1965, 1966 [...]
1964 TOPPS GIANTS ROY MCMILLAN If I asked you to name the worst-hitting season by a Mets player with at least 400 PA, you would probably name someone like Rey Ordonez or Doug Flynn or Bud Harrelson. Those are all good guesses but not the right answer. An inspired selection would be Rafael Santana, who [...]