Thread: RIP Jose DeLeon
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Old 03-04-2024, 06:16 PM   #7
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And I will always remember as the victim of Mike Torrez's greatest start as a Met, on July 31st, 1983, as the last-place Mets finished off a double-header sweep of the contending Pirates, with DeLeon's 9 scoreless innings no match for Torrez's 11 shutout frames, and the Mets getting the only run when Mookie Wilson (still steaming from Atlanta's Rick Camp plunking him mid-week, which set off a bench-clearing brawl) singled, was bunted to second, waited as the Bucs walked Keith Hernandez to set up the DP, and came flying around from second becaue George Foster's grounder was too slow to let Dale Berra turn two.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...98307312.shtml

(The 1983 Mets specialized in closing months dramatically. The famous "why would you walk José Oquendo, LaSorda?" game [with Torrez and Mookie delivering the punishment for the foolish strategy] was on August 31st.)
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