Sunday, December 11, 2011

Strawberry Says '86 Mets Were Better Than '98 Yankees

The Straw-man was interviewed on Fox 5 Sports Extra in New York last week. The show aired on December 4, with the highlight being when Strawberry was asked which team was better, the '86 Mets or '98 Yankees. Darryl won rings with both teams but he showed no hesitation in saying the '86 Mets were the better group....
The '86 Mets were a lot different than what the '98 Yankees were. The '98 Yankees were a very exciting team and it was a different time, but in that era of the '86 Mets, I think we were much better. I think the pitching staff, if you look all around, we had a tremendous pitching staff. But I think the kind of players that we had, we dominated during the course of the season, but when you look at the playoffs and when it got down to the real crunch time, you know, it was definitely a battle. But the '98 Yankees were a little different, we pretty much ran away with that whole thing and nobody was close, so, I always believe that that '86 Mets team, it would have been hard to beat us because we never quit.
And he's right. As I've always said, the '86 Mets were the last REAL, great baseball team, which is something the Yankees have never produced.

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