We wrote Tuesday about how former Mets right-hander Nelson Figueroa unexpectedly came out of retirement to start the first game of an impromptu doubleheader for the Staten Island FerryHawks.
In case you missed it: Figueroa — a Brooklyn native who also worked as an SNY analyst — is in his first year as the FerryHawks’ pitching coach. The independent Atlantic League sprung a surprise twin bill on the team when it pulled into Gastonia, North Carolina, for a road series with the league-leading Honey Hunters. Staten Island needed an emergency arm. And Figueroa — who last pitched in the big leagues in 2011 and last pitched professionally in Taiwan in 2014 — stepped up.