I didn't know the Fukkery of 90s Mets
. 90s NYC fukkery might be goat
"They picked up
Eddie Murray for over $3 million,
Bobby Bonilla for over $6 million. They also traded McReynolds and Jeffries for one-time World Series hero
Bret Saberhagen and his $3 million contract, along with signing veteran free agent pitcher
Frank Tanana for $1.5 million. The rebuilding was supported by the slogan, "Hardball Is Back".
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The experiment of building a team via free agency quickly flopped as Saberhagen and Coleman were soon injured and spent more time on the disabled list than on the field, and Bonilla exhibited unprofessional behavior towards members of the press, once threatening a reporter by saying, "I'll show you The Bronx"
[1]. At the beginning of the 1991 season, Coleman, Gooden and outfielder
Daryl Boston were named in an alleged sexual abuse incident against a woman near the Mets' spring training facility; charges were later dropped."
In only a few months.