Duffy Deserves His Ring

Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End, a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin' or not, here it comes. Is nothing sacred? Duffy Dyer's 1969 World Series ring was stolen. If you know who took it, tell the thief to give it back. This is Duffy Dyer we're talking about. Duffy deserves his ring. I read in last Sunday's News that the most revered piece of jewelry imaginable, a ring identifying someone as a 1969 Met, was taken from Dyer's locker in the Dominican Republic last summer when he was out on the field coaching some San Diego Padre prospect. That's what Duffy Dyer does nowadays. According to Anthony McCarron's article, coaching's what Duffy Dyer's been doing pretty much forever, or at least since he stopped catching. Which I would have gue...