MLB.com, as is its wont,* is allowing fans to vote on their All-Time Nine for each team.
Rules are you pick one season from each guy at each position, and then imagine they were all on the same Mets team at the same time having that season.
And then you imagine you had season tickets that year and got to watch ‘99 Rickey Henderson lead off followed by 2006 Reyes, and then 2007 Wright would hit a double to score two, and then 2000 Piazza would step up to the plate, and they had to pitch to him because ‘98 Olerud and ‘86 Keith Hernandez were due up, and 2000 Piazza would wink at you and you would know deep down that he loved y….. Read more »
Nothing helps you get through the homestretch of a Friday afternoon like a bonus edition of 1986 Mets: A Year to Remember theater! You’ve gotten dirty with the Wild Boys, given your teammates the hot foot and witnessed a rock solid man-on-man relationship. And now comes a video that celebrates the entire 1986 Mets team.
Watch as the Mets become the toast of New York. Gasp as you see how many magazine covers they graced (who decided to include WWOR broadcaster Tim McCarver twice in the montage?). Giggle when you catch Ray Knight subtly give a TV camera the finger. The Mets belonged to the city. And this sax riff belongs to the ages.
It’s almost time to slide down the dinosaur’s neck and call it a weekend. Hang in there, baby!
Charles Bronson starred briefly for the 1986 Mets.
MetsBlog is reporting that SNY has announced that Bobby Ojeda will be joining the studio crew as lead analyst for both pre- and post-game shows. Why is this important to The Wright Stache? Bobby O. happens to be my favorite Metstache of all-time!
You’ll learn more about my infatuation with Bobby Ojeda’s stache in a future installment of Better Know a Metstache. I want to do it justice by taking the time to craft the masterpiece that it deserves. Just know that I always heterosexually swoon when I see a picture of a mustachioed Bobby O. He just looks so distinguished – like a more athletic Clark Gable. Also know that it is totally, 100% possible to heterosexually swoon.
Welcome to the team, Bobby. Your icy stare is sure to have us captivated and will hopefully distract us from Darryl Strawberry’s complete inability to utter a coherent sentence.
If you're a student of the game or just interested in baseball history, you may have considered testing
your knowledge through online sports betting. Ask yourself,
what would Ty Cobb do?
MLB.com, as is its wont,* is allowing fans to vote on their All-Time Nine for each team.
Better Know a Metstache, Updates, Wright Wreasons | Misopogon | 
September 11, 2009 5:43 pm | 
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