FLUSHING, NY - UNDATED: Darryl Strawberry #18 of the New York Mets drops his bat en route to first base during a Major League Baseball game against the Chicago Cubs circa 1983-1990 at Shea Stadium in Flushing, New York. (Photo by Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
There is no shortage of bad New York Mets baseball teams. Just look at the first few seasons of the franchise’s existence. Then take a gander at the years after Tom Seaver was traded away and once more post-Bernie Madoff. Sprinkle in a few other stretches and you have plenty of bad baseball throughout the franchise’s history!