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Remembering Mets History (1986) World Series Game #5: Mets One Game Away From Elimination as They Fall to Sox in Fenway Finale

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Thursday October 23rd, 1986: Fenway Park, Boston: The series was now even at two games each, the final three games of the season would determine the Champions. The Mets now had the momentum on their side winning the last two games. All of the Series wins have come from the visiting team with home field not being an advantage- yet. The media asked Boston manager John McNamara about his slumping hitters, mainly Wade Boggs & Bill Buckner who had both won batting titles. Together they were 6-35 with a .171 batting average. Quotes- John McNamara: "Sure I'm concerned but what am I going to do about it". Motown legend Smokey Robinson sung the National anthem. Red Sox legend & one of the greatest hitters baseball ever saw, Ted Williams "the Splendid Splinter" threw out the ceremonial first pitch.  Mets manager  Davey Johnson had chosen to go with a three man rotation & placed Sid Fernandez in the bullpen. Tonight he went with Dwight Gooden on three days r...
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Remembering Mets History (1986) World Series Game Four: Gary Carter's Two HRs & Ron Darling Help Mets Even Series

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Wednesday October 22nd, 1986 -World Series Game #4:   The Mets were excited going into Game Four as their bats had woken up & they were alive & well in the World Series. A Fenway Park sellout of 33,920 came out on this cool New England night. Natalie Cole did a stunning rendition of the National Anthem to start things off. Red Sox Manager John McNamara sent Al Nipper (10-12 / 5.38 ERA) to the mound for the Red Sox. It was Nippers first post season start, dating back to August 18th he had lost five of his last seven decisions with a 6.75 ERA. Davey Johnson had Ron Darling (15-6 / 2.81 ERA / 184 Ks) going for New York. Ron had pitched seven innings in Game #1 at Shea Stadium, allowing one unearned run taking a heart breaking 1-0 loss. Darling Trivia:   Ron had grown up in Massachusetts & was a Red Sox fan with Carl Yastrzemski being his favorite player. He was sitting in the centerfield bleachers the for Game Six when Bernie Carbo tied the game with a HR that landed...
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Remembering Mets History (1986) World Series Game #3: Bobby O's Pitching- The Kid's Multi-RBI Night & Nail's Multi-Four Hit Game Give Mets First Series Win

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  Tuesday October 21st, 1986 World Series Game #3: After losing the first two games of the World Series at Shea Stadium, the heavily favored Mets were shocked being down two games to none. The Mets bats had fallen sleep in the first two games they scored just four runs with 12 twelve hits. They had been to Boston earlier that year for an exhibition game so it wasn't their first time at Fenway Park. They had surveyed & took batting practice at the Green Monster then. So on Monday manager Davey Johnson told them to stay the hotel. & he'd go at the Ballpark & face the media. Davey also decided to rearrange his pitching rotation & use Sid Fernandez, an All Star that year as well as a 16 game winner, out of the bullpen. It was not a popular decision at first with Sid or anyone for that matter but it would certainly come to fruition as the series went on. 33,595 fans filled Fenway Park for Game Three, excited that the home town Sox were up 2-0. At that time there wa...
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