Weekend Rewind

Seaver snubbed again, Lenny Randle on the MetsRewind Podcast, Hall of Fame Update and Felix Millan are all featured in this weekend's Rewind newsletter.

Jan 21

Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa

This week on Twitter we were chatting about the anniversary of another infamous moment in Mets franchise history: the day the Mets let Tom Seaver slip away — again.

Look at Frank Cashen’s stunned reaction and body language in the New York Times photo above.

MetsRewind @metsrewind

01.20.1984: @whitesox claimed Tom Seaver from the FA compensation pool. "The @Mets certainly made a mistake," said Seaver. “You don't have to be a Harvard student to figure that out.” GM Frank Cashen: ''Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. We made a calculated and regrettable gamble."

Robert Dolan @MetQuartet1

@Metsrewind @Mets @whitesox Cashen’s first major faux pas…with lots more to come…🤬

Ray Trifari @RCTrifari

@Metsrewind @Mets @whitesox I never believed Cashen’s remorse on this. He had stated many times that the Mets had to put their past behind, e. g., when he added the candy stripes to the uniforms; when he reissued #24 to a tin can player.

Behindthebag86 @Behindthebag4

@Metsrewind @Mets @whitesox The height of Mets incompetence. I was shocked that Cashen (who was extremely competent imo) would have screwed up something so badly. #Mets

Link: Millan’s batting stance

MLB.com reporter Bill Ladson published a cool story about Felix Millan this weekend.

Millan credits minor league instructor Hub Kittle for his unique batting stance. Ladson wrote:

Millan accomplished so much with an unorthodox batting stance. He choked up on the bat and held his hands near the trademark … Millan was in a serious slump and his hands were placed near the knob of the bat. It was Kittle who made the suggestion to choke up, and the rest is history.

READ THE STORY

@MetsRewind Hall of Fame

Voting for the @MetsRewind 2023 Hall of Fame is open. The list of 15 candidates on the ballot is led by Carlos Beltran, Bud Harrelson, Gary Cohen, Howard Johnson, and Cleon Jones.

Felix Millan, Dave Kingman, Willie Mays, Jerry Grote, Terry Collins, Jesse Orosco, Lindsey Nelson, Tommie Agee, Lee Mazzilli, and Jon Matlack are also on the ballot.

The MetsRewind Hall of Fame Class of 2023 will be announced on July 4.

Ripped from the Pages

"Until you come and play in New York, you don’t know what the impact is. It takes a certain player to be able to play in New York. Some guys just couldn’t handle it. Period." - Lenny Randle

Lenny Randle is one of the funniest MetsRewind Podcast interviews we have ever done. His storytelling and impression of Ted Williams were outrageously funny.

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