On June 10, 2012, Bobby Abreu surpassed Mickey Mantle for 108th place on the all-time MLB hits list with a second-inning double in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-2 Interleague win over the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field.
The 2024 Hall of Fame results will be announced by the Baseball Writer’s Association of America on Tuesday, and there are many interesting cases. If I were in the position to have a ballot, this is what mine would look like.
There are 10 players eligible for induction into the Hall of Fame who have the Mets on some portion of their resume. We focus on an outfielder who was quietly consistent as a division rival but ended his 18 seasons wearing orange and blue. For much of his career, he was the enemy.