QUEENS, NY — Parallels between Darryl Strawberry's and Doc Gooden's 1986 World Series champion New York Mets and the 2024 squad are few and far between; so
Oct 16, 2024; New York City, New York, USA; Former New York Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden and former pitcher Darryl Strawberry before game three of the NLCS for the 2024 MLB playoffs at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn ImagesParallels between Darryl Strawberry ’s and Doc Gooden ’s 1986 World Series champion New York Mets and the 2024 squad are few and far between; so much so that Strawberry could not help but chuckle when beginning to compare the two teams.
These Mets are wholesome and a bit quirky. Their mascots range from the big, purple McDonald’s mascot, Grimace, to the nearly 100-year-old World War II veteran Seymour Weiner. “I think the lineup is very deep,” Gooden said of this year’s club. “Our lineup was very deep. Anybody in that lineup can hurt you. There’s no one guy that you can pitch around and feel comfortable with. As a pitcher, when you face a lineup like that, there’s no breathing room… You have to be ready from the first hitter on.”
“They just do the little things. They do it just like we did,” Strawberry said. “You get into those situations, and you don’t have to really count on just one particular guy to do it all the time. It’s like, OK, we play today, we win today. Let somebody do it. Whoever wants to do it, do it.
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