Continuing our series Five Questions For An Average Mets Fan….here’s Eric.
When did you become a fan?
1. 1984
Favorite memory?
2.a. Watching game 6 on my 3″ black and white TV alarm clock radio with an earphone in my room as my dad went crazy downstairs.
2.b. Getting to game 5 of the 86 nlcs just in time to see my first postseason pitch in person go over the fence & watch the straw man round the bases after going deep off of Nolan Ryan. Doc went 10 & gave up only 1 against the west champs, & Mr. Carter sent the Shea faithful home happy in xtra frames. The next day was pretty cool too.
Worst memory?
3. game 7 1988 nlcs. Hojo takes strike 3… ouch! Poor Ron is still haunted to this day.
One off-field thing you would change?
4. Develop the farm system. Think about ’86. Big time free agents Keith & Gary, but lots of home grown talent got it done. Doc, Straw, Mookie, Lenny, Wally, Mitchell, McDowell, Aguilera…
If you owned the team…
5. Retire 17 already. Lima time? PU-LEEEEEASE!!!
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Keith and Gary were acuired via trade, not as free agnets