Would Boner McGee be a tribute to Willie McGee? I loved when the Cards and Mets played. Ozzie Smith with the backflip to start the season. Their Robbins egg blue uniforms. I think I’d like to named Mookie. How can you not love a guy named Mookie?
Mookie was the man! Love that era of MLB! And yes, it is to Willie McGee. I found an old 1988 stickerbook photo of him and put it on my egg board last year lol. I've got starting lineup figures of that guy. Also, when I was a kid, I played left field and batted right handed. When I found out that Willie was a switch hitting center fielder, I taught myself to hit left handed (to bat switch) and became the center fielder for 5 years. Not gonna lie, when he left the field for the last time, I had a tear! I have one of those blue jerseys too.
I stared at these cards a lot:
Side story: My dad took me to a lot of games as a kid, and Willie was my dude. I developed my own nickname for Willie - "the cat". Anyways, when they were saying the starting lineup, they said "Willie McGeeeeee" and I go "yes, the cat!" and my dad was all "the cat?" and I say "yeah he looks like a cat with that little mustache". And my dad laughed. But that was little me.
Obviously Mookie's greatest moment:
Here's my man when I was 6 - hero!: