Koosman was disappointed when Wes Westrum was relieved of his managerial duties by the New York Mets. Koosman said that Westrum had been very kind to him "...so I was pretty disheartened when he got released." When it was announced that Gil Hodges would...

The “experts” thought that George Stone should have started the sixth game in an effort to close out the series. When Stone lost, Seaver would start the seventh game on full rest. It was the Mets that instituted the five-man rotation because Seaver,...

Scheduled to appear on Tuesday at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square are Tom Seaver, Choo Choo Coleman, David Cone, John Franco, Dwight Gooden, Bud Harrelson, Keith Hernandez, Jerry Koosman, Ed Kranepool, Al Leiter, Darryl Strawberry...

He’s Got a Few Left in Him Joe Frazier – 30% fewer pitching changes Here’s something I didn’t know: The 1976 Mets, a team that lead the National League in ERA, strikeouts and shutouts, used just 13 pitchers the entire season. Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman...

Gary Carter loomed as a game changer. (April 9, 1985) And in what would become known as the Year of the Pitcher, Jerry Koosman stepping up and joining Tom Seaver atop the Mets’ rotation assured us we’d be able to use the plural — “pitchers” — for many...

Five average seasons before he figured it out. And these are remarkably similar pitchers - size, stuff, mental makeup (I think). When I look at Jon Niese, I don't get all misty and see Jerry Koosman or anything. But a closer comparable might be Jon...