Frank Selee's mustache was the first to suggest putting Tinkers, Evers, and Chance in the same infield
TheWrightStache.com has already established the link between mustaches and leadership. But while every manager instinctively understands how motivational posters a lip sweater can contribute to productivity, it’s hard to quantify that.
Well, fortunately for us, in baseball you can quantify everything, including mustached leadership.
Unlike a mustache on David Wright, There is no promise of championships for any manager who grows a mustache. As managerial great Sparky Anderson once said (to paraphrase) “Mangers don’t win or lose ballgames. Ballgames are decided in three places: on the field, at the plate, and above David Wright’s lip.”
Can greater facial growth on MLB’s current managers contribute to leadership skills, or will the burden of proper grooming prove too much for the mustached few? Find out, after the call to the bullpen…
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!
Welcome to another episode of 1986 Mets: A Year to Remember theater. If you’re just joining us, we’ve rocked out with Wild Boys Lenny Dykstra and Wally Backman and learned to give a hot foot with Roger McDowell and HoJo. In today’s episode, we celebrate the machismo, determination and bromance of Keith Hernandez and Gary Carter.
Like a rock, Keith and Gary were the stable leaders the Mets needed. And like a rock, their man-love could not be broken.
With a special appearance by Davey Johnson’s mustache!
Happy Friday, kids. Let’s make it a stachetastic end to the week.
By simply putting that photo there, I struggled to get this sentence out. I triple clutched my finger before finally hitting the key. Just a reminder of what life is like for Mets without a stache. What a first week it’s been for The Wright Stache. We…
Not a bad start. I know that it may seem like I’ve done most of the posting over the last few days. That’s because Hairy Backman has been working hard at his real job in the steel mill and Jose’s Chin Pubes is in Texas taking the steak-eating challenge at every steakhouse south of Dallas-Ft. Worth. We’ll form Voltron next week.
We’ll be working through the weekend, so stop by while you nurse your hangover and watch whatever marathon MTV runs.
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The late 80s were a marvelous time in Mets history. They won the 1986 World Championship. They won the NL East pennant in 1988. They played hard, partied harder and had some fantastic staches. And one man led them to both victory and mustachery: Davey Johnson.
Johnson started his managerial career in the Mets minor league system and won pennants in each of his first three seasons. His players may have been too young to grow facial hair, but his was more than enough for the lot of them.
After the big league squad finished in last place in the NL East in 1983 with only 68 wins, Davey took over the reins for the 1984 season. He proceeded to lead the Amazins to 90 wins and a second place finish in the division. In 1985, he led them to an impressive 98 wins and another second place finish behind the 101-win Cardinals. In 1986, it all came together and Davey etched his name into Mets lore as the man who brought a championship back to Queens.
Davey’s Mets teams finished in first place once and second place two more times in the years following that title. After a slow start in 1990, the Mets fired Davey. Fun fact: By that time, Davey had shaved off his mustache. Coincidence? Absolutely not.
Davey went on to manage the Reds, Orioles and Dodgers with moderate success. Today, he’s managing the United States World Baseball Classic Team.
He’s clean-shaven these days, which is a shame. We’ll always remember him as the mustachioed leader of the best Mets team ever. He remains the winningest manager in Mets history. Thanks, Davey. And thanks, Davey’s stache.
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