Ultimate Mets Database: Game of October 6, 1985

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Previous Game:
October 5, 1985
Expos 8, Mets 3 1985 Regular Season Game 162
October 6, 1985
Expos 2, Mets 1 Next Game:
April 8, 1986
Mets 4, Pirates 2

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National League Standings, October 6, 1985

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE OCTOBER 6, 1985 GAME:

clubhouse report
April 22, 2002
Bill Latham had the dubious distinction of taking both the Mets first and last losses of the '85 season. Not only was this game his final one with the Mets (he and Beane were dealt for Teufel that winter) it was the last major league game for both Rusty Staub and Larry Bowa as well as Ron Gardenhire and Tom Paciorek's Met farewells. Hubie Brooks got a nice ovation after driving in his 100th run and coming out for a pinch-runner.

JD
January 22, 2003
I remember going to this game despite the Mets' elimination the day before - the stadium was about half full, with fans spaced out in every section across the whole stadium. It was a very sad atmosphere as I recall, given that the team got so close to winning the division.

At the end of the game all of the Mets came out of the dugout to salute the fans, and threw their hats into the crowd...

Mets2Moon
March 28, 2004
If, as many Mets fans I know have said, there is some romance to playing a whole season, coming right down to the wire, only to find that your most bitter rival and fiercest competitor has put up just a little bit more than you were able to muster, then 1985 has to be considered the most beautiful season in Mets history, even moreso than 1986.

1985 was, indeed, one of those seasons where you were eminently left wanting more. Anyone who doubts that has never bothered to read Keith Hernandez's book chronicling this season on a game-by-game basis. It is, perhaps, the finest Baseball book ever written.

My only regret about the 1985 Mets has to be that I was only 6 at the time, and not having discovered Baseball or the Mets in my young age, I was not around to watch the team or appreciate them. Not that I was old enough to fully appreciate it anyway. Only the 1999 Mets can come close, in my eyes, to comparing to the Mets of 1985.

Tom Quinn
March 2, 2009
Apologies to Ron Gardenhire for making him the verbal target of my frustration at this last game of a season that had one heckuva pennant race, even if the Mets came up short. I believe I screamed that he should find another line of work. On the bright side, that night I went to Giants Stadium and saw the Giants beat the Cowboys.

Michael
February 24, 2023
Rusty Staub's last game in the majors, and he also made the last out of the season. It would have been a nice swansong for him to get a hit, but after fouling off a bunch of tough pitches, he finally grounded out to 2nd base, ending the season.

Also a nice job by the Mets fans in attendance as they gave Hubie Brooks a nice cheer when he got his 100th RBI for the Expos on this day.

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