This Day in Mets history: Hondo lays down the law

June

In 1982, coach Frank Howard had enough of Craig Swan’s complaining to manager George Bamberger about the team’s travel arrangements. Howard picked up Swan with one hand and pinned him against the team bus until he calmed down.

Howard is one of the nicest guys in the game. I loved talking to him when he came to spring training with the Yankees because he had a lot of great stories. Anybody have any Hondo stories or memories?

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 20th, 2007 at 12:08 pm by John Delcos.
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LoveEmHateEm June 22nd, 2007 at 6:48 am
After that incident, Mets catcher John Stearns called Frank “Hondopolis” becasue his 6’8” 315 lb frame was ‘as big as a city’. Now THAT’S the kind of ‘special instructor’ the Mets could use about now—-instead of that lowlife Henderson (refer to ‘99 playoffs, Game 6 aftermath).

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No card playing by Hondo, that’s for sure.-JD

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