CENTRAL ISLIP, NY - Late at night as the Mets were on the road, the team fired its manager as the highly regarded club - just a season and change off a game 7 loss in the NLCS – floundered a few games under .500.

New York was supposed to dominate, because a Cy Young winner from Minnesota came to the club and the lefthanded closer was considered one of the best in the league.

Does this sound familiar?

by Joe McDonald | Publisher and Editor-in-Chief | Saturday, February 2, 2008

If October 25, 1986 is the most memorable date in Mets history, then February 1, 2008 can’t be too far behind. Because on that rainy Friday, the Amazins’ completed the deal for Johan Santana, signing him to a $137.5 million extension over six years [...]