Honorary 1962 New York Mets – Paul Foytak

A well-rounded team requires players with a broad range of skills. We’ve been slowly building this loser for over a year now, and we just realized we don’t have a home-run prone pitcher on the roster. In fact, we don’t even have a pitcher on our roster! In today’s edition

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Honorary 1962 New York Mets – Lenny Randle

Although Lenny Randle played for the New York Mets, he has been selected to join this prestigious and hallowed fraternity because of his exploits with two other teams, the Texas Rangers and the Seattle Mariners. I have a good recollection of the incident that hastened the end of his career

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Honorary 1962 New York Mets – Ray Lankford

Ladies and Gentlemen, say hello to Ray Lankford, a center fielder who played fourteen major-league seasons, almost all of them with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was a force who could steal a base, hit for a high average, hit for power, take a walk, and both ignite or prolong a

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Honorary 1962 New York Mets – The Colorado Rockies

Afer the game they rested. Three cheers for the… no, make that two cheers… no, let’s make it ONE cheer for the Colorado Rockies, who by winning yesterday at Denver’s Coors Field ended their somewhat dubious record of losing baseball games on seventeen consecutive Sundays. I’m sure that’s a relief

Honorary 1962 New York Mets – Chris Davis

In a recent game, Chris Davis played 3rd base and batted sixth for the Texas Rangers. In the lopsided contest the Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins by a score of 20 to 6. That’s a winning margin of fourteen runs. The Rangers got more hits and scored more runs in

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Honorary 1962 New York Mets – Ian Stewart

We’ve all had our tough days. I consider myself very lucky that my difficult moments are not broadcast to hundred of thousands of people. With a tip of the hat to transparency and fairness, I’ll share a few of them now. One time, many years ago, while working my first

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Honorary 1962 New York Mets – Starlin Castro

Now that we’re at the all-star break, I’d like to take a moment to recognize a ballplayer who for one brief shining moment brought back joyous memories of my beloved 1962 New York Mets, the most inept but lovable team I have ever taken to my heart.  Since this award