Back in the 70s and 80s the Yankees and Mets weren't rivals, but the fans were. There were fights in the schoolyard over it. I had to run home the day after the Mets won the World Series for wearing a Don Mattingly T-shirt to school.
On Lenny... I kinda feel like he has crossed the threshold from being a pitiful mess to now being more of an endearing, burnt out Ozzy Osbourne type...
The what could have been with Doc especially is the most tragic part, IMO.
I was only 2 when in 86 but I've read a lot of books and watched VHS games from that World Series...wish I had lived it..must have been incredible...
Also jealous that Mets haven't had that type of heart and grit in a long time. Noah would have fit in as a true gamer but that's probably about it...
David Wright was a great Met and a great player...don't get me wrong...
But if a guy tried to break Santana or Backman's leg like Utley did to Tejada (I'm talking the 1st time in 2010 he tried to do it with the Phillies, not the time he succeeded with the Dodgers), Ray Knight probably would have sent him to the hospital..
35 minutes into Episode 1. Is Dykstra drunk? I'm not kidding. He sounds completely sauced.
Great documentary, I'll probably watch again for the stuff I missed.
Amazing how when they went thru quick highlights I could name either the opposing batter or pitcher.....couldn't do that today.
I guess baseball cards and Baseball Digest did that to me!
The what could have been with Doc especially is the most tragic part, IMO.
I was only 2 when in 86 but I've read a lot of books and watched VHS games from that World Series...wish I had lived it..must have been incredible...
Also jealous that Mets haven't had that type of heart and grit in a long time. Noah would have fit in as a true gamer but that's probably about it...
But if a guy tried to break Santana or Backman's leg like Utley did to Tejada (I'm talking the 1st time in 2010 he tried to do it with the Phillies, not the time he succeeded with the Dodgers), Ray Knight probably would have sent him to the hospital..