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From: gds@mit-eddie.UUCP (Greg Skinner)
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Subject: Re: The 1986 Mets
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Date: Sun, 9-Feb-86 15:22:43 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  9 15:22:43 1986
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> From: flynn@acf2.UUCP (Susan Flynn)

>	The Mets will win the pennant again this year - they have to

I have seen the first of the Baseball Predictions type magazines on the
racks this weekend and one of them said as much, that 1986 was going to
be a make-or-break year for the Mets.  Gone are the days when Met fans
used to root harder after a loss.  Two years of second-place finishes
have made Met fans hungry.  They will demand a pennant of them at least.
Anything less could be very detrimental to the Mets, and Davey Johnson
in particular.  He's been given pretty much a free hand in running the
club, but another second-place finish may move Frank Cashen to take a
more active interest in the club, a la Steinbrenner.

Of course, being a lifelong Met fan, I am biased, and naturally I expect
them to go as far as to get into the World Series.  I base my
predictions on the fact that Carter and Strawberry will both be well for
at least 140 games each, that Gooden will win at least 20, and that
Darling and Fernandez will mature into high-tenn or 20-game winners
themselves.  Too bad there isn't a DH, because George Foster could add a
few more years onto his career as a Met DH.  But maybe they can trade
him to someone in the AL for a third baseman if HoJo doesn't deliver.

Andujar's 21 wins will be sorely missed by the Cards.  That, and the
fact that they just *can't* have as good a season as they had last year
(Herr drive in over 100 runs again?), plus the fact that the Mets were
20-23 without Strawberry, leads me to believe that they will take the
pennant.

Subway Series fans, don't give up hope!  Alas, I won't be able to see it
(except for Games of the Week) unless they bring WOR to my cable company
in Mountain View.
-- 
It's like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from goin' under.

Greg Skinner (gregbo)
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