Ray Knight, a key figure in the New York Mets' 1986 World Series victory, has found it difficult to follow the current iteration of the team. "I started early this year following them and was intending to follow them, and then they were playing so badly that I just quit watching it," Knight told Sports+ this week.
Knight, 73, expressed that watching the team struggle was disheartening. "I was feeling badly for them, and it wasn’t making me real happy watching them play so poorly."
The current Mets' struggles stand in stark contrast to the championship team of 1986, the last in franchise history. The 40th anniversary of that World Series win will be celebrated on Saturday at Citi Field, with Knight scheduled to participate. He plans to use the occasion to revisit his most significant career moments, including scoring the winning run in Game 6 and hitting a go-ahead home run in Game 7 of the World Series against the Red Sox. Knight was subsequently named the World Series MVP for his performance.