{"id":3971,"date":"2026-04-10T06:43:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3971"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:45:18","slug":"the-mets-lie-about-their-history-and-it-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3971","title":{"rendered":"The Mets Lie About Their History and it Sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-98\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/15.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"42\" height=\"48\" \/>How stupid is it that the Mets are retiring yet another number, and for a guy who played for six other teams than the Mets over 13 of his 20 years as a pro? I like Carlos Beltran as much as the next guy but that&#8217;s not the resume of an all-time <em>Mets<\/em> great, same as that of Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry and God forbid, Gary Carter. It&#8217;s a fraudulent chronicle of greatness. None of those guys have the resume of a Pete Alsonso, who we may as well debate at this rate.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/28.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"56\" height=\"48\" \/>When I&#8217;m appointed boss, I will do a really unpopular thing and revoke the retirements of these questionable all-time greats. I&#8217;m fine if you leave the number up there on the wall. It&#8217;s one place they can&#8217;t put an illuminated New York Presbyterian sign, and fans will know who they&#8217;re for, but Tyrone Taylor can still wear 15 if he wants. Ridiculous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How stupid is it that the Mets are retiring yet another number, and for a guy who played for six other teams than the Mets over 13 of his 20 years as a pro? I like Carlos Beltran as much as the next guy but that&#8217;s not the resume of an all-time Mets great, same &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=3971\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Mets Lie About Their History and it Sucks&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[807],"tags":[170,515,225,101,853,1125],"class_list":["post-3971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-friggin-team","tag-carlos-beltran","tag-darryl-strawberry","tag-dwight-gooden","tag-gary-carter","tag-pete-alonso","tag-tyrone-taylor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3971"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3974,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3971\/revisions\/3974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}