Oh poor you, life is so hard. The 2018 Mets only have JDG, Thor, Yo, Conforto, the hope of The Dark Knight, David Wright’s Ghost and two promising rookies.
1978 laughs in your face.
First up, the 1978 Mets have no choice but to hype Steve Henderson and Dan Norman. Dan who? The other other other guy in the Seaver trade. Exactly.
1978, when beer campaigns could be about having multiples.
Oh poor you and your cheap Wilpons. In 1978, Lenny Randle gets a full page in the yearbook. He would reward the fans with .233 2HRs and 35 RBI. In the modern game if you went an entire season with TWO Home Runs can you imagine how irate Twitter would be?
Even Lee Mazzilli didn’t get a full page – he had to share it with Dan Norman!
The New York Pretzel Corporation had a soft come on. It is basically half a step up from “eh, what the hell, get a pretzel.”
And I will leave you millennials with this. YOU get Thor, JDG and your pick of a hope and prayer of TDK, Matz, Wheeler, Lugo or The Gazelle.
In 1978 the pitching hopes are Jackson Todd, Paul Siebert and that’s Roy LEE Jackson to you.
The 1978 Mets are a good time. Read more: Part 1 is here.
