From Dynasty to Disappointment
What’s to celebrate? While fans believed the Mets were destined to win a fistful of rings in the second half of the 1980s, they didn’t.
The New York Mets finished the 1989 season in second place. Six weeks into the 1990 season Davey Johnson was fired. He won 1,012 games as manager of the Mets, one World Series and two division titles. Johnson’s teams won an average of 95 games from 1984-1990. But, amidst all those wins, history defines the Mets as a disappointment.