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Calvin Schiraldi

Calvin Schiraldi
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 328 of 1218 players
Schiraldi
Calvin Drew Schiraldi
Born: June 16, 1962 at Houston, Tex.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.05 Weight: 215

Calvin Schiraldi was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on September 27, 2009, September 9, 2022, and June 16, 2023.

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First Mets game: September 1, 1984
Last Mets game: September 14, 1985

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EG
March 17, 2001
OK, let's say it's the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded and the game is tied. Do you want:

A) Schiraldi to pitch B) Kenny Rogers to pitch, or C) Just forfeit and save yourself the aggravation.

Won Doney
November 13, 2001
If the game happens to be game 6 of the 1986 World Series, I would want him to pitch for the Red Sox.

Larry Burns
May 30, 2002
Who would have believed in college he was a higher ranked prospect that Roger Clemens. Talk about two different roads taken. My real memory of him is the 1986 World Series, I will never forget the look of total fear he had when he was put in the game. He looked like he would rather take a kick to the groin than throw a pitch. Although I was still nervous, he made me feel much more confident about our chances. I think his career ended at that same moment Ray Knight crossed the plate---even though he was long gone.

Karl de Vries
December 23, 2002
Forget Bill Buckner, this guy is the REAL goat of the 1986 World Series. The spiritual forebearer to Armando Benitez, Mr. Pressure.

Kiwiwriter
July 13, 2004
The Mets rated this guy higher than Roger Clemens?

Calvin Schiraldi performed his greatest service to the Mets as a member of the Boston Red Sox.

KMT
April 30, 2005
I was at Game 7. I've never felt Shea rock like that night! I mean, you could feel the stadium moving and swaying! I was 3 rows from the top of the stadium so I couldn't see the look on Cal's face! I can tell you,when the crowd started the C-A-L-V-I-N chant it was both eerie and spooky at the same time! I later got to see his expression on the Series highlight tape! He looks like he'd rather step in front of moving traffic, than pitch the ball!

Ringo Boisclair
October 1, 2008
I actually was there and it's true. The stadium was literally swaying to the chant of "Calvin, Calvin, Calvin". The sense of power you could feel as part of that screaming mob was like nothing I've ever experienced before or since.

Maybe it was the shape of the sound waves the name "Calvin" makes when being derisively howled by 56,000 people, but the stands, and probably the field, were literally moving with the chant. I've seen a lot of ballgames - but never anything like that.

At that point, it wasn't just that the Mets were the Beasts of Baseball: we the fans were, too. We were a part of it. We were imposing our will on the action on the field.

When I viewed the videotape later, I, too, was struck by the expression of terror on Schiraldi's face. I've never seen a professional athlete present like that before. But it's hard to understand what it must have been like for him unless you were actually there.

Maybe he would have blown it anyway, even if the environment had been peaceful and quiet. Shea was completely silent at the beginning of the bottom of the 10th two nights earlier. Who knows?

That game was the apex of 9 years of rebuilding, the pinnacle of one of the best teams ever assembled, and made up for the misery of watching a lousy franchise all through childhood. The middle 80's were the only time ever the Mets did not somehow feel like a second rate organization. Sadly, that didn't last.

In his own way, though, Schiraldi was a vital part of the highest moment Mets fans have ever had. If I ever meet him, I'd gladly buy him a beer.








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