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Did you know that prior to meeting in the World Series, the Mets and Red Sox played an exhibition game for charity at Fenway in the middle of the 1986 season? Hear how this game came to be after George Steinbrenner refused to continue the annual tradition of a Mets/Yankees exhibition, and hear about how the Mets’ bus broke down on the way to Fenway, leading the Mets players to hitch rides with Boston locals! Meanwhile, Gary Carter comes off the DL and contributes in a huge way, while the magic number for clinching continues to shrink.

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"September 1 - 7, 1986" is an episode of Catch the Rising Stars: A New York Mets Retro Podcast. Runtime 37 min. Published September 6, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.