The Mets are hiring again, so it’s a timely thing to see where the New Guy can find himself in one man’s list of all-time (non-interim) Mets managers:
1. Gil Hodges (1968-71, 339-309, .523, 1 title, 1 World Series appearance, 1 playoff): At some point, one of the Hall’s veterans committees will open the door for Hodges, a borderline Cooperstown player whose candidacy should be put over the top by the fact that he managed the ’69 Mets and four years guided the team to the first three winning seasons in its history. If the Mets could’ve borrowed the bounces from ’69 a year later, they may well have repeated as NL East champs.