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Remembering Mets History (1986) Mets Release George Foster

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August 6, 1986:  After hearing boo's most of the season by the Shea Stadium fans, on this night, the Mets issued a statement that George Foster had been released. In his last twelve games, Foster was 2-28 with one RBI & ten strike outs. On the season he was batting .227 with 13 HRs & 38 RBIs in 72 games. Foster had lost the respect of his teammates during the July 22nd brawl in Cincinnati in which he was the only player not to leave the dugout in the bench clearing incident. He later commented it would have set a bad example for kids. Shortly before that incident, Mets manager Davey Johnson made the decision that Kevin Mitchell would take over as the main left fielder replacing Foster.  At this point of the season the Mets were thirty five games above .500 with a 16.5 game lead in first place. They were in Chicago for a double header at Wrigley Field.  The previous day, George Foster had allegedly made some controversial racial statements to the Gannet Westchester...
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Wilmer Flores: Mets All Time Leader In Walk Off RBIs (2013 - 2018)

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Wilmer Alejandro Flores was born on August 6th, 1991, in Valencia, Venezuela. Wilmer has three brothers & two sisters. Two of his brothers are also named Wilmer, but only their father has the honor of being called Wilmer at home.  The six foot three, right hand hitting infielder was signed by the New York Mets on his 16th birthday, while still in high school in 2007. Flores debuted with the A Ball Kingsport Mets in 2008. He moved on to play eight games with Brooklyn Cyclones that year as well as with the Savannah Sand Gnats. While in the Appalachian League he was one of the toughest hitters to strike out & ranked the circuit's #2 prospect. That year he played in the MLB Futures Game. In 2009 he led all short stops in fielding & started at second base in the Futures Game. Flores played the next three seasons with the A ball St. Lucie Mets, hitting .300 in 2010. He began 2012 in St. Lucie & was moved up to the AA Binghamton Mets, where he hit .311 in...
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