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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3931610, member: 289"] 1988 NB: 87 OG: 52 Historical: OG: 1,681 points, 17 victories and 7 rings NB: 1,321 points, 12 victories and 9 rings. The Knicks started to put things together and finished 38-44, a modest record but tied with the Bullets for second in the Atlantic Division. That was better than 7 NBA teams and got them into the playoffs, where they lost to the Celtics in the first round for a total of 8 points. The Nets were not put together, finishing at 19-63, which was still better than the 17-65 Clippers for a single point. The Islanders improved to 39-31-10 (88 points) to win a flat 6 team Patrick Division. They had more points than 15 NHL teams. Then they lost to – ugh! The Devils in the first round to halt at 21 points. The Devils had their first decent team at 38-36-2 (82), tied with the Rangers, 36-34-10 (82), both better than 11 teams. The tie-breaker is total wins so the Devils went on to the playoffs and the Rangers stayed home. The devils made it to the Semi-finals where they lost to the Bruins for another five points. With their 16 points added to the Isles 21, the Juniors moved ahead by 38-19. For the Mets, 1988 seemed like 1986 all over again. They started 30-11. Keith Hernandez pulled a hamstring and missed 82 games during which they went 41-41. When he came back and was joined by another one of the team’s young stars, Greg Jeffries, the team went on a 29-8 tear to finish 100-60 winning the 6 team NL east by 15 games. To win the pennants, they just had to beat the Dodgers, who they had whipped 10 times in 11 games. They had a 2-1 lead and led 4-2 at Shea in the 9th inning of game 4 when a tiring Dwight Gooden, trying to complete the game, walked John Shelby on four straight pitches and decided he’s better not walk Mike Scioscia, who had hit 3 home runs that year. Mike hit the ball over the right field fence and the Dodgers went on to win the game in 12 innings. The series went seven, where the Dodgers won 6-0 after two Mets errors led to a 5 run second inning. Then the Mets watched the Dodgers pitching take the bats out of the power Oakland A’s, “bash brothers” hands in a 5 game World Series win. I’ve always thought that the Mets’ pitchers would have done the same thing and a second championship might have taken the pressure off in future years. As it was, the Mets had a better record than everybody but the 104-58 A’s for a total of 36 points. The Yankees were 85-76, better than 16 teams but very much in the Mets’ shadow. “The Boss” was fuming. So was Poppa, behind 35-74. The Giants tied the Eagles at the top of the NFC East with a 10-6 record but lost in the tie-breakers and missed the playoffs. (Parcells was fuming, too.) They were better than 17 teams, (the NFL had seven 10-6 teams this year). The Jets were 8-7-1, fourth in the AFC East and better than 13 teams. The Juniors won for the 7th year in a row, 87-52. Pass the Geritol. [/QUOTE]

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