Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

Opening Day 1983 came with promise for the Mets as Tom Seaver returned to the club.  While Seaver pitched well in his start, praise went to young Mets reliever Doug Sisk as he went three scoreless innings to finish out the game and get his first major league win, UPI wrote . "They came to cheer an old hero at Shea Stadium Tuesday and stayed to sing the praises of a new one," the UPI account began . But, while Sisk got the praise that day, his time in New York would be marked by the opposite. He ultimately saw six seasons with the club, including their title year of 1986. But his time would be marked by poor outings that caught the ire of unrelenting New York fans and unrelenting boos as a result. Sisk's pro career began in 1980, signed by the Mets as an undrafted free agent out of Washington State University . Sisk started with the Mets at rookie Kingsport . He made AA Jackson in 1981, then New York in September 1982. Sisk saw eight relief outings with the Mets that ...