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Remembering Mets History (1984) Doc Gooden Strikes Out 14 Dodgers In a 2-1 Win with Mookie Wilson Throwing Out a Runner at Home to End the Game

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Friday May 25th 1984: Davey Johnson's third place Mets (21-18) hosted Tommy Lasorda's first place Los Angeles Dodgers (25-22). A good crowd of 27, 340 came out to Shea Stadium to watch the Mets new young, 19 year old pitcher everyone was starting to buzz about, Dwight Gooden.. The young phenom not only had one of the games best blazing fastballs, but a curve so good, Mets Broadcaster; Ralph Kiner named it- "Lord Charles". At this point in the season, Gooden had a 3-3 record with a 4.15 ERA in eight career starts. He had struck out 59 batters in 43 innings pitched & already had three games where he due digits in strike outs. Looking back  Gooden really came into the spotlight after this game. Doctor K established himself as one of the top pitchers in the National League.  Shea Stadium was enjoying it's beast season for Mets fans in since the mid-seventies. The Mets were an exciting young ball club & were winning baseball games, more than they had i...
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Remembering Mets History (2010) Mets Pitchers Throw Three Straight Shut Outs

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  Tuesday May 25th: The Mets were coming off winning two of three in that year's subway series matchup as they hosted the reigning NL Champion Phillies for a three-game set at Citi Field. In the opener the Mets R.A. Dickey went up against 37-year-old veteran Jamie Moyer.  R.A. Dickey had come over from the Minnesota Twins as a free agent in the off season. The knuckle ball pitcher was making just his second start for the Mets. It was the start of a fine three-year career he would have for the Mets. In the bottom of the 1st, Jose Reyes singled & stole second then scored on Jason Bay's grounder to short. After an easy first inning, he would load the bases in the top of the 2nd on three straight base hits. He got Carlos Ruiz to ground into a double play but then walked Juan Castro to load them up again. Jamie Moyer struck out to end the inning.  In the bottom of the 2nd, Angel Pagan, Rod Barajas got on with base is & Jeff Francoeur singled in Pagan with the Mets firs...
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Bartolo Colon "Big Sexy": 2015 NL Champion Mets Pitcher (2014 - 2016)

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Bartolo Colon was born May 24th, 1973 in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. While growing up poor, he, eventually became a star pitcher at his high school. In 1993 he got signed as an amateur free agent by the Cleveland Indians. He began his minor league career at Burlington in the Rookie league in 1994, the next year he would go 13-3 with a 1.96 ERA at A ball Kinston.  MLB Career: Two years later, Colon made his MLB debut in the third game of the 1997 season for the soon to be AL Champion Cleveland Indians.  Colon allowed four runs in five innings at Anaheim getting no decision.  He would be 0-2 through early June as he got his first career win, coming in Detroit against the Tigers. Colon would spend some more time at AAA Buffalo where he went 7-1, even throwing a no hitter, before returning to Cleveland. He ended up 4-7 and did not appear in the post season. Indians Career: In 1998 Colon would post 14 wins, second to Charles Nagy & Dave Burba (15) on a po...
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