It is really, if you think of it, the highest honor that an organization can give to a player. I had no idea and it's just kind of soaking in and sinking in now. I'm going, ‘Oh, OK, maybe he wants to talk about the team.’ So we had around a 10-minute conversation about the events that have happened - I think positive events in the offseason for the Mets - and then he said, ‘Well, this is not the reason why I'm calling’ and then he dropped the bomb on me. "I was caught completely off guard," Hernandez said.
Hernandez said the number retirement was revealed to him by Cohen in a surprise phone call on Tuesday. He was named the actual team captain the following season, the first in Mets history. The game will be televised on SNY and on the radio at WCBS 880 and WEPN 1050.
with David Peterson taking on Corbin Burnes.
METS OLD TIMERS DAY ROSTER SERIES
The Mets also took game one of the series against the Brewers Tuesday. Hernandez, 68, played for the Mets from 1983-89 and was the de facto captain of the 1986 World Series winning team. The Mets announced Tuesday that former shortstop Jose Reyes will be on the Old Timers’ Day roster. Hernandez, who was elected to the Mets Hall of Fame in 1997 and the Cardinals Hall last summer, joins Seaver (41), Mike Piazza (31), Koosman (36) and managers Casey Stengel (37) and Gil Hodges (14). 36 last season, will unveil the long-awaited Tom Seaver statue before their March 31 season opener, and before a game against Miami will make Hernandez the sixth Mets person to have his uniform number retired. On August 27th, the Mets will host an Old Timers Day game for the first time since 1994. The Mets under Cohen have succeeded in honoring their past - the team turned 60 this year - and Cohen has stated on Twitter that he wants to bring back Old-Timers’ Day. Hernandez probably shouldn’t worry too much. (That reference was to the classic Jackie Gleason character from "The Honeymooners" sitcom of the 1950s, who when asked how he kept getting himself into certain hilarious and difficult situations, replied: "It’s simple. To the extent that it gets on the calendar itself, we'll make sure everybody's aware of it."īefore Alderson’s measured answer, Hernandez laughed and said, "I feel like Ralph Kramden!" Back in February, the Mets announced they would hold. "And to some extent, whether and when we have that Old-Timers’ Day is going to depend on the schedule otherwise and what we have in the way of a number of games and so forth. The New York Mets announced on Thursday the complete roster for Old Timers' Day, which will take place at Citi Field on Aug. "I think that you know that is certainly on our agenda," Alderson said. Team president Sandy Alderson was asked on the same Zoom call if they plan to in 2022. The Mets have not announced the return of Old-Timers’ Day.
"They're going to bring in 50 players, I understand. "The fact that we're going to have an Old-Timers’ game again," Hernandez said. Single game tickets are available on /tickets and gates will open at 3:30 p.As he was talking about the Mets’ growing efforts under owner Steve Cohen to celebrate their history, Hernandez seemed to break the news that the team is going to hold its first Old-Timers’ Day since the 1990s this summer. Fans will be able to watch select Mets Alumni as they walk into the ballpark with a red-carpet entrance starting at approximately 2 p.m. The introductions for the Old Timers’ Day Game Presented by Citi will begin at 4:30 p.m. The Mets Roster For Old Timers Day Is Finalized The official roster for the 2022 Mets Old Timers Day is finalized, and it includes some serious star power. The 2022 Old Timers’ Day will be held on August 27 prior to the 7:10 p.m. You can view the complete roster for the Old Timers’ Day game here.
METS OLD TIMERS DAY ROSTER FULL
Eleven members of the Mets Hall of Fame ( Ed Kranepool, Cleon Jones, Mookie Wilson, Keith Hernandez, Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, John Franco, Mike Piazza, Jon Matlack, Ron Darling and Edgardo Alfonzo ) and three members of the Baseball Hall of Fame (Piazza, Pedro Martínez and Joe Torre) will all be at Citi Field on August 27. Here is the full roster: Check out the full roster of former players and managers that will be in attendance for Old Timers’ Day presented by Citi on August 27. The New York Mets today announced that 65 former players and managers will be in attendance for Old Timers’ Day Presented by Citi on August 27 prior to the 7:10 p.m. The New York Mets (Thursday) announced that 65 former players and managers will be in attendance for Old Timers’ Day. Here are some of the (older) old timers who will be in attendance this year, via a press release sent out by the team: The New York Mets had a special turn out for Old Timers' Day on Saturday, which made several former players feel back at home - especially Ray Knight.
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