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Robert Pasquali Coluccio was born to Italian immigrants on October 2, 1951, in Centralia Washington.  The five-foot eleven right hand hitting outfielder starred in two sports getting offered both college football & baseball contracts. In 1969 he chose baseball signing with his home state baseball team the Seattle Pilots in their only year of existence. Coluccio hit .277 at A ball Clinton in 1970. In 1971 he went between A & AA ball but only hit .214. In 1972 at AA Evansville, he batted .300 with 9 HRs 58 RBIs getting him an invite to Spring Training in 1973.  By 1973 the Seattle Pilots had moved to Milwaukee after just one year in the Northwest city. That spring, Coluccio beat out a young Gorman Thomas for the regular outfielder position. Coluccio was a fine defensive outfielder with a strong throwing arm. Trivia: Coluccio was labeled “The Macaroni Pony” by Brewer's famous broadcaster Bob Ucker. Milwaukee had a large Italian population & Coluccio s...

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  Tuesday October 24th, 2000- World Series Game #3- Shea Stadium, NY:   This was the first World Series game back at Shea Stadium since the Championship Year of 1986. That was Game Seven when the Mets had won their last Championship.  A New York crowd of 55,299 came to Shea for Game Three of the Subway Series.  **centerfieldmaz was in attendance that night having a blast as we let those other NY fans have it in good fun in the upper deck in left field.** Bobby Valentine's Mets (94-68) had won the 2000 NL Wild Card spot, then beat the San Francisco Giants in the NLDS in five games. They then defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLCS in five games as well. This World Series was the first New York Subway World Series since 1956, when the Brooklyn Dodgers took on the AL New York team. The Mets had dropped the first two games of the series, losing a 12-inning nail bitter 4-3 in Game #1.  In the 5th inning of that game Timo Perez singled to start...

Tuesday October 11th, 1988 NLCS Game #6- Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California:  It was do or die for the 1988 Mets, as they were getting shocked by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Mets had won ten of eleven regular season games played against the Dodgers. But the post season was a different story. This game would give the Mets life as a win would force a Game Seven back in New York at Shea Stadium. Davey Johnson sent David Cone (20-3 with the NL's best winning percent .870% / 2.22 ERA / 213 Ks) to the hill to face the Dodgers Tim Leary (17-11 / 2.91 ERA / 180 Ks).  A crowd of 55,693 filled Dodger Stadium for a 6:20 Pacific Coast time start on beautiful night in L.A. Trivia: David Cone had found time doing some side work as he began writing a column for the New York Post during the NLCS. Cone made some comments that angered the Dodgers & they used it as bulletin board materials.  It may have paid off in the long run, but on this night, Cone was...

Saturday, October 8th, 1988: NLCS Game #3 - Shea Stadium in New York. After a split of the first two games at Los Angeles, the first game back in New York on Friday was postponed due to bad weather.  The Mets returned home to play at Shea Stadium on Saturday in front of 44,672 for Game #3 in an afternoon matinee. The weather was cloudy & a bit wet but the rain held off. Al Michales, Tim McCarver & Jim Palmer called the game for ABD Sports. Mets manager Davey Johnson sent Ron Darling (17-9 / 3.25 ERA) to the mound for New York & Tommy Lasorda sent his Game #1 pitcher, Orel Hershiser (23-8 / 2.26 ERA) back to work for L.A.  But neither pitcher would figure in the decisions in the end. The Dodgers would use five pitchers on the day & the Mets used up four pitchers. Mets Pitcher Roger McDowell Confirms Rain Out Ron Darling had an easy 1st inning but was shaky in the 2nd. He walked the first two Dodger batters then gave up a base hit to Mike Scioscia...

Tuesday October 4th,1988 NLCS Game #1 - Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California / Attendance: 55,582 Davey Johnson's Mets had won their second divisional title in three years & were the heavy favorite going into the post season. The Mets had won 100 games (100-60) & dominated the Dodgers in the regular season.  Darryl Strawberry led the NL in HRs (39) that season as well as slugging %. Wally Backman was the only Met in the starting lineup that had hit over .300. Howard Johnson was establishing himself as a true slugger & veterans Gary Carter & Keith Hernandez were entering the twilights of their careers. The '88 Mets staff had twenty game winner: David Cone (20-3) as well as Dwight Gooden (18-9) Ron Darling (17-9) Sid Fernandez (12-10) & Bobby Ojeda (10-13). In the bullpen closer Randy Meyers had 26 saves.  Bad Luck: The Mets took a big blow when Bobby Ojeda injured himself in a gardening accident just before the series. Meanwh...