In 1986, the New York Mets weren’t just a baseball team -- they were a force of nature.

PITTSBURGH - 1984: Manager Davey Johnson of the New York Mets looks on from the dugout during a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium in 1984 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo ...

Mets manager Davey Johnson, center, holds the trophy on the podium after the Mets defeated the Red Sox in Game 7 of the 1986 World Series at Shea Stadium. The team announced Saturday that Johnson died ...

It has been exactly 39 years since the New York Mets' last coronation. On October 27, 1986, the Queens franchise won the ...

NEW YORK — When the winning run scored in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, the New York Mets melted into a white-and-blue swirl near home plate, celebrating their implausible comeback from the brink ...

A familiar face to Game 7 this year was on the mound for the Nationals at Minute Maid Park. Max Scherzer started for ...

NEW YORK — Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, has died. He was 82.

Before he embarked on a successful managing career in New York, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Los Angeles and Washington D.C., the sure-handed infielder played 13 seasons at the MLB level. New York Mets ...

Former New York Mets manager Davey Johnson has died at 82. Johnson managed the Mets from 1984 to 1990, is the franchise's all-time ‘winningest’ manager, and won the World Series with the team in 1986.