So I found MVP Baseball 2003 for the Gamecube at GameStop today, nice
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The New York Mets went into the 2002 season with high expectations. Over the previous offseason, they had been rebuilt to go the distance. GM Steve Phillips acquired Roberto Alomar, Mo Vaughn and Jeromy Burnitz to reconstruct a team that went 82-80 in a bitterly disappointing 2001 season. Before the season began, manager Bobby Valentine said his vaunted lineup could break the club record in runs.
However, in 2002, less than two years removed from a World Series appearance, and less than a year after Mike Piazza's famous home run in the first game played in New York after 9/11, the Mets finished 75-86, good enough for dead last in the NL East. The season was memorable for off-field issues rather than on-field success. In July, pitcher Mark Corey suffered a seizure after smoking marijuana with teammate Tony Tarasco, and in September, reliever Grant Roberts was caught up in a related issue as photos of him smoking marijuana surfaced publicly. These issues helped factor into Valentine's firing after the season ended, with a year still remaining on his contract.
While many New Yorkers don't think the Mets have a chance at competing this season, the Mets' front office thinks otherwise. They hired Art Howe to replace Valentine as manager, while also inking power hitting LF Cliff Floyd and dominant SP Tom Glavine in free agency. The team hopes to get back to contention this season while looking to overcome the failures of the previous season.
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