Kids, there once was a baseball team that was run by an idiot owner who the fans couldn’t wait to run out of town.
This team would sign free agents that never worked out.
One time the owner got suspended from baseball and his own fans gave the announcement a standing ovation in their own stadium.
Yes kids, the Mets owned the town. There are two million front-runners out there, and they will one day crowd the halls of Citi Field.
“Nobody talked about the Yankees back then,” said Strawberry, who eventually wound up in the Bronx when they again were the talk of the town.
Wilson, echoing Strawberry, said he believed the Mets could regain their standing and someday even turn New York back into a National League city if they could develop and stick to an organizational blueprint.
When his Mets were on top, “the Yankees were trying to buy pennants and it didn’t work,” he said. “I think they learned their lessons over the years: you have to build a strong foundation of core players. And then you can figure out what you need most, that piece or two, in order to win the World Series.”
