MLB Productions: The 1986 New York Mets Season

Source:Mike I- The New York Mets are 1986 MLB World Series champions!

"Here's a compilation from the 1986 Mets season. The clips stop late august, I have little from there on but replace it with a year in review type local show." 

From Mike I

Looking back the 1986 New York Mets 25 years later, I don't think they look as good today, as they did back then. In the mid and late 1980s, the New York Mets looked like they were loaded offensively, excellent starting pitching, good bullpen, excellent manager in Davey Johnson and his coaching staff, deep bench, great home ballpark as far as fan atmosphere in Shea Stadium. 

Other than Gary Carter and Keith Hernandez, who are the great players from those teams, as far as what they accomplished before 1986 or after 1986? 25 years later the 1986 New York Mets had a lot of talent, but they still only have one Hall of Famer, in Gary Carter. I would argue that Keith Hernandez should be in the Hall of Fame, but he's not right now. 

I think the best way to look at the New York Mets is to say they were a team with a lot of talent and potential, but who came up short. Similar to the 1985 Chicago Bears or the 1983 Los Angeles Raiders, if these teams were more disciplined, if they were more mature, more professional, I think the Mets win at least one more World Series in the 1980s. But they were like an outdoor insane asylum: they were just too crazy and had too much fun to be able to put it together and dominate the National League and win more than they did.