I know, you folks in the Bay State will miss the breezes from his mighty swings (...and he misses). Good luck Mets in left field. You ain’t seen nothing yet.
Apparently his agent precipitated this move. Bay was a tremendous improvement over Mannie in the field and probably more productive at the plate, since Mannie was mailing it in his last couple of years.
Bay lead the league in RBIs for much of the season and seemed to have a lot of clutch hits.