You have to give @loudibella credit for building Jermain Taylor’s Hall of Fame career and helping him earn some huge paydays. Jermain was the unlikely member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic team class who went on to become undisputed middleweight champion.

Anyone else picturing Jerry Koosman being greeted at the pearly gates by Jerry Grote just like this?

Incidentally, this needed to be a statue at Citi Field a long time ago.

RIP JERRY KOOSMAN.

An all-time great Met.

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Utterly revered by his fellow Mets, considered the consummate teammate.
As a rookie in '68, the year of the pitcher, Koosman had seven shutouts. In the NL, only Gibson and Drysdale had more.