MIAMI -- Anthony Young, a beloved Mets pitcher best known for losing a Major League record 27 consecutive games, passed away Tuesday following a battle with brain cancer. He was 51.
"Anthony was a true gentleman," said former Mets pitcher Turk Wendell, who participated in Mets fantasy camp alongside Young the past several years. At this year's camp, Wendell said, Young told his friends he had an inoperable brain tumor. "That was Anthony. He never ran away from anything."
Dropping 27 straight decisions from 1992-93 to break an 82-year-old record, Young "took a lot of kidding about his losing records," said another friend and former Met, Doug Flynn.