The year is 1997: Titanic is the number one movie in the box office, the remastered version of Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind” is number one on most charts, and the seeds of sexiness that would make their way to the Mets were sowed on a field far away in Anaheim, California.
Yes, the man with the rubber arm is no longer a Met and as hard as that is to comprehend, he still gave us a couple of great seasons.