The Mets were heavy favorites after two consecutive second-place finishes in the NL East (winning 90 games, then 98), and relished being the team to beat. © Provided by Awful AnnouncingĪfter establishing how the team was put together, the following three episodes of Once Upon a Time in Queens tell the story of that amazing 1986 season.
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Hiring Davey Johnson as manager - who knew how to handle this volatile mix of players, letting boys be boys as long as they did their job on the field - was also key. The first part of the documentary follows the process of building the team, developing young superstars like Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden, then adding veteran leaders including Keith Hernandez and Gary Carter. Once Upon a Time in Queens, the latest ESPN “30 For 30” film, provides both a rich, affectionate reminder of that team and an in-depth biography of a collection of players whose exploits are part of baseball lore.ĭirected by Nick Davis ( Ted Williams: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived), Once Upon a Time in Queens isn’t just a chronicle of the 1986 Mets. (Of course, Boston Red Sox fans may want no part of anything that reminds them of the 1986 World Series.)īut those who were baseball fans during the 1980s, especially if that era helped influence your love of the sport, remember how iconic the 1986 Mets were and possibly view the stars from that team as legendary.
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Bobby Bare – “The Streets of Baltimore” – The Streets of Baltimore (RCA)ģ0.Those not old enough to remember the 1986 New York Mets or who aren’t Mets fans might ask whether or not that World Series championship team warrants a four-hour “30 For 30” documentary. David Byrne – “Blue Hawaii” – Big Love: Hymnal (Suma)Ģ9. lamp of the universe – “sumerian acid god” – arc of ascentĢ8. MV & EE with the Golden Road – “Motorin'” – Gettin’ Gone (Ecstatic Peace)Ģ7. George Foster, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Howard Johnson, Len Dykstra, Rafael Satana, Tim Teufel, Rick Aguilera, and Kevin Mitchell – “Get Metsmerized” – Get Metsmerized 12-inch (Passport)Ģ6. Departmentstore Santas – “Photo Album of Baby” – At the Medieval Castle Nineteen 100-Year Lifetimes Since (Top Shelf)Ģ5. Sandy Bull – “Little Maggie” – Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo (Phantom Sound & Vision)Ģ4. Young – “Crystal Motions” – Isophonic Boogie Woogie (EM Records)Ģ3. Ocarina Orchestra – “Side B” – New Wilderness Audiographics cassette (New Wilderness Foundation)Ģ2. Foetus – “Sick Minutes” – Limb (Ectopic Ents)Ģ1. Experimental Audio Research – “#8” – Data Rape (Space Age Recordings)Ģ0. Lullatone – “Make This Sound” – Computer Recital (Audio Dregs)ġ9. Mary Heekin – “The Factory Girl” – The Art of Field Recording Volume 2: Disc 4 – Unaccompanied Songs and Ballads (Dust-to-Digital)ġ8. Marek Choloniewski – “Eastern Tracks” – EMFP 01: Exploratory Music From Poland (Audio Tong/Polska! Year/The Wire)ġ7. Arrington Dionyso – “Tape A (side A) + Tape B (side A)” – Music for Two Tape Recorders (Speen Coffin)ġ6. Phil Kline – “Pennies From Heaven” – Around the World in a Daze (Starkland)ġ5. Mark McGuire – “Let Us Be The Way We Were” – Let Us Be The Way We Were CD-Rġ4. Grateful Dead – “Jam” – 26 December 1979 Oakland Auditorium (Dick’s Picks, v. Chris Weissman and Greg Davis – “Christalline” – Northern Songs (Autumn)ġ2. Pterodactyl – “Alex” – Worldwild (Brah)ġ1. Riichiro Manabe – “zankoku onna jyiôshi (part II)” – Dangai No Ketto OSTġ0. Donovan – “Yin My Yang” – Beat Cafe (Appleseed)Ĩ. Maitei America – “Llegada” – Harps Of Paraguay (Smithsonian Folkways)ħ. Bob – “Such A Much Better Place” – Tom (Konkord)Ħ. Brendan Murray – “Sleeprunning” – Brendan Murray (Students of Decay) ĥ. Satyajit Ray – “Devi (The Goddess)” – The Masterworks of Satyajit Ray (Navras)Ĥ. Rob Burger – “The Tunnel” – City Of Strangers (Tzadik)ģ. Mikey Dread – “East Portland Dub” – Dread At The Controls: Evolutionary Rockers (Dread at the Controls)Ģ. June 29th, 2009 frow show playlists 0 Commentsĭetailed playlist (with listening links).ġ.