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The No. 15 was worn by Carlos Beltran during his time with the New York Mets. Beltran will be going into the Hall of Fame AS a New York Met in July. So why is Tyrone Taylor STILL wearing the No. 15 on his New York Mets jersey?
This is not like Rickey Henderson coming in for a season and wearing Willie Mays’ No. 24 before it was “officially” retired. Henderson was, in his own right, a great future Hall of Famer at the time. But let’s be real…Tyrone Taylor is not the equivalent to Rickey Henderson…far from it…more like the equivalent of Kelvin Torve. Who? Exactly. So why hasn’t Taylor been issued another number by the equipment manager?
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.
