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!
The Wright Stache recently received a copy of 1986 Mets: A Year to Remember from our dear friend Nerdzah Ball Soup at Nerd Baseball. He converted the VHS to DVD and, well, I could not be happier. After a proper viewing last night, I began the task of slicing it up into segments. I’ll be sharing some gems with you in the coming days and weeks, but one clip deserved to be first.
Ladies and gentlemen, with the help of Duran Duran, I give you a profile of the gritty play of Wally Backman and Lenny Dykstra in a segment that Sports Channel and Rainbow Home Video call “Wild Boys.”
Credit (or blame) Hairy Backman for this week’s closing photo. We were discussing Mets who made us sad and, well, here we are. What a waste of a solid stache. At the Wright Stache, we hate waste. We seize all opportunities and capitalize on every situation to further our cause to get David Wright to grow a mustache. To that end, let’s celebrate another fruitful week. We didn’t waste a chance to…
Sure, some of you were hurt by David’s negative first reaction to The Wright Stache. But we remain emboldened to pursue our cause. Optimism and confidence abound at The Wright Stache. Spring is here. Opening Day looms on the horizon. Soon, flowers (and staches) will be in full bloom.
We’ll check in a few times over the weekend as news merits and we hope that you’ll take a peek. And we have another treat for you next week that will bring a new level of interactivity to The Wright Stache experience.
Thank you for your ceaseless support. Because when there was only one set of footprints, that’s when you were carrying us.
A selfless man never looks directly into a camera.
When considering Metstaches, its hard not to think about the bold staches that swiftly defeated opponents and lead the Mets to certain victory. Or the soothing ones – the staches that weathered the storms and put a team’s troubled mind at ease during burdensome times. Or the confident ones – the staches that seemed to escalate players’ abilities and ooze charisma to scarily contagious levels.
But the one Metstache that is oft-overlooked and seldom recognized as a stache of greatness is the selfless stache. And no one wore it better than Wally Backman.
Born Walter Wayne Backman, Wally began his Major League career in 1980 with the New York Mets. His success as a player came from his hustle, hard-nosed work ethic and a desire to play alongside the players that were naturally more talented than he was. Wally’s motto was always “team first”, and it showed – in his words, his play, and his stache. In fact, his stache was so selfless, that in 1985, it lead the National League in sacrifice hits – 15 total. An impressive feat when considering the selfishness and materialism of a 1980s New York. Read more »
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MLB.com, as is its wont,* is allowing fans to vote on their All-Time Nine for each team.
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Credit (or blame) Hairy Backman for this week’s closing photo. We were discussing Mets who made us sad and, well, here we are. What a waste of a solid stache. At the Wright Stache, we hate waste. We seize all opportunities and capitalize on every situation to further our cause to get David Wright to grow a mustache. To that end, let’s celebrate another fruitful week. We didn’t waste a chance to…
