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1986 Mets Information Guide: 25th Season
The Mets went over the top to celebrate their silver anniversary, gifting themselves some serious bling. Doc Gooden, the previous season’s Cy Young Award winner, led the team to their second-ever Worl ...
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1986 Mets World Series Champion Ring
The Mets capped off the 1986 season with a World Series title and 116 wins (including the postseason) — the most in franchise history. Jay Horwitz, a longtime Mets employee, took home this ring.
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1986 World Series Game-Used Ball
The Mets faced the Boston Red Sox in the 1986 World Series, winning the title for the second championship in franchise history. The scuffed logo on this ball shows obvious wear: was it caused by one o ...
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1986: A Year To Remember Publication
The World Series trophy on the cover says it all, as 1986 was truly “A Year to Remember.” The Mets wrapped up the season by winning their second world championship title, beating the Boston Red Sox in ...
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A 1986 Miracle for the Mets
On-deck batter Howard Johnson couldn’t believe his eyes as he watched Ray Knight come down the line to score the winning run against the Boston Red Sox in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Facing elimi ...
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A Banner Day Like No Other
Taking Ron Darling’s challenge that “real Mets fans” needed to show up for the World Series, actor and musician Michael Sergio hatched a plan to parachute into Shea Stadium before Game 6 of the World ...
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A Bush in the Rose Garden
Just a week after winning the World Series, the Mets visited President Ronald Reagan at the White House to celebrate. “Well, not only did the Mets show America that the ‘Other Team from New York’ coul ...
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A Darling of a Start
After a lost opening series that included an extra-inning defeat and two rain outs, nearly 27,000 fans were ready for the first Friday night Mets game of the 1986 season at Shea Stadium. The game agai ...
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A Homer for the Ages at the Astrodome
In just the second All-Star Game Home Run Derby, Darryl Strawberry tied Wally Joyner of the California Angels to win the contest. The headline blast belonged to Strawberry who launched a ball off a sp ...
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A Knight’s Tale
Veteran third baseman Ray Knight had a resurgent season in 1986 which carried over into the playoffs. In the 16-inning NLCS clincher, Knight drove in two crucial runs, but it was in the World Series t ...