The Mets have lost a lot of games as a franchise, but as far as Opening Day is concerned, they’re the best team in baseball. It’s fitting, then, that a Mets player accomplished one of baseball’s most impressive Opening Day feats: In every year from 1994 to 1997, catcher Todd Hundley homered on Opening Day, becoming just the third player in history to do so in four consecutive seasons.
The first came at Wrigley Field off Cubs starter Mike Morgan. Mets leadoff hitter Jose Vizcaino had just taken Morgan deep with one out in the third inning, when Hundley followed with a long ball of his own to give the Mets a 2-1 lead.