The New York Mets are suddenly only four games ahead of the Atlanta Braves in the National League East.
ruled the mid-to-late 80′s in Flushing. I was there as Hernandez turned a clown show into world champs while alternately waging war with the media. Nothing in baseball today compares to covering the Mets of that era and their larger than life first baseman.
For all his crimes against Mets fans, Jeff Wilpon’s snub of Hernandez is near the top of the list. The much younger Mex, the one I interacted with at Shea Stadium decades ago, would’ve found a way to subtly retaliate. He was a fierce, political force, especially in the clubhouse. You didn’t dare cross him.
More than once during the documentary it looked like Hernandez was about to cry, especially as recalled his father’s influence growing up and the support from his older brother Gary.
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