When I fired the Mets hitting coaches on the road in ’21, I held a meeting the next morning with the whole travel party. Explained the call. Took questions.
Wasn’t comfortable. Couple players probably wanted to fight me.
Decisions like this aren’t democratic. They shouldn’t be. But the clubhouse is its own ecosystem, and when you blow it up, the least you owe people is transparency and a chance to be heard.
I’m not sure it was the right move, but we moved forward with professionalism.
"Jerry Koosman had brains, heart and guts, it was his misfortune to always be second best.
Runner up to Johnny Bench for the 1968 ROY despite 19 wins, runner up to Randy Jones for the Cy Young in 1976 despite 21 wins, always the #2 starter behind Tom Terrific"
"Jerry Koosman threw a 90-plus fastball."
Roberto Clemente said Koosman was the only guy who threw a fastball:
"That never moved the same way twice."
Jerry Koosman's catcher in his Mets days, J.C. Martin, once said that Koosman could throw his 11-5 curveball "any time.".
In 1977, Jerry Koosman lost 20 games and had an ERA+ of 107, WAR 2.9, and lead the league in SO/9!!!!!!
He was that good!
How does a player with 222 wins, 73rd all-time, an ERA of 3.36 and 2,556 strikeouts make it on just ONE, yes ONE, Hall of Fame ballot???
In my HOF!!!
Listen to the words that came out of this man's mouth about seven months ago. My goodness. I should add a laugh track to it.
In fairness to Walz, this was before the country became aware of the scope of the fraud in Minnesota.
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