Who was managing the Mets when you first became a Met fan?

[Guest mario25]

Joe Torre.....1978 First Mets game memory from that year was watching Dave Parker trying to bowl over Jogn Stearns and breaking his jaw in the process. I used to watch all the games on channel 9 and was hooked!

[Willets Point]

I was a token Mets fan as far back as I can remember. Torre was manager when I can first remember being aware of the Mets. I started really following baseball in 1985 under Davey Johnson.

[Met Hunter]

The one, the only, Gil.

[RealityChuck]

Wes Westrum.

[Vic Sage]

i have vague memories of the Mets in 70-71, but my most vivid early memory is seeing Matlack during his RoY season in 72, with Yogi Bear (as i called him) managing. I remember a game where Matlack took a line drive right off the coconut, and he went down on the mound as if shot, with the concussion reverberating thru the stadium with a sickening "thunk". I may be conflating that game with an earlier one.

I also remember a game at Shea with my cub scout troop, and getting separated from them on the train platform. A cop took me to the security office, where my dad came and got me. It may have been before 72, though.