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Willie Mays, at 78, Decides to Tell His Story

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Published Jan. 31, 2010 at 7:16 a.m.

The Hall of Famer is the subject of the forthcoming “Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend,” the first time he has cooperated with a biographer ...

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Art Shamsky Rekindled

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Art Shamsky has re-launched his offical website, and it’s looking good. Nice to see the internet can properly rekindle Mets history, since the Mets themselves are incapable. Be sure to check it out and “eduMETcate” yourself.James K at Amazin Avenue likes the idea of Fernando Tatis returning to the Mets. I disagree, and you will [ ... ] ...

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Doc, Darryl going to Citi 'Hall'

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Published Jan. 20, 2010 at 3:19 a.m.

The Mets yesterday announced yesterday that Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Davey Johnson and Frank Cashen will be inducted into the team's Hall of Fame this summer ... A new member hasn't been added since 2002, when Tommie Agee was elected ... Gooden, estranged from the organization for several years because ...

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Berra Calls ’em as He Sees ’em

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Published Jan. 20, 2010 at 2:23 a.m.

Yogi Berra said that Mark McGwire admitted steroid use too late to help his Hall of Fame chances ...

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Doc & Darryl to be inducted into Mets Hall of Fame (AP)

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Published Jan. 19, 2010 at 11:25 p.m.

Doc and Darryl, together again. Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry will be inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame this summer, highlighting a class that features four key members of the 1986 World Series champions. Popular manager Davey Johnson and general manager Frank Cashen also will be feted on Aug ...

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Note: Doc, Darryl and MetsBlog

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Published Jan. 19, 2010 at 7:56 p.m.

Tomorrow afternoon, I am scheduled to interview Darryl Strawberry and Doc Gooden, together, at the same time.It’s weird, because, I worshiped these guys when I was a kid, then they totally let me down, in terms of their off-field issues and the general direction of their careers. Later, as I got older, I realized one [ ... ] ...

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Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden to join New York Mets Hall of Fame with Frank Cashen, Davey Johnson

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Published Jan. 19, 2010 at 4:33 p.m.

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Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden were announced as part of a four-person class headed for the newly-revived Mets Hall of Fame, along with two of the bigwigs of the Mets' last World Series champion in 1986, GM Frank Cashen and manager Davey Johnson ...

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Audio of the Day: Ron Darling

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Published Jan. 19, 2010 at 6:00 a.m.

Back in April of 2009 SNY Analyst Ron Darling joined me to talk about his book “The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound.”Many fans remember Darling for his success with the Mets, but he pitched perhaps the best college game in history. In May of 1981, while pitching for Yale, [ ... ] ...

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Audio of the Day: Pat Zachry

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Published Jan. 18, 2010 at 8:48 a.m.

One of the key pieces to the infamous “midnight massacre” trade of Tom Seaver was Pat Zachry. In 1976 Pat was co-winner of the NL Rookie of the Year. That season he won Game 3 of the World Series as the “Big Red Machine” won their second championship over the Yankees.A year later he was [ ... ] ...

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Remembering the Days of Stickball

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Published Dec. 31, 2009 at 1:00 p.m.

Brent Mayne takes a walk down memory lane over at his site The Art of Catching.He talks about a book he received during the holidays called “The Fortress of Solitude”, which is story of a boy growing up in downtown Brooklyn in the late seventies. Part of the lore of that era was kids playing [ ... ] ...

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