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"1990s" - 92 Total Result(s)
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Get a Good Seat
The Mets of the 1980s, led by Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry, started a revitalization among the team’s fans. In 1981, two years before Strawberry arrived, barely 700,000 fans attended games at S ...
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Gooden Gives Back
Whether it was early in his playing days working with kids on the diamond or in retirement visiting with children with special needs, Dwight Gooden has made giving back a priority. “It’s very humbling ...
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Gooden: A Fan Favorite
“When I talk to the fans today, I always tell them [the crowd] worked to my advantage,” Dwight Gooden explained. “Being on the mound at Shea Stadium any time I got two strikes on a batter the fans wou ...
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Here’s the Pitch
Dwight Gooden took the mound for the Mets on June 23, 1990, after a tough two months to start the season and an injury-filled 1989 campaign. All Gooden did was throw a two-hit complete game shutout ag ...
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HoJo Connects
By the early 1990s, Howard Johnson had established himself as one of the premier sluggers in the game. A two-time All-Star and two-time Silver Slugger winner at third base, Johnson led the NL in home ...
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HoJo Makes the Cover
After years of playing in the shadows of greats, Howard Johnson emerged as a leader of the Mets in 1989 and graced the cover of the annual in 1990. In that remarkable 1989 campaign, Johnson recorded h ...
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HoJo: The New Big Guy
Third baseman Howard Johnson spent nine seasons in New York during the 1980s and early 1990s. He led the league with 104 runs in his All-Star campaign of 1989, then led the league with 38 home runs an ...
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Howard Johnson Plays the Field
While primarily a third baseman with the Mets, Howard Johnson played all across the field to help the team wherever he could. In addition to 835 appearances at third, Johnson played 263 games at short ...
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Hundley’s Home Run Season: Commemorative Bat
Todd Hundley made history when he used this bat to crush a three-run homer to deep right field at Shea Stadium on September 14, 1996. It was his 41st longball of the season, the most by any catcher in ...
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It Was My Day
Dwight Gooden’s starts were always attention-getting events and he loved to oblige. In 2020 he recalled, “The days that I pitched — and this is no disrespect to my opponents — I felt like that was my ...