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The New York Mets announced the 2026 inductees into the team’s Hall of Fame. Centerfielders Carlos Beltran and Lee Mazzilli, and manager Bobby Valentine will be enshrined during ceremonies next season. I applaud all three, but I would kind of like to know…what took so long?
When you take a look at those three names, you would have thought that they were already a part of the Mets legacy and honored in the organization’s Hall of Fame. You have to wonder how and why players, managers, coaches, broadcasters, executives, etc., are selected while others are not.
Alan Karmin is an award-winning journalist and author. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent most of his life growing up in the New Jersey suburbs. Alan's family were avid Brooklyn Dodgers fans and when the Dodgers moved west, the Mets became the team to root for. The Mets have always been a true focal point, Alan even wrote a term paper in high school to analyze what was wrong with the Mets. While at the University of Miami, Alan honed his craft covering the, gulp, Yankees during spring trainings in Fort Lauderdale for a local NBC affiliate, as well as the Associated Press and UPI. He broadcasted baseball games for the University of Miami, and spring training games for the Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. New York Mets Mania is a forum for Alan to write about his favorite team and for baseball fans to chime in and provide their thoughts and ideas about New York's Amazin' Mets.
