I remember this game. I was 12 years old, and I stayed up late and Bobby Bonilla had two home runs. My family and I really thought that these guys were gonna do something. They didn't. This really was the worst Mets team I've ever seen. I can't even fathom now, looking back on it, how people could have thought they would have been great. In short, this was a deceiving win, in a horrid, ugly season.

Ozzie Smith performed his last back flip routine as he came on the field, to the joy of the opening day crowd at Busch Stadium. Smith performed his last feat at the age of 37.

"I believe the story is just beginning." Direct quote from Bobby Bonilla after this game, one that did not age well at all. But who could blame him for riding high after this win? Two homers, including the go-ahead shot in the 10th. I dunno about Paul's comment, but I definitely saw potential in this club. New Yorker Bonilla and HOFer Murray joining 30/30 man Howard Johnson, with a healthy Coleman, and Randolph coming off a season he hit .325 with Milwaukee. Plus a solid rotation and bullpen that saw Franco, Innis and Burke all put up really good numbers the prior year, and youngsters like Whitehurst, Schourek and Young looking like big-time contributors. I saw what they were going for, but injuries and off-the-field problems just killed them.

Since 1985, the Mets are 6-0 against the Cardinals on Opening Day. This was Cone's first career Opening Day start, probably his reward for striking out 19 in the 1991 finale. He also beat St. Louis 11 times in his career, the most of any NL opponent. This also was the third time the Mets had played an extra-inning game on Opening Day, also doing so in 1970 and 1985. They won those games, too. As for Bonilla, he's one of 5 to homer twice in an Opening Day game for the Mets. The others are Cleon Jones (1973), Kevin McReynolds (1988), Darryl Strawberry (also 1988), and Robin Ventura (2001).

After Lee Smith led the majors with 47 saves in 1991, he blew the very first game of the season in '92. Mets were all over him, as he gave up 5 hits and only got 4 outs. Something else of note: Jeff Innis got a win in the first game of the year after going all of 1991 without one. He was actually the first pitcher in history to have failed to get a win or a save while pitching in at least 60 games in '91, which made his win here even more remarkable. He remains the only Mets pitcher to go an entire season pitching at least 60 games without a win or a save.

Poor Jose Oquendo, top of the second he dives for a Howard Johnson hit and appears to injure his shoulder, which costs him 2 months of action and his starting second baseman job, which Luis Alicea takes and runs with. Also, you can tell Kevin Elster wasn't right. He had no mustard behind his swings and it was only a few days later he'd go on the DL due to lingering shoulder problems. He'd undergo surgery and miss most of 4 seasons until reemerging with an out-of-nowhere 24 home runs with Texas in 1996 (can you say steroids?). But while he was on the outs, Todd Worrell was coming back. He missed all of 1990 and 1991 with elbow and rotator cuff surgeries, but looked strong as ever here, striking out two in a 1-2-3 8th inning. It really was quite the eventful Opening Day game...one that had plenty of promise and potential but unfortunately only served to raise our hopes up for nothing.

On the first pitch of this game, Vince Coleman beats out a bunt but pulls a hamstring in the process. St. Louis rookie Donovan Osborne sprains his ankle on the play, which was his first major league pitch. Both have to leave the game.

Coleman plays just 71 games for the 1992 Mets with a career-low 24 steals.

The Mets had some very intelligent baserunning in this game, to the point where Tim McCarver was praising the "new look Mets" and predicted how much that would help them win more this season. Sadly, not quite Tim. But a nice early season win, with Anthony Young being in complete control.

This was the first home game of the Torborg era or error. Current manager Willie Randolph batted 2nd; Ken Hill of the Expos shut us out with a complete game and Doc took the lost. Plus, this is the only Mets game I ever went where I did NOT have a hot dog because the game took place on Friday during Lent (Good Friday was the next week) and as a Catholic, you cannot eat meat on Friday during Lent. I had cheese pizza instead. From then on, I always make sure NOT to go to Shea on a Friday during Lent.

Joe, you stayed loyal to the faith better than I did that day. I was at this game and was lucky enough to be offered free food since my cousin's girlfriend, who not Catholic, was working at the concession stand. I felt the need to take advantage of the opportunity and, ignoring that it was a Lenten Friday, gave in to temptation by consuming a hot dog. I should have taken the pizza like you did.

The game wasn’t worth remembering. The Mets hitters were just lifeless and got shut out by Ken Hill.

This turned out to be Kevin Elster's last game as a Met. He would get shoulder surgery and miss the reminder of the year. Before this game, the Mets traded for Dick Schofield, preparing for the inevitable,as Elster simply couldn't throw the ball with any velocity anymore.

It can be argued that Elster's bum shoulder might have even cost the Mets this game. In the 5th inning, the Expos had a runner on first with 1 out and the pitcher up looking to sacrifice. The bunt went right back to Saberhagen, who threw to 2nd to start a double play. But Elster's throw to first base had absolutely nothing on it, allowing the pitcher to beat it out. Montreal then staged a 2-out rally, capitalizing on 3 singles, a double, 2 walks, and a throwing error by center fielder Howard Johnson to score 5 times and take a 7-1 lead. If that isn't the 1992 season in a nutshell right there.

The loss completed a 3-game sweep and left the Mets 2-5 to open the season, not exactly what everyone envisioned after becoming the team with the highest payroll.

Good defense aside, Saberhagen didn't help himself at all in his first start at Shea. He allowed 4 walks and 7 runs, both tied for the most he'd give up as a Met. After 2 starts, his ERA stood at 18.00.

The only bright spot of the day was Willie Randolph, who hit his first HR as a Met. He looked good... the rest of the team, not so much.

April 19, Anthony Young is 2-0. Little did anyone know it would be the following summer before he would win again.

Anthony Young could quite possibly be the unluckiest pitcher in baseball history. He improved to 2-0 here, as flushing flash wrote back in 2002, then lost his next 14 decisions in 1992, and went 1-16 in 1993. And it's not like he was God awful, as he held a combined 3.98 ERA during that span. He also recorded 12 straight saves without blowing a game later in the year, so it's crazy how unlucky he was when it came to wins and losses.

There were 7 walks in this game before anyone got a hit, that being a single by Howard Johnson to lead of the 4th inning (though it easily could have been charge an error to Montreal 3B Archie Cianfrocco for bobbling the ball). Defense was atrocious on this Easter Sunday, with the teams combining for 5 miscues ... though there easily could have been 7 or 8. Montreal LF Ivan Calderon made the biggest blunder, letting a HoJo double go through his legs in the 7th for a bases-clearing, 4-run, error-assisted inside the park home run. Johnson finished the game with a career-high tying 5 RBI.

Mets did some heavy damage against southpaws Jeff Fassero and Doug Simons, who gave up 4 runs each. Simons pitched for the Mets in 1991 and had just been traded to Montreal 17 days earlier for minor leaguer Rob Katzaroff (who never panned out to anything useful). Todd Hundley, who missed the Mets' previous 4 games with the flu, greeted Simons with a bomb of a home run to lead off the 8th, which was the second longball of Hundley's career.

The Mets went with a 3-man booth for some WWOR games in 1992, adding Bob Carpenter to the tandem of Kiner and McCarver. I don't remember him calling games for the Mets at all, but apparently was nominated for an Emmy for his work. Pretty sure he only spent one season in New York before moving on to Minnesota, Texas, and now Washington, where he's been since 2006. He still sounds exactly the same as he did in '92.

This was my third Mets game ever. I was 9. I remember it was a foggy night and the field was covered for a few innings. Then Eddie Murray hit that game winning homer, a walk off, and not knowing I asked my father, "Do they have to keep playing?" "No," he said. "The game is over."

A midweek afternoon game that ended with Boston getting HBP'd with the bases loaded by catching a ball in his uni. It's one of those games that tells you this could be a special year. It's one of those games that tells you not to believe everything the game tells you.

In the 11th inning of this game, Jeff Innis got into a based loaded, no out jam, but he got out of it. Then of course the Mets won it in the 13th.

Brett Saberhagen was absolutely fantastic in this afternoon game. When he was in control, few pitchers could ever paint the black with a fastball like he could. He didn't get the win on this day though. Darryl Boston won it with a hit by pitch (one of only 2 games in team history with an ending like that, the other coming in 2013).

Michael's post needs a bit of an update. Boston had the first HBP walk-off in Mets history, Justin Turner had the second vs. Oakland in 2013, and Michael Conforto added a third vs. Miami in 2021.

What I found most amazing about this game is that the Mets had a different player at every position than they had in their game exactly one year prior. Even though HoJo and Magadan played in both games, they were at different positions (HoJo from 3B to CF, and Magadan from 1B to 3B). This team just changed so much so quickly, it's no wonder they were in store for so many struggles.

Saberhagen inexplicably entered this game with a 13.15 ERA over his first 3 starts as a Met. How is that possible? This guy had great stuff (when healthy), and was clearly at 100% in this game. And he threw a shutout in his very next game against the Astros as well. He retired 9 in a row twice in this game, the second time only having it end when Junior Noboa lost a popfly in the sun that went as a double. Speaking of Noboa, he had 2 of his 7 ... yes, 7 ... hits as a Met in this game. He hit 7-for-47 in New York, but somehow remained on the roster all the way through July.

Getting a load of some of these newcomers: Dave Gallagher looks just like Jeff Kent (the two could pass as twins when Kent would be acquired from Toronto later in the year), and Paul Gibson looks more like the tax man at my local H&R Block than a major league pitcher. When they brought him in in relief of Saberhagen in the 10th, all I could think was, "The Mets really don't have anyone better to bring in to a scoreless tie in the 10th inning than a guy with a 10.80 ERA?"

The boo birds were also already out for Bonilla, who fouled out with the bases loaded in the 3rd and got the NY treatment again when he struck out looking in the 9th. Get used to that, Bobby Boo. I also got a chuckle when Tim McCarver complained that Don Imus had called him a doofus. Then he proved his doofus status by being unable to spell the word doofus. What a doofus.

A gem from David Cone who took a no-hitter into the 7th inning before Benny DiStefano beat out a 17-foot full-swing bunt for an infield hit. Ken Caminiti later lined a shot off the 3rd base bag for another scratch hit in the 9th, and that was all the offense for the Astros all night.

Benny DiStefano's pinch single came with one out in the top of the eighth inning for the first hit of the game off David Cone.

Jeff Bagwell led off the ninth with a single and Coney had to settle for a two-hit shutout. He walked four and struck out eleven.

Eddie Murray had a single and a double and drove in all four Mets runs.

While Cone was still working on his no-hit bid in the late innings, Bobby Bonilla made a fantastic catch in right field. Laying out to catch a line drive and preserve it, for the time. He got a huge standing ovation, as the fans knew he was not known as a defensive presence.

Bob P gets a hat tip from me for cleaning up Andy's post. Bob is correct: the no-hitter came to an end in the top of the 8th, not 7th, and it was Bagwell, not Caminiti (who was on the DL at the time) who had the other hit off the 3B bag in the 9th. And I concur with Michael -- Bonilla's catch in the 7th to preserve the no-no was quite spectacular (considering the defender) and likely spared him additional boos when he popped out in the bottom of the frame.

Bonilla hit just .214 with 5 HRs at Shea in 1992, opposed to .277 with 14 HRs on the road. No wonder he always heard it from the crowd. He was also apparently battling the flu in this game was sleeping up until 45 minutes before game start. I guess if not for Murray this might have been another 0-0 tie headed for extras. Thankfully, Cone got enough run support for the win. This was his 4th and final performance with the Mets in which he threw a shutout and allowed 2 hits or less. He also collected the 1,000th strikeout of his career when he fanned Ed Taubensee looking to end the 2nd inning. Little did he know at the time he'd end the year winning a World Series with the Blue Jays.

Astros starter Butch Henry was making just his 4th career start in this game. He had actually just shutout the Padres over 9 innings his last time out, and in July would fair much better against the Mets in a 3-1 Houston win.

I also enjoyed how McCarver and Kiner were so astounded by a guy in the crowd talking on what they called a "portable phone." They couldn't believe that type of technology existed. In my mind, 1992 really wasn't that long ago, but look how far we've come since then.

A sad footnote to this game.

Poor Terrel Hansen sat on the bench because the Mets did not need a pinch hitter. While several players over the years made brief appearances on Mets rosters without ever getting into a game as a Met (Jerry Moses in 1975, Mac Suzuki in 1999, Justin Spier in 2001), the others all played in the majors elsewhere at some point. Terrel was in the minors from 1987-1999 and April 29-30, 1992 was his only stint on a major league roster but the Mets did not get him in a game while he was up. Thus you do not see him on the Ultimate Mets Database roster, but he is listed at MBTN.com for wearing #21.

After the Braves tied up this game in the bottom of the 7th, Daryl Boston hit the game-winning HR in the top of the 8th off Juan Berenguer. What seemed like a blowout turned out to be a nail- biter.

Eddie Murray hits his second homer as a Met, and it is the 400th of his career.

David Cone pitches a five-hit shutout, striking out eight, and drives in two runs with a bases-loaded single as the Mets improve to 15-10.

The big highlight from this game was Magadan getting thrown out at 3B trying to tag up on a flyball to RF during the 5th inning. Magadan had just gotten the Mets within 2 with an RBI double, but was gunned down by O'Neill on Schofield's flyout. O'Neill, who had quite the underrated arm, ranked second among NL right fielders in 1992 with 12 OF assists. Magadan -- who was also batting leadoff, the only time in his career he started a game as the leadoff hitter -- gave Reds 3B Chris Sabo a nice shoulder block during the tag in an attempt to jar the ball loose to no avail.

There were Mets defensive blunders all over the place, too. Magadan, Murray and Gooden all committed errors, while Whitehurst and Gibson both uncorked wild pitches. The Mets did thwart a squeeze attempt in the 2nd inning, though. Despite all that, New York had a good shot at doing damage in the 7th when a HBP and two walks loaded the bases for Bonilla with 2 outs. Cincinnati countered by bringing in closer Rob Dibble, who -- unlike in August when Bonilla beat him with a walk-off 3-run homer -- struck out Bobby looking to end the threat. He then retired the remaining 6 in order -- 4 via punchout -- to record the save.

One final note: Highly touted prospect DJ Dozier made his first major league start in this game, playing LF and batting 6th. He walked, stole a base, and grounded out before getting pinch-hit for in the 6th. He did next to nothing while playing in 25 games for the Mets in 1992. On top of that, he struggled at AAA too, prompting the Mets to include him in the deal to acquire Tony Fernandez from San Diego after the season. He played half of the 1993 season with the Padres' AAA team and the other half with the Cardinals' AAA team, and by 1994 was out of baseball. According to an article in the Virginia Pilot in 2006 (https://www.pilotonline.com/news/article_7fb68a3b-4ebf-56a6-a2fc-08159e1e6f28.html), he went on to be a coach, work as a missionary, dabble in financial planning and investment banking, before settling on starting a business with former Phillies pitcher Tyler Green, helping athletes transition after their sports career is over.

Rodney McCray got his only at-bat as a Met in this game and made the most of it with an RBI single.

After a long rain delay, Rodney McCray got his only Met hit, a game winning single, to beat the Dodgers after midnight.

A nice moment too as since the game ended, the Dodgers outfielder left the ball in the field of play and walked off. Howard Johnson, knowing it was a big moment for McCray, went out in the wet soaked grass to the outfield and picked up the ball for him to have.

It's funny, whenever people get really excited about early season victories that are won in exciting fashion, they think it's a sign of great things to come later in the season.. I ALWAYS refer back to the 1992 Mets. They actually had a lot of pretty exciting wins early on, and this one was one of them.

Dave Magadan of all people hits a walk-off homer to win it this Saturday afternoon and the Mets were rolling and looking great.

See why that "exciting victory" thing is a myth?

First major league ball game I had ever been to. I was only 8 at the time and didn't sleep one hour the night before the game because I was so hyped up. I sat a few rows back from third base when the price of those seats were cheaper than anything in the current Citi Field!

For the game itself it was 2-2 going into the ninth inning when Dave Magadan hit a three run homer in the bottom of the ninth. I remember after that being so happy and thinking the Mets are winning the World Series!!

I suppose if I was older I would seen the big picture more and realized that was a bright moment in an otherwise disappointing season. Sadly also as I got older, while I still follow the Mets, I realized I would never have that love toward the sport as so many things since then have clouded my enjoyment.

Completely forgotten now, but after this win, the Mets tied a team record for their 11th home win in a row. I imagine that's a trivia question that would stump a lot of fans considering how the rest of 1992 turned out. At the time, the team hadn't lost at Shea in about a month. On this day, Sid Fernandez pitched great on a very overcast and cloudy Mother's Day afternoon

Bret Saberhagen pitched five innings and struck out eight to defeat former Met Bobby Ojeda.

Saberhagen left the game due to tendinitis in his pitching hand. He did not win another game for the Mets in 1992.

1986 Red Sox World Series-almost-MVP Bruce Hurst is back at it again, as he shuts out the Mets, 3- 0. Chico Walker, who had just come to the Mets eleven days earlier, had the only Met hit of the game, a one-out infield single in the sixth inning.

Former Met Tim Teufel had two singles, an RBI, and a run scored off Dwight Gooden.

David Cone throws a shutout, one in which he allows 13 baserunners. Bobby Bonilla hit a bomb, starting off one of the few hot streaks he had for the 1992 season as the Mets had an easy 8-0 win.

1992 was the season where I started really becoming the diehard Mets fan I am today. Sounds ironic given how horrible they were that season. If I remember correctly, this was the game where I got my first ever autograph. It was from the Reds' Darnell Coles. I was in third grade. My older sister and I were waiting by the rail for autographs. My sister started calling for Coles and he came over & said something like if it were not for my sister's big mouth, he would not have come over. It was a nice moment.

Coming into this game, the Mets had scored a combined 2 runs in their last 4 games. Their offensive stats at Shea were just pitiful. Bobby Bonilla, hearing boos louder than he probably ever heard, finally breaks out and hits a grand slam with 6 RBI. The Mets scored 14 runs in one of the very few great offensive showings of the 1992 season.

Eddie Murray hit a sac fly in the first inning, then singled to drive in a run in the sixth.

The two RBI gave him 1,510 for his career, passing Mickey Mantle for most RBIs by a switch- hitter.

Montreal's Ken Hill threw a one-hitter at the Mets this night at Olympic Stadium, and the only Mets hit was by pitcher Anthony Young. It was an infield single with two outs in the 5th inning.

I attended this game at Olympic Stadium; my first game at an indoor venue...Everything seemed smaller, like I was watching a game in my living room!

I remember lots of baseball terms in French, such as "lanceur" (pitcher) and "receiveur" (catcher).

Unfortunately, the Mets played one of the worst games I ever witnessed, lowlighted by six errors!

Almost twenty years later, I can still recall several details off the top of my head:

• The Yankees had not yet declared exclusive ownership of Old Timers Day. The Mets Old Timers event took place before this night game. It had just been renamed "Upper Deck: Heroes of Baseball Night", if I recall.
• Bonilla got thrown out trying to stretch an extra base hit. It was a bad call and the Shea crowd gave was uncharacteristically sympathetic toward Bobby Bo after the call.
• The Mets lost to a Pittsburgh club that owned that division in the early 90s.
• Todd Hundley was dubbed "Todd O-for" in our scorecard. This is pre-juiced ball and pre-juiced Todd era.

First game that I ever went to. it was glove day but the gloves sucked. it broke the second day I had it. All I know I was sitting in the loge level sitting above the auxilery scorebord. The Mets sucked today.

Bobby Bonilla lost his mind after getting hit with a pitch in the 4th inning of this game. After hitting a long foul ball the previous pitch, Bonilla then took one in the back from Cubs pitcher Shawn Boskie. Thinking it was intentional, and probably letting months of pent up frustration get the better of him, Bobby Bo became a raving lunatic, throwing the umpire to the ground in an attempt to get his hands on Boskie. Bonilla was the only player tossed in the fracas, but his actions helped ignite a fire under the Mets as they won pretty easily, 8-2.

After the game, Bonilla was quoted saying, "I don't want to say anything. I don't want to get too vicious." Meanwhile, Boskie said, "I didn't throw at him and I don't know what his problem is." As Met fans, we know full well what Bobby's problem was.

I was at this game - it was the last day of my sophomore year in high school. Greg Maddux no-hit the Mets for 6 2/3 innings, the Cubs scored seven runs in the first inning and there was a bench-clearing brawl (I don't remember why). Probably one of the wildest games I've ever seen, but since we sat in Row T of the upper deck and I spent most of the day trying to talk to a chick that I liked, I missed more of it than I should've!

Wasn't this the game where the Cubs scored seven times in the first and Bonilla called the press box to complain that the E for error had been left up on the scoreboard for too long?

I was there, too. Greg Maddux started the game and threw at Coleman. Too bad he missed. That is how the near brawl started.

Howard Johnson homered in the second inning of this game for his seventh dinger of the year. It would turn out to be his last home run of 1992, despite playing regularly till the end of July when he hurt his wrist and missed the rest of the season.

In 1991, HoJo led the league with 38 homers and 117 RBI, and in his previous five years as a Mets regular he had averaged 31 homers and 95 RBI.

Howard hit just 24 home runs the remaining three years of his career, two of which were spent at Coors and Wrigley.

My wife had given birth about six weeks earlier, and this was our first night out of the house without the baby. I caught my first and (still) only foul ball when Dich Schofield hit a foul pop-up down the right field line off Mark Portugal. The inscribed ball still sits in my (now) 12 year old son's room.

I remember being 12 years old moving to Hinesville, GA from upstate NY with my uncle and we took a tour bus to this game. First time I ever went to a professional sporting event. All I remember is first pitch of the game and Dion smacked a home run!!! Literally first pitch!!! I’ve been a Dion fan ever since!

I was living in Houston this summer and attended the game at the Astrodome. The girl I was dating was a cocktail waitress at the JW Marriott in Houston and waited on Bob Klapisch, who was a Mets beat reporter for either the Bergen Record or Daily News that year, the night before. Klapisch invited her up to the press-box for the next night's game and told her she could bring "a friend". So about the 4th inning we BS some elevator operator to take us up to the box and then get a security guard to summon Klapisch. He was all smiles coming around the corner until he saw me, then he made up some excuse not to honor the invitation.

We had good seats, about 10 rows behind the Mets dugout, and were surrounded by a large group of friends and family of Anthony Young, a Houston native.

Eddie Murray had a good game including what proved to be the game winning RBI. After the Mets secured the W and as they were coming off the field a bunch of us extended our hands over the dugout to congratulate Murray. Mine was the only white hand and also the only hand that he did not shake.

Last game I've been to at Shea. Took my son, who was 15 at the time. No Will Clark or Matt Williams if I remember. Cone 178 pitches.

Cone was on the Monday, June 12, 2006 episode of Mike and the Mad Dog (WFAN-660 Radio).

I think he said he threw 166 pitches that game. He didn't blame Torborg for leaving him in because he said he wanted to stay in the game. He said the Mets were a few games under .500 but felt they still had a chance so he wanted to win it for the team.

Had tickets to see the Mets/Braves game on 5-31-92. That game was rained out, so me, my dad (R.I.P. DAD) and my sis went to this one. We had nosebleed seats but my dad's friend who worked at Con Ed with him and also worked Shea security moved us down to field level seats. Great game, great pitching by El Sid!

Ahhh, the '92 Mets. Just got The Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Collapse of the New York Mets on Ebay. Interesting book. All I remember about this game is that it was Donruss Baseball Card Book Day and the small size of the Giants' third base coach. Do not remember much other than that. I was just becoming a diehard Mets fan back then.

Mets Center Fielder Pat Howell made one of the best catches in team history in this game, running full speed back to the wall and leaping against the back wall to make the catch (all in one motion).

Cone was apparently feeling the effects of days earlier when he pitched 166 (or more) pitches to throw a complete game shutout. But he managed to win this game anyway, even with a substandard performance.

This was the first baseball game to which I ever went. My father took me to this one because it was against the Dodgers, his favorite team growing up before they moved to LA.

I went to this game with a special friend -- a Mets' fan from Great Britain. For about a year, we had been writing letters to each other, mostly about our favorite team.

On her first visit to the United States, we finally met each other. We spent the day walking around Manhattan, seeing the sites, including the Empire State Building and the Museum of Television and Radio. Our day ended with a visit to Shea Stadium that night.

The game, which we watched from from the mezzanine behind home plate, was a very uneventful 2-0 loss to the Padres. It didn't matter, though. Spending the day together, buying souvenirs and watching the Mets at Shea provided great memories for both of us.

Watched this one on the old tape recently. Bruce Hurst threw his 3rd straight complete game shutout against the Mets in the 92 season. Though this one had quite the ending. With a runner on 2nd in the bottom of the 9th, Dave Magadan hit a shot to right center field, Padres CF Darrin Jackson made an unbelievable catch, completely lying out on the grass to save the game and steal one from the Mets. A pretty brutal loss for the Mets, who were still trying to stay in contention at this point.

I attended this game with my dad...frustrating loss. I still remember Darrin Jackson's catch on the sinking line drive Dave Magadan hit to end the game.

I remeber it being a day game. My friend and I drove down to the Vet from Staten Island just so we can get an idea how to get there since I had Eagles tickets that October. Anyway I remember that it was Todd Pratts major league debut. Before the game along the left field line we were jawing at Bret Saberhagen a little and he semmed to be a good sport about it. Dave Hollins hit a home run late and this beautiful Phillies fan girl who had a Hollins jersey on wouldnt stop jumping up and down. That was the best part of the game

Vince Coleman set a Met record with 5 walks in this game.

I doubt anyone reads this anymore being that it's an old and insignificant game, but I caught a line drive foul ball off the bat of Andy Van Slyke in this game. Would love to know where to find a video of the game to see if I made it onto tv!

The heart of the Mets line-up on this day: Dave Gallagher-Chico Walker-Jeff McKnight. Oye.

This was David Cone's last appearance as a Met (at least until last year). Cone allowed three runs and three hits in seven innings and took the loss. At this point he was 13-7 for a team that was 53-67.

Four days later Cone was traded to Toronto for Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson.

It's totally forgotten now, but the talk of the day on this broadcast was the fact that everyone assumed it would be the Mets last ever trip to San Francisco. The Giants were seriously threatning to move to Tampa Bay after the season was over and at this point in August, it was dangerously close to potentially happening. All through the Sportschannel broadcast, Fran Healy, Rusty and Ralph were sharing their memories of Candlestick. As we know now, it never happened, The Giants got their brand new gorgeous park built eventually later in the decade. Funny to look back now. As for the game, Eric Hillman pitched into the 9th, running out of gas but still getting the win on the afternoon.

It wasn't so much about the game that I remember, it's what happened on the off day the day before. The Mets traded my favorite player david cone to the blue jays. I was only 12 years old and living in miami, fl at the time. I listened to every Mets game on the radio. Miami was a big Mets town! I was shocked when I heard the news! Well I listened to the game anyway, and I kept score as I always did, but this time knowing that my favorite david cone would not play in a met uniform again. even though the Mets won, I was still unable to sleep that night!

Just watched this game on my old tape... Weird game, considering that Shea held a concert that week and the outfield still had the clear outlines for the stage and setup of that concert. So anytime a ball went into the outfield, you could clearly still see the strange outfield configuration on the tv broadcast. Good game too, as Darryl Boston hit the go-ahead homer in the 8th to win it for New York.

That concert (Elton John/Eric Clapton) would be the last at Shea until 2003 when a guy from my home state of New Jersey named Springsteen played there. The reason why Shea officials nixed rock concerts at the time was due to the toll they took on the field!

I attended this game with a friend of mine. Dwight Gooden was the winning pitcher and helped his own cause with an RBI double. But the thing I remember most about it was the terrible condition of the Shea Stadium outfield grass. It was all faded and discolored from the many rows of chairs that were set up there for a concert a few days earlier. I don't know who the performer was at that show, but allowing people to sit right at ground level for it created a horrible looking baseball field.

Replying to Posheco's post, the performers were Elton John and Eric Clapton. But you're right, the OF was in total shambles. Good thing the 1992 season didn't really matter much by this time of the year.

Gooden's days of dominance were far behind him at this point, but he still found ways to win. And he was also one of the Mets best hitters during the season, as he finished the year with a .264 average. His 19 hits tied Tom Glavine for most by a pitcher in 1992, and rank third all-time by a pitcher in team history behind his own tally of 21 in 1985, and Mike Hampton's 20 in 2000.

Speaking of pitchers, Noah Syndergaard was born on this day. Also, David Cone made his first start with Toronto since being traded a few days earlier. Things didn't go so well, as he was knocked around for 7 runs on 7 hits and 7 walks over 6.2 innings in a 7-2 loss to the Brewers. This came a day after Milwaukee beat the Jays 22-2, so he really ran into a buzzsaw. But he went 4-2 with a 1.55 ERA over his next 7 games to help Toronto capture the AL East crown.

I learned that Paul O'Neill's sister was a food critic for the New York Times while watching the broadcast on CBS. He'd be joining his sister in the Big Apple pretty soon, as he would be traded to the Yankees after the season for Roberto Kelly.

Anthony Young, filling in for the injured John Franco, notched his 11th save of the season. He did give up a harmless run, snapping a scoreless streak that stretched back to July 4 (a span of 23.2 innings over 20 games). However, he imploded in September, holding an ERA of 11.00 during the month and going 0-5 with 4 blown saves. Little did he know his troubles would be just beginning...

Replying to Posheco's post, the performers were Elton John and Eric Clapton. But you're right, the OF was in total shambles. Good thing the 1992 season didn't really matter much by this time of the year.

Gooden's days of dominance were far behind him at this point, but he still found ways to win. And he was also one of the Mets best hitters during the season, as he finished the year with a .264 average. His 19 hits tied Tom Glavine for most by a pitcher in 1992, and rank third all-time by a pitcher in team history behind his own tally of 21 in 1985, and Mike Hampton's 20 in 2000.

Speaking of pitchers, Noah Syndergaard was born on this day. Also, David Cone made his first start with Toronto since being traded a few days earlier. Things didn't go so well, as he was knocked around for 7 runs on 7 hits and 7 walks over 6.2 innings in a 7-2 loss to the Brewers. This came a day after Milwaukee beat the Jays 22-2, so he really ran into a buzzsaw. But he went 4-2 with a 1.55 ERA over his next 7 games to help Toronto capture the AL East crown.

I learned that Paul O'Neill's sister was a food critic for the New York Times while watching the broadcast on CBS. He'd be joining his sister in the Big Apple pretty soon, as we would be traded to the Yankees after the season for Roberto Kelly.

Anthony Young, filling in for the injured John Franco, notched his 11th save of the season. He did give up a harmless run, snapping a scoreless streak that stretched back to July 4 (a span of 23.2 innings over 20 games). However, he imploded in September, holding an ERA of 11.00 during the month and going 0-5 with 4 blown saves. Little did he know his troubles would be just beginning...

I'm pretty sure this was a Sunday night game broadcast nationwide on ESPN. It was "Turn Back the Clock Night" at Shea: the Mets unis weren't too different but the Reds were wearing the vests and black sleeves that they wore in the early 1960's and which are their regular uniforms today. Rob Dibble blew the save by giving up two runs in the ninth, the last on a hit by Bobby Bo. He stormed off the mound and tore off his uniform as he headed for the dugout. Priceless!

Bobby Bonilla hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to win this one for the Mets. After he hit the ball, Jon Miller (ESPN's play-by-play man) said the words "It's going to stay in the ballpark." One second later (no exaggeration) the ball landed on the Mets' bullpen. The next the the TV audience saw was Dibble tearing off his 1962 style uniform vest and leaving it on the field.

From time to time, ESPN has shown a replay of this home run, but only to show what Dibble did afterwards. The never show it with Miller's erroneous call. Tim McCarver once said in a commercial he made "Never say it's out of here before it's out of here." Miller made this mistake, only in reverse. He said it WASN'T out of here before it wasn't. But it was.

I recall this game as 'turn the clock back' night. After Bobby B hit a HR to win the game in the bottom of the 9th, I can still see Reds pitcher Dibble tearing his shirt off in disgust!

The National Anthem was sung by 1950's-60's singer, Julius LaRosa. I worked with his daughter at the time and gave her the tix for him to sign. He wrote: "We won!! Julius LaRosa". I still have the tix in my collection.

Epic outcome in a game the Mets had no business winning. Tim Belcher retired 23 in a row after allowing Murray's RBI single in the first inning, but was taken out in favor of Dibble in the 9th. And it was a justifiable switch, as Belcher was at 125 pitches and Dibble was one of the most dominant relievers of the era.

But, after fanning Boston to lead off the inning, Dibble got himself into trouble, walking the light-hitting Chris Donnels. Kent, in just his 4th game with the Mets, struck out for the third straight time (and got cascaded with boos), but then Murray walked on 4 pitches, bringing up Bonilla. Guessing (and guessing right) that Dibble would throw a first-pitch get-me-over fastball, Bobby swatted it over the right field wall for a line drive home run -- his first (of four) walk-off dingers in his career. I, like Hank, made note of John Miller's terrible call. His exact words: "This will stay in the ballpark...or is it? NO!"

The Reds looked like they had just lost the World Series after Bonilla's blast. Dibble, as mentioned by the previous commenters, infamously ripped off his jersey walking off the mound, while many players sat on the bench staring blankly onto the field for several minutes in utter disbelief. Not only did they lose a heartbreaker of a game, but they had just been swept in 4 games by the lowly Mets. For New York, this gave them their season-best 7th win in a row. The following day the streak ended when they were swept in a doubleheader by the Braves.

Also of note, the Mets lost two players in the first inning of this game, as Coleman was ejected for arguing balls and strikes (the moron took strike three right down the middle, then decided to jaw at the umpire for no reason from the dugout), and Chico Walker was forced from the game when he pulled up lame scoring on Murray's single. But he'd only miss a couple games, which was good considering HoJo, Magadan, Randolph and Elster were also hurt at the time. And hat tip to Barry Jones, who I don't remember being a Met at all but earned the win by retiring all 5 batters he faced, including two on strikeouts when he came in with 2 on and 1 out in the 8th. How fair is baseball that Jones went 2-0 with a 9.39 ERA for the Mets in 1992, but Anthony Young went 2-14 with a 4.17 ERA?

First game of a twi-night doubleheader that went 14 innings. Looking back on the game, I could've sworn that the Mets won on a Bonilla single.

The Mets lost this game in fourteen innings when Otis Nixon hit a two-out, two-run double off Lee Guetterman.

Bobby Bonilla did have an RBI single in the eighth inning. It drove in the first of four runs that inning as the Mets tied the score 6-6. The Mets had just nine hits in fourteen innings and four of their hits came in the top of the eighth.

This was the game that featured the infamous shoving match between Vince Coleman and Jeff Torborg. Coleman was called out on strikes after failing to check his swing. After much arguing, the ump ran him. Vince kept it up, so Torborg came out of the dugout. Player and manager exchanged shoves, much to the delight of the crowd that was numbed by the otherwise dreary 1992 season. The subsequent NL pennant-winning Braves went on to win the game, 4-1. Another all- too-typical outcome for the era.

Howard, wow-I had forgotten all about the shoving match between two of my least favorite Mets of all time!

After Coleman got booted, he was replaced by Ryan Thompson, who made his major league debut in this game and struck out in his first at bat.

I just watched the highlights from this game. Or, depending on your perspective, lowlights. Coleman was such a clown. He was ejected for the exact same thing 2 days prior vs. Cincinnati in the first inning, and took another very early exit here. Almost like he had no interest in playing and was picking fights just so he could watch the rest of the game from the clubhouse. Making matters worse, he also decided to mix it up with his manager on the field. He was suspended by the Mets for 2 games for his outburst, and then started only 7 more times over the course of the remainder of the season. I know the Mets would trade him the following offseason, but it looked as though his time in New York had already run its course by this point.

After the game when talking to the press, Coleman said something along the lines of "at least I don't have to sleep with him," referring to Torborg's decision to suspend him. Like I said, absolute clown, and an easy pick for anybody's Top 3 list of most hated Mets in history.

I went to this game when I was 9 and a Braves fan. It was my first season as a fan, although I would become a Mets fan before 1994. At this game, my favorite player, Braves catcher Greg Olson, came over to me and gave me one of the balls that he used for batting practice, complete with autograph! He also signed my baseball cap! What a nice person!

This game had the most disgusting ending! The Mets were ahead by a run in the ninth when Eddie Murray (among the all-time leaders in grand slams) came up with the bases loaded and one out. Eddie asked umpire Terry Tata to move over a few feet. The stubborn Tata refused. After an argument, Tata ejected Murray, depriving him of his chance to do some damage. Macker Sasser had to pinch hit and grounded into a double play. The Reds then scored two in the bottom of the ninth to win.

Even though they weren't in pennant contention, the Mets were very upset about losing this game. They had every right to be. They had their big chance to increase their lead taken away just because Terry Tata wouldn't move his big, fat butt!

At the Vet, Sid Fernandez allows just two runs and five hits while striking out nine, but it's not good enough.

The Phils' Curt Schilling pitches a one-hitter, with the only hit a fifth inning leadoff homer by Bobby Bonilla. Schilling does not walk anyone and the only other Met batter to reach base was Chico Walker, who was awarded first base on catcher's interference with two outs in the fourth inning.

John Kruk drove in both Phillie runs with an infield out and a single.

I was at this game and although I don't remember it (I happened across the program) I did find it interesting that I was on hand for one of DJ Dozier's 2 rbi's as a Met. Well ok I guess it isn't that interesting but those Mets of the early/mid 90's didn't have much else going for them.

Did you ever catch a ball in the stands? Years of going to games had the same result of one of my other lifelong Mets goals... seeing a no-hitter. Many close calls but no cigar. 9/18/92 was a nice night, the Mets out of it, me in my usual seat. Gooden pitching, Cordero at bat.

Those of you who sit in the same place all the time know that a ball that looks like its coming toward you will fall short and any ball that will came near you initially looks like it will go over your head. Cordero lifts a foul up towards the Mezz. I realized that it was going to come down right on top of us. Everyone stood. We were in a C box on line between the dugout and home. No one was in the B box that late season night. The ball went just behind us and hit the aisle between the boxes and reserves, then took a slow arch back towards us, just out of reach of what seemed like hundreds of hands. It came back over our heads and spent its energy as it settled like a feather as I closed my outstreached hands over it. The noisy excitement of the moment dropped to dead silence as everyone, reaching out towards my position froze as though time itself had stopped. A gift for a faithful and deserving fan.

I was 10 when I went to this game. I remember my dad seemingly being excited about seeing Bret Saberhagen pitch. This may have been the game where I brought a friend and him and I started spitting down at people from the upper deck rail.

Gary Carter's last game at Shea.

After scoring one in the top of the first the Mets gave up six in the bottom, and six more in the bottom of the second. It was 12-1 Pirates after two innings, and 16-1 after four innings.

In this game--number 154 of their 31st season-- the Mets used a position player to pitch for the first time in their history. Bill Pecota pinch- hit in the eighth inning and then stayed in the game on the mound. He gave up a leadoff homer to Andy Van Slyke them retired the next three batters.

Barry Bonds had a double, a homer, and two walks before coming out of the game in the fourth inning!

I remember watching this game in my college dorm room in Miami on WWOR. The Pirates clinched the NL East in this game and WWOR did the Pirates locker room celebration on the Kiners Korner postgame show.

At the beginning of the season I thought the last 2 weekend series against the Pirates would decide the NL East as the Mets were expected to be right at the top all year. That never happened as the Mets were never even close to contending. The Mets were not as good as everyone thought and they had to watch the Pirates clinch in front of their eyes.

As mentioned above, Ralph Kiner did a full Kiner's Korner from the Pirates locker room after they clinched. I remember watching as a kid and thought how weird it was for the Mets channel to do that. But looking back, it was a nice gesture. Few expected the Pirates to win the east for the 3rd year in a row after losing Bonilla to the Mets. But they deserved every bit of it. The Mets, after a good early start in April, fell into a season long slump and just weren't very good.

To elaborate on why WWOR covered the Pirates celebration: If you can believe it, none of the TV channels in Pittsburgh even broadcast the game, so WWOR had all the exclusive content. I also remember hearing during the postgame that the city's newspaper reporters were all on strike, so there was virtually no media there to cover the celebration. Shame for Pittsburgh, as they wouldn't make it back to postseason play until 2013!

This game came directly after the Mets took a 19-2 loss on the chin, and it really looked like they were going through the motions here. No HoJo, Bonilla, Magadan, or Randolph, and Coleman was practically benched for most of September. Even when the Mets put the first two runners on in the eighth to threaten, Sasser quickly popped out to left and Walker struck out. After Murray walked, Bass grounded out weakly and that was that. However, this game featured Jeff McKnight's only defensive appearance in the outfield for the Mets, so there's that bit of trivia.

Speaking of the outfield, am I the only one who remembers Three Rivers Stadium as ALWAYS having ugly wet spots all over their artificial turf? I know the Vet in Philly and Olympic Stadium in Montreal were bad, but 3RS in Pitt has my vote for ugliest baseball stadium during the early 1990s.

Schourek pitched decently, and Barry Jones struck out the side in convincing fashion. They needed those performances after what happened the day before. Schourek threw 121 pitches, which tied his season high.

There was also a debate between McCarver and Kiner about what is grammatically correct to say: RBI or RBIs. My 2 cents: it's RBI. Why? Because there's no need to pluralize RBI, as the abbreviation stands for "runs batted in." So making it RBIs means you're saying "runs batted ins." Of course, McCarver didn't understand why one is right and one is wrong, but hopefully somebody has enlightened him since 1992.

Watched this one recently, one of the quickest games of the year on the 2nd to last day of the season, and a gorgeous October day with high temps. Gooden was in control all afternoon, as both teams seemed like they wanted to just get their hacks and go home (although Pittsburgh was obviously going to play Atlanta the next week). Doc even added his only triple of 1992, a nice shot to right-center field.

Barry Bonds' last Game and The only foul ball I ever caught

What Jay meant to say; it was Bonds last regular-season game in a Pirates uniform (They lost to Atlanta in the NLCS). He would sign with the Giants in the off-season. Also when Barry first started, he was skinnier than Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, now he's broken down and all 'roided up just like former WWF wrestler The Dynamite Kid who is now confined to a wheelchair cause of all the chemicals he took plus not to mention all the crazy jumps off the top rope. I hate to say this but the same fate is gonna happen to Mr. Bonds!

Jeff McKnight batting cleanup. Ouch.