Baseball Digest mentioned my beloved Lee Mazzilli:
As a center fielder, Mazzilli represented a link to the great New York baseball tradition: Italian roots (Joe DiMaggio), switch hitter (Mickey Mantle) and the basket catch (Willie Mays). In 1979, he looked like New York’s next big star by batting .303 with 15 home runs. Additionally, he represented the Mets in that year’s All-Star game, and homered. In 1980, he stole 41 bases, batted .280, hit 16 home runs and drove in 76 runs. However, his batting average fell to .228 in 1981, and was traded to the Texas Rangers for Ron Darling and Walt Terrell in the spring of 1982
Nice little piece you can check out here.
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