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- Updated: May 23, 2016
WASHINGTON — Ray Knight has a lot of fond memories of the 1986 Mets, who won the World Series in seven games over the Red Sox. Knight was the everyday third baseman for New York that year, and he finds it hard to believe that he won the World Series MVP 30 years ago this October.
Knight often thinks about those glory days. To him, it seems like they happened recently, until he looks at his daughter, Erinn, who was born in May 1986. That’s when he says, “No way. That was a long time ago.”
One would think his best memory of that year was winning the MVP, but he said the camaraderie of that team is what stood out to him.
“There was a closeness that was unsurpassed,” said Knight, who is now a Nationals pre and postgame host for the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network. “I played on some close Cincinnati Reds teams, but everybody on that Mets team was an extension of each other. It was some kind of special blend … of personalities combined with talent. There was a lot of closeness. It’s a very special …
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