The Final Score

Remember how bitter the divorce between George Foster and the Mets was back in '86? It was over those comments Foster made about how the Mets promote white players over black players (he claims he was misquoted and taken out of context).

Anyway, Foster and the Mets are back on good terms, so much so that Foster does work for the Mets. He is on call to go to meet-and-greets, autograph signings and softball games with team sponsors. And he even pulled down the countdown to Citi Field before a game recently.

And why is back on good terms? "A lot of people that were in the organization who were instrumental in that happening are no longer there," he told me today.

Here's the story.