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Davey Johnson, 1986 Mets manager and 4-time All-Star, dies at 82

Davey Johnson, 1986 Mets manager and 4-time All-Star, dies at 82
sports9/6/2025

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.

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 of defeat. Right in the middle of all that hum... [4914 chars]