Following in a long line of outstanding Venezuelan infielders, Edgardo Alfonzo was an important part of the Mets’ success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. “Fonzie” earned NL MVP votes in three of hi ...

Following a short stint with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Sid Fernandez was traded to the Mets in 1984. The born-and-raised Hawaiian southpaw would stay in New York for a decade. Fernandez made back-to-ba ...

Kevin Elster was a reliable shortstop for the Mets in the late 1980s. In fact, he was so reliable that he once went 88 consecutive games without an error, a then-MLB record for a shortstop. The streak ...

Twenty-year-old Todd Hundley made his MLB debut with the Mets in 1990 and became the club’s starting catcher in 1992. Always a good defensive catcher, Hundley began to stand out as a hitter by the mid ...

To play like a Met, you need to train like a Met. Jeff Kent led a stretching exercise at a Sports Channel event at Grand Central Station. The infielder batted .290 in 89 games before he was traded mid ...

From 1969 World Series champion to skipper of the team. Former Mets player and coach Bud Harrelson took over as manager midway through the 1990 season, finishing with a 71-49 record. Harrelson managed ...

Faithful fans waited eagerly to greet their favorite Mets during an autograph session at Roosevelt Field Mall on Long Island. The 1996 team had several standout players with valuable signatures, inclu ...

Though the Mets struggled in 1991, there were still some explosive players on the roster that year. Howard Johnson led the league with 38 home runs and 117 RBIs in the second All-Star season of his ca ...

Before he became a regular in the Mets rotation, Ron Darling had a successful tenure at Yale University. As a junior in 1981, Darling struck out 16 batters and pitched 11 innings of no-hit baseball ag ...

In 1999, the Mets traveled through time and space to take on the Pittsburgh Pirates in the year 2021. What do you think of how the teams imagined the future?