Keith Hernandez

Raleigh Fingers has a better sports mustache than me

I don't think so [that I'm the #1 sports mustache]. Who's number one? You've got to go way before you guys. Raleigh Fingers with the handlebar mustache.

The MLB is likely 'juicing' balls by sewing stitches tighter to reduce air resistance

I've talked to Ron Darling... and he says the stitches are sewn tighter. They're not as elevated... Ronnie says when the ball leaves the bat, there's no seams to grab the air and the ball travels further. I never thought of that. And it makes perfect sense. They do other ways too. That little core there, they can make that thing like a rubber band as much as they want. But don't ever admit, throughout my playing day, there has always been talk of the ball's juiced and they want more home runs today. And the MLB will always deny it.

Radar guns should be removed from baseball so pitchers actually pitch instead of just throwing hard

I would take the radar gun out. Pitchers watch. I talked to Jacob deGrom, and he said he looks up there, and if he's at 94, he wants to get to 95. You know they're watching and I think just take them off the board... Just so the pitchers would pitch instead of throw. Nothing better than a pitcher that knows how to go out and watch a guy throw a beautiful game.

Mike Trout is the best player in the game

Oh, Trout. Trout's the best player in the game. He's ungodly.

Steroid users who were caught should not be in the Hall of Fame

He's tainted. You're right. You shouldn't get in the Hall of Fame. Yes, I do [believe that]. If you're caught.

The Tom Seaver trade was the beginning of the Mets' downward spiral in 1977

I didn't really appreciate when I was coming up... the Mets were very good, but starting to fade a little... And then they made the Seaver trade, and I think that was the beginning of the spiral in '77, and they were horrible teams.

If Doc Gooden hadn't missed time in 1987, the Mets would have won 10 more games and the division

if we had had Doc [Gooden] I think that it would have been... we would have had 10 more wins. We would have won the division and no one would be talking about this. So that i just those things piss you off... '87 will always stick in my craw.