It dates all the way back to giving a young whipper snapper named Nolan Ryan away for Jim Fregosi, and got worse when the gave up on another Hall of Famer Tom Seaver for these household names Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson, and Dan Norman. Seaver who went on to win 311 games and played for many years after that trade ....:nono5:
The traded David Cone away to Toronto for a young Jeff Kent...which would have been a nice deal for both teams as Kent became a great player ...But the Mets traded Kent before he developed into one of the toughest outs in baseball for Carlos Baega and 4 boxes of rawlings Baseballs... Baerga was never the same player once he left Cleveland...
uke1: And last but cetainly not least Bobby Bonilla....
Bonilla came to NY as the richest signing in baseball history 5yrs 29 million...After hitting two homers on opening day Bonilla appeared to be destined for greatness , he did hit 38 homers one year, but never drove in more than 87 in a Mets uniform...
New York media had a field day with him...Bonilla was eventually traded away
Bonilla came to NY as the richest signing in baseball history 5yrs 29 million...After hitting two homers on opening day Bonilla appeared to be destined for greatness , he did hit 38 homers one year, but never drove in more than 87 in a Mets uniform...
New York media had a field day with him...Bonilla was eventually traded away
What's funny about George Foster's career...He hit the 52 homers in 1977 and followed it with 40 in 1978 but never hit more than 30 in any other year...
Foster was 6-1 and 185, he would be a beanpole by todays standards
How and why did he have those two freak seasons was it cream?
Foster was solid for the Mets actually...
Foster was 6-1 and 185, he would be a beanpole by todays standards
How and why did he have those two freak seasons
was it cream?Foster was solid for the Mets actually...
I wouldn't say solid........Journeyman said:What's funny about George Foster's career...He hit the 52 homers in 1977 and followed it with 40 in 1978 but never hit more than 30 in any other year...
Foster was 6-1 and 185, he would be a beanpole by todays standards
How and why did he have those two freak seasons
Foster was solid for the Mets actually...
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I can still recall how that 52 homer season was the standard for MANY years afterwards...Journeyman said:What's funny about George Foster's career...He hit the 52 homers in 1977 and followed it with 40 in 1978 but never hit more than 30 in any other year...
Foster was 6-1 and 185, he would be a beanpole by todays standards
How and why did he have those two freak seasons
Foster was solid for the Mets actually...
