Mets honor Bobby Valentine and Lee Mazzilli with Hall of Fame induction

Lee Mazzilli and Bobby Valentine, longtime friends who represent two different eras of the New York Mets, were inducted into the team's Hall of Fame together.

Lee Mazzilli and Bobby Valentine provided iconic moments in different Mets eras. They were inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame on Sunday.

Bobby Valentine and Lee Mazzilli were inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame together in ceremonies Saturday afternoon that neatly covered separate eras in club history.

Lee Mazzilli and Bobby Valentine, longtime friends, former roommates and New York Mets teammates who represent two different eras of the franchise, were still finishing each other's sentences when they were inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame before Saturday's game against the Miami Marlins. “When we were rooming together, we couldn’t imagine us sitting in the room at nighttime and saying …” Mazzilli said before Valentine interrupted him. “Because we never sat in the room at nighttime,” Valentine said with a laugh.

From Mr. and Mrs. Met to Sidd Finch, from Keith Hernandez and the entire 1986 World Series roster to a Latin pop star called “Candelita” and a slugger called the “Polar Bear,” the Mets have had quite a few characters come through Queens. Bobby Valentine may be the biggest one of them all. Best known as the manager who once donned a disguise to return to the dugout after an ejection, the ...