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Mackey Sasser
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 57 of 1252 players
Sasser
Mack Daniel Sasser
Born: August 3, 1962 at Fort Gaines, Ga.
Throws: Right Bats: Left
Height: 6.01 Weight: 210

Mackey Sasser has been the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup 18 times, most recently on March 26, 2024.

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First Mets game: April 10, 1988
Last Mets game: October 2, 1992

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Mike Welch
Mackey could flat out hit. This guy was the left handed back up catcher for Gary Carter. He was the most impatient, first-ball hitter I've ever seen. Rarely would he take a walk. A very entertaining player whose career was cut short by his perplexing inability to return the ball to the pitcher. Remember the "double pump"? Sasser, who had a mental fear of runners stealing on him, could not return the ball to the pitcher in a timely fashion. This cost him the trust of his pitching staff, and ultimately sent him packing to a DH/Outfield role in the Seattle organization.

cece
From what I recall Mackey Sasser, aside from this inability to make a quick throw, was a terrific player. He had a powerful swing and he could throw the ball a long distance.

Mr. Sparkle
February 22, 2001
He was a good hitter coming off the bench but couldn't thr-thr-thr-throw the ball back to the pitcher. He would have worked well with that loser Pete Harnisch.

metsfanmo
September 30, 2001
I got my first ever autograph from him in 1989 when I was 8.

Brian
December 28, 2001
He is coaching a college baseball team in Alabama. Doing very well!!!

BG
June 7, 2002
Pump once, pump twice, SAFE at second! Used to make McCarver's face turn purple in the booth!

Jon Steed
June 12, 2003
Played college ball for Mackey in Dothan, AL. He has become a great teacher of the game and has an unbelievable winning percentage in the JUCO ranks. Mackey built a beautiful house just two miles from where I am currently coaching high school baseball (Wicksburg, AL). Mackey is just months away from drawing his pension thanks to a 12 year career in the big leagues. Criticize all you want!

JP TWO TIMES
June 13, 2004
The double, triple pump of the baseball that Mackey had was the most annoying but at the same time very catchy thing at the time. I still to this day do that move when tossing warm up throws at my softball games. My teammates hate it but as a huge Met fan that I am I still do it to try to emulate the players I grew up watching. Hey Lex, if you remember the fan that would scream MACCKKEEYY at met games you would probably remember the lady that would have season home tickets behind home plate. She would always roll her fists round and round at every Met at bat.

Kiwiwriter
September 9, 2004
He had to be the model for "Rube Baker," the catcher in "Major League II" who could throw runners out but not back to the mound. Tom Berenger calms him down by having him memorize Playboy Centerfold information and Frederick's of Hollywood ads.

I wonder if that would have worked for Mackey?

What a great name.

Casey Colbert
November 19, 2004
Played baseball for Mackey at Wallace College in Dothan, AL. Is a great teacher of the game. Mackey and I have become great freinds over the past (8) years. His children and mine are best friends. Really knows the game better than anyone I have ever met. He has an outstanding winning percentage in JUCO. Even though his career was cut short, how many of us can say that we made it to the BIG LEAGUES!! He did for a number of years!! So say what you want, but he is the MAN!

Jeremy
December 17, 2004
Mackey is still coaching at a JUCO in Dothan, AL. Doing a respectable job coaching and making a life of himself.

Jonathan Stern
January 10, 2005
One day, Mackey Sasser put a chair on Dwight Gooden's bare foot and sat on it. Gooden was immediately placed on the DL. In a TV interview the next day, Sasser declared that he wasn't embarrassed. Maybe so. After all, who should have been embarrassed? Sasser, for being dumb enough to put a chair on Gooden's foot and sitting on it? Or Doc, for not noticing Sasser until it was too late?

Lenny Whitten
May 22, 2005
At age 8 I was at a game where Mackey barreled into the wall on two occasions to make two unbelievable catches. I think it was his first time in RF! The man could hit and I enjoyed watching him play!

Metsfanforlife
October 30, 2005
I remember him as Gooden's personal catcher. Hitch or not, Doc always wanted Sasser to catch for him.

He was a really good hitter. My sis said he reminded her of a golden retriever pup.

Mr. Sparkle
February 1, 2006
I was reading about Mackey being on the HBO special in February and they mentioned his hitting ability. And most comments here mention that he "could flat out hit" was a "devastating hitter" and was a "great hitter". Come on! I liked Mackey and all and he was a decent hitter for a back up catcher but he had a career average for the Mets of .283 and had 15 homers in 944 at bats. That is not exactly a devasating track record. He was OK off the bench and could hit a line drive but was nothing great. He was pesky, I'll give him that but I don't think he was as great at the plate as everyone cracks him up to be. He was a decent back up. That's it.

DFrank11
December 20, 2006
Say what you will about the guy, but he sure left a lasting and memorable impression on us Mets fans ... for Crisssakes, he's one of the 40 most searched-for guys on this site!!!

Personally, he is my favorite Mets catcher of all time because he always busted his butt, was a decent player that turned in a pretty solid career and wasn't an arrogant SOB like some of his teammates in those days.

The twitch-hitch isn't funny and it's sad that it effectively ruined his career and made him the butt of jokes instead of respected for the solid player he was. He obviously knows his baseball if he is a college manager (and a pretty successful one judging by the postings here).

Thanks for the memories Mack!!! We love ya.

orlando Aviles
May 18, 2007
The bottom line is that Mackey made to the big leagues and 99% of us did not. It is a shame that he will always be remembered for the problem throwing back to the pitcher! I hear he is a college baseball coach now, good for you Mackey!!! I wish I could be as successful as you in the baseball. Thanks for the memories and God bless you.

NY Baseball Talk
June 11, 2007
We had Mackey on my radio show last night and he was great.

You should check out his interview on the June 10th radio show archive at www.freethefan.com/radio

He was very open and honest about his time with the Mets, throwing issues, and experiences as a coach.

I suggest anyone who is a Mackey fan to listen to the piece, its about 35 minutes into the mp3

Mike Silva NY Baseball Talk www.freethefan.com/radio

Amit
August 14, 2007
He was a pretty good hitter, they used to call him "Mackey the Hacker". Very colorful individual with only one problem. He couldn't throw the ball back to the pitcher.

Brad
July 9, 2009
I knew Mackey in middle school when he lived in Tallahassee. Played against him in junior football. He was no nonsense playing sports and had a good arm pitching and playing at QB. Had no idea he was progressing in baseball, much less the Majors, when I heard that unique name during game highlights.

Wish him success in coaching.

Keith Chancy
July 1, 2010
Mackey Sasser is coaching a College team in Alabama and also has a Summer Baseball Camp for kids. He is very good with kids and can convey his skills to them very well. My son attended his Camp and has learned a great deal about baseball. MLB's loss has been our gain. I promise that you will see some of "his kids" in the Majors. He is a good man and a great person regardless of his baseball skills.

Brian J.Hansard
September 11, 2013
I grew up with Mackey in Tallahassee, FL. We played football together and against each other in baseball. His teams always beat mine for the Little League championships. Mackey won everything. He won the league batting trophy, made All Stars and won the pitching trophy and the league MVP. He was well ahead of us before high school but then things changed and in his family life.

If some of you folks could have seen some of the things and places he endured and survived to eventually play in the major league, it's frankly a miracle. His dad's liquor store was a magnet for criminals looking to commit a robbery or even murder which did happen once right after Mackey left. The guy who committed the murder knew Mackey and waited for him to leave the store first and then killed Mackey's dad's partner.

All the traumas that manifested, physical and emotional that contributed to his eventual YIPS are real. It was painful to watch our buddy fail on such a big stage after beating such incredible odds and taking so much physical punishment along the way.

Mackey was a real baller and could've become great had we known then what we've learned now and how to treat it. Apparently he's become a great College Coach helping other kids play the game he still loves. I hear he even laughs today at how crazy it was being a catcher and not being able to get the ball back to the pitcher.

Remember how Joe Morgan would check his elbow at bat and pump it. I'm sure there's a story behind that too.

It's a shame Mackey's career was cut short by this disability but he did everything possible to get it fixed. Me and my brother are lifelong Mets fans and really wanted to see our hometown boy Mackey finish his career a Met. Butch Benton was another guy from our high school who ended up playing for the Mets also and was a catcher too. Go figure.

AC
May 6, 2017
Just watched a special of ESPN 30/30 on Mackey and his struggles and possible causes surrounding his throwing "yips." Made me a little embarrassed, made me reflect on being critical of another person without standing in their shoes. Glad he is doing well and helping younger kids learn about baseball but more importantly overcoming challenges.








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