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The 1986 New York Mets season was the Mets' 25th season in the National League. They improved from a 98–64 record in 1985 to finish the season with a franchise record 108–54 record, giving them the division title.
The Mets would win another instant-classic series a week and a half later when they beat the Boston Red Sox in seven games to win their second World Series in franchise history. During and years after the '86 NLCS, Mets players expressed belief that Astros' ace pitcher Mike Scott was illegally scuffing the ball during his Cy Young award winning ...
Gooden and Strawberry were integral parts of the 1986 Mets, who went a major league-best 108-54 and beat Boston in a seven-game World Series, then derailed their careers with drug problems.
October 5 – In the season's final day, The Mets beat The Pittsburgh Pirates 9–0 at Shea Stadium for their 108th win of the year. The team set franchise records for wins, home wins (55), road wins (53), home runs (148) a far cry from a team that hit 61 home runs in 1980, batting average (.263) and attendance (2,762,417) all for a team that ...
On Tuesday at 8 p.m. Eastern Time, one of baseball’s most cinematic teams will see their story told on screen. The four-part ESPN 30 for 30 documentary “Once Upon a Time in Queens” directed ...
The 1986 World Series-winning run by the New York Mets will get multi-part documentary treatment by ESPN in a project under the 30 for 30 banner whose executive producers include Jimmy Kimmel.
On September 14 and 15, 2021, ESPN premiered Once Upon a Time in Queens, its four-part 30 for 30 documentary about the 1986 World Series, the Mets' seasons leading up to it and the aftermath. [83] The film is directed by Nick Davis. [84]
The 1986 Red Sox were leading the heavily favored New York Mets 3 games to 2 in the 1986 World Series when Game 6 went into extra innings.For his part, Buckner was batting just .143 against Mets pitching, and he was 0-for-5 in Game 6.