Coming to Theaters: Nightmare in Flushing, The Return of Todd Hundley to LF!!!

Nightmare in Flushing, The Return of Todd Hundley to LF!!!

No its not The Grudge or Halloween, but wouldn't that movie title scare you? It should scare most of us Mets fans.

With all of this talk about Arod coming to Shea and position shifts, I began to think about the most awkward and poorly planned position shift in Mets history. Though many of you may think I am talking about Mike Piazza's move to first base, I am actually thinking about a move that happened a few years earlier to another Mets backstop, Todd Hundley.

Watching Todd Hundley play left field was excruciating, to say the least. Every time a ball would come his way, he would seem to have one of the following reactions:

1. misjudge the ball for a single
2. misplay the ball for a double
3. dive wildly and surprisingly catch it.

Though I love Todd for the great work he did for the Mets, this had to be a terrible way to go out. In fact, I probably am more scared of seeing one of his outfield "highlights" than of seeing SAW 4.

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