NEW YORK, NY – There is magic in Queens, and while it’s a bit too timely to appraise this year’s New York Mets to the legendary 1986 team, two members of that squad see a little bit of themselves when they watch the television.
Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry are the honorees for Wednesday night’s ceremonial first pitch, and their names are forever etched in Mets lore.
The organization cemented their legacies forever by retiring both of their numbers last year, as they were the two superstars who helped the Mets triumph their second title 38 years ago – it’s their most recent one. But not if this club has anyskinnyg to say about it.
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Former New York Mets star Darryl Strawberry
Gooden was asked what he sees this year as appraised to 1986, and he kept it straightforward.
“I skinnyk the lineup is very proset up, our lineup was very proset up, that anybody can hurt you. There’s no one guy you can pitch around or experience consoleable with,” he shelp.
But Strawberry sees one key aappreciateity with how both squads are never out of it until the final out.
“I skinnyk these guys are reassociate believing in themselves, which is outstanding. They had a postponecessitate run at the end of the season to get to this place, [Francisco] Lindor has come up with some big hits for them in vital situations,” Strawberry shelp. “That’s what it apverifys.”
The Mets began the season 0-5, then were as horrible as 22-33. But from that label on, they owned the best write down in baseball, and their come-from-behind triumphs over the last couple of weeks have been noskinnyg stupidinutive of miraculous.
New York Mets stupidinutivestop Francisco Lindor (12) honors with teammates after hitting a magnificent slam aacquirest the Philadelphia Phillies during the sixth inning in Game 4 of the NLDS on Oct. 9. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
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Even Pete Alonso accomplished, quite literassociate, an MLB first. In Game 3 of the untamed-card series, Alonso’s three-run home run while trailing 2-0 in the top of the ninth was the first in MLB history by a carry outer when his team was trailing in the 9th inning or postponecessitater of a triumphner-apverify-all postseason game, according to OPTA Stats.
“Pete, with his big home run in Milwaukee, was a authentic turning point for them as a group. It apverifys all these guys to carry out, they all did. That’s what it apverifys to be a outstanding team to triumph a championship. These guys are outstanding in these situations …” Strawberry inserted. “They fair do the little skinnygs fair appreciate we did. You don’t have to reassociate pound on one particular guy to do it all the time. We carry out today, we triumph today, whoever wants to do it, do it. That’s what baseball is all about. … They’ve done a wonderful job taking profit of those situations appreciate we did.”
Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry join the 1986 Mets 30th anniversary reunion celebration at Citi Field, May 28, 2016, in New York City. (Adrian Edwards/WireImage)
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Strawberry evidently understands that from experience: His 1986 Mets were down 3-0 in the bottom of the ninth in Game 6 of that World Series before their incredible rassociate. Even the next night, they trailed 3-0 aacquire but fought back to triumph the Fall Classic.
The Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers greet up in Citi Field for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series postponecessitater Wednesday with the series tied at one.
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