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Greg Prince discovered the Mets when he was 6, during the magical summer of 1969. He is a Long Island-based writer, editor and communications consultant. Contact him here.
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Mlicki Goes Friday Night
by Greg Prince on 5 March 2008 9:12 pm Alou is heading to New York for an MRI (which stands for Moises Regularly Injured). Beltran hasn't played and is worried. Church failed to successfully cross paths with Marlon Anderson. Anybody seen Endy?
We need some outfielders besides Brady Clark and Brooklyn's Own Angel Pagan, we really do.
Well, how about these? Gilkey in left, Johnson in center, Everett around in right…plus Huskey to DH. For one game, you couldn't do any better.
They'll be in the lineup Friday night for a Mets Classic worthy of the name. The date was June 16, 1997. The starter was Dave Mlicki. The rest is pretty self-explanatory.
Fire up your DVRs and whatnot.
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Greg,
It would have been even more gratifying had we beaten Petite after he began taking HGH.
Why do you think he turned to it? To recover from injury?
Never thought of it that way.
Me and about 15 of my closest friends managed to get tickets to that game. I was the only Met fan in my group. It was fantastic.
I saw Endy the other day. But not between the chalk lines, I'm afraid. And Brooklyn's Own Angel Pagan never should have been dispatched to begin with. That upset me greatly. I'm so glad he's home, and that I have one less reason to watch the ****ing Cubs.
They're showing the Mlicki game?! OMG!! Now that was TRULY a METS CLASSIC!!
I'll tune into that game, can't wait in fact. I sponsor Milicki at baseball reference to show my gratitude.
No idea what Milicki is doing now but he will always have that night.
Thank you SNY for giving us the moment we've all longed for, for so long. I cannot wait to watch this game again. The top of the first may very well be in the top 10 all-time Met innings.
I'm waiting for the day I run into Mlicki at the bar. It'd be my honor to get in the eternal line of people buying him a drink.
As great as the game is, the thing I'm enjoying most is hearing Ralph Kiner in such good form.
I was thinking the same thing, IP. How quickly things changed. :-(
God, I love this game. I miss so many of these guys. And what a great night to be a Met fan!
And how about All Sport as a relatively big player among sports drinks?
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Needless to say, I noticed that too. Pettitte was drinking a bottle of water in the dugout, and then he switched to a gaudy All Sport cup, to my amusement. Also loved Ralph throwing it over to “Bell Atlantic” for a commercial break.
Did anyone else find themselves screaming at the TV? Every time a Skank struck out (or argued a called strike) I'm yelling “yeah, that's right… STRIKE THREE! SIDDOWN, YOU SUCK!!!” What a satisfying experience.
What distinguished this Mets Classic in form from others was it wasn't about the Mets coming from behind in the ninth. Those are great, too, of course, but if you didn't know the identities of the combatants or the significance of the event, you'd be watching a game where one team scored three in the first and the lead held up. Nice game though nothing amazing. But then throw in the identities and the significance and “yeah, that's right… STRIKE THREE! SIDDOWN, YOU SUCK!!!” exactly.
Yep. Dave Mlicki pitching a complete-game shutout for the 1997 Mets against the defending world champion Yankees in the first-ever Subway Series game definitely made this an unlikely event for the ages. That's why it's a true Mets Classic. For one night, we were the all-time Subway Series champs. We had unbridled hope for Subway Series to come… and we all know how THAT turned out. But for that one night, we totally, directly ruled over the Yankees, and for the first time, it counted. And Dave Mlicki was our conquering hero.
Awesome.
I loved the comments about how Steinbrenner insisted that Andy-the-Rat-Faced-Boy pitch on an extra day's rest just so he could start this series against the Mets.
How'd that work out? ;)