[IrishBrigade]

‘...a reminder that it has been more than three decades since a summer in which a world championship club graced the meadows of Flushing, the remarkable exploits of which I never got to witness.’

cry me a river; I remember the 1962 Metslike they played just yesterday...as a north Jersey Yankee hater, I lived and breathed for the Amazin’s, as they called them, and celebrations were far and few between...

the names, they’re are like ghosts from some netherworld; Charlie Neal, Felix Mantilla, Joe Christopher, Choo Choo Coleman, a pair of pitchers named Bob Miller...

[Vigilanteman]

Bob Miller the elder was 2-2; Bob Miller the younger was 1-12, winning his only game of the season against the lowly Cubs the next to the last day. The three top starting pitchers finished 10-24, 8-20 and 8-19. Just one more loss by Jay Hook and they could've furnished three 20 game losers.

Did you know that Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn finished his storied career on that sorry team? How far back in baseball history do you need to go to find a team that finished 40-120 or worse?