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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, April 1, 1970
THE BATTALION
THE
Gil Feels Amazing Mets Have Room For Improvement M
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (A>)_
After the amazing success of the
1969 New York Mets, Gil Hodges
is retiring as a baseball prophet.
“I told the newspapermen we’d
win 85 games,” recalled Hodges.
“Everybody knows we won 100.
When you miss by 15 games it’s
time to quit.”
Nobody was happier than
Hodges to have his spring fore
cast fall short. At the time his
prediction of 85 was a daring
step. Until last season no Met
team had come close to playing
.500 ball.
“I really felt we became a ball
club when we went on that 11-
game winning streak in May, ac
tually May 28 to June 10. We
started out five games under .500
and ended up six over and never
dropped below again.
“During that streak the boys
developed confidence in them
selves and started to play togeth
er. When a club catches fire like
that and gets that little spark
there is no way of telling how far
they can go.”
The Mets, of course, went all
the way. Although they trailed
the Chicago Cubs by 9% games
Aug. 13 they won going away by
eight games. They polished off
Atlanta in three straight to take
the pennant and beat back Balti
more in a five - game World
Series.
“You can sense a different at
titude,” said Hodges, “not that
there wasn’t a good attitude in
camp here in 1968 and 1969. But
now they have more confidence
in themselves. They feel they are
good.”
Hodges realized he will face
new challenges in repeating. Last
year’s dramatics leave little room
for improving.
“Our chance is as good as any
one’s,” said Hodges. “I think we
should be contenders. Certainly
we can win it all. It remains to
be seen whether we will. Chicago,
St. Louis and Pittsburgh are real
contenders.”
Hodges shrugs off any who
talk of complacency or fat cat
attitude among a group of kids
who just have their first taste of
big money and the accompanying
fame.
it,” he said. “Offense is where
we can improve the most.
“It would be hard to see where
Tom Seaver could be better after
winning 25. But Jerry Koosman
can do better. Last spring he hat
a sore shoulder down here atl
didn’t really get going until Join
but still won 17.
“There is room for improve
ment and I think the boys know
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