The All-Stached Nine

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 »

You Belong to the City

You Belong to the City from 1986 Mets: A Year to Remember from The Wright Stache on Vimeo.

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!