Long Island Ducks: Team will Retire the number of Bud Harrelson

The Long Island Ducks announced on Wednesday that they will be retiring the number of part-owner and coach Bud Harrelson. The ceremony will take place prior to their game against the Philadelphia Road Warriors. He had played in the Majors 1965 to 1980. Harrelson played 13 seasons with the New York Mets, 2 with the Philadelphia Phillies and One with the Texas Rangers. He ended up having 7 home runs and 267 runs batted in. In addition, he had a Batting Average of .236. It’s worth noting that he was a key part of the 1969 Mets and the 1973 Mets that both made the World Series. The Mets won the 1969 World Series but lost the 1973 World Series to the Oakland A’s.

Bud Harrelson is also a 2x All-Star player, 2x World Series Champion as part of the 1969 and 1986 Mets. He is also one of the members of the New York Mets Hall of Fame. After he would end up retiring from baseball in 1980, he would become a coach. He was one of the coaches on the 1986 Mets and would become the manager in 1990 and 1991. Harrelson would end up helping launch the Long Island Ducks in 2000 and has been apart of the team ever since. Although he doesn’t go on the road as a coach with the team and that was part of his agreement since 2001.

He would end up becoming the first manager in the history for the Ducks and would end up having a record of 82-58. Prior to the 2001 season, he would end up becoming the first base coach for the home games. Just to show what type of person Bud Harrelson is, when they were doing the player introductions at the family fest day, he was after the manager and the place went nuts.

This is a great honor to retire his number as he has meant a lot to the franchise. This will be happening prior to the August 3rd game when they play the Road Warriors during a four-game set.

Jon Blayne

Jon is a diehard wrestling fan but still takes time to show his devotion to the Giants, Mets, and Knicks