On the night of July 4, 1985, the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves played just another ordinary regular season game. Fans entered the stadium or turned on the broadcast at home expecting to see ...

Willie McGee actually went a respectable 6-for-16 — all of the hits were singles, tellingly — against Dwight “Doc” Gooden, who unanimously won the 1985 season’s NL Cy Young Award.

Carter, who died in 2012, marveled at catching Gooden in an October 1985 New York Times article. “People are always asking me what the hitters say when he’s pitching,’’ Carter said.

Opening Day walk-off homer in 1985 was Gary Carter's first taste of New York Mets catcher Gary Carter celebrates his 10th-inning walk-off homer on Opening Day at Shea Stadium against the St. Louis ...