Jul 6, 2026 · 23 min · 12 segments
Lee Mazzilli joins Matt Vasgersian to discuss being inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame, his 1979 All-Star Game heroics and more on the MLB Network Podcast presented by New Balance.
Lee MazzilliGuest
Matt VasgersianHost
Well, we, we wanna get right to a piece of business here, 'cause it's a perfect segue here.
It was an intelligent choice by Tommy Lasorda to send you up to the plate as a pinch hitter to face Jim Kern in the eighth inning-
In addition to giving us an excuse to show some great vintage video, what do you remember most about that All-Star Game, Mazz?
Oh, um, I walked into the clubhouse, and I was, I was having a pretty good year and that, you know, to make the All-Star team was just ridiculous in itself, you know, to play with all, all these, you know, Pete Rose, Carlton.
I was like, I was a ki- I just didn't feel like I belonged because, like I said, all of these players are w- I just saw a few years ago in high school.
And I could tell you what I do r- remember about that game is that they came to play.
And when I was in the, in the clubhouse and just seeing how they went about their business and, and talking about the game and just, it was, um, that's something that, uh, y- y- it, it just never goes away, you know, being, being in, in, in, in that dugout.
And then, and then just not recently, not too long ago I, I saw an old, uh, tape of the game and, and there I was coming into the dugout, and there's Pete Rose hugging me, and Davey Lopes, God rest his soul, and LeSlaughter.
Well, we, we wanna get right to a piece of business here, 'cause it's a perfect segue here.
It was an intelligent choice by Tommy Lasorda to send you up to the plate as a pinch hitter to face Jim Kern in the eighth inning-
In addition to giving us an excuse to show some great vintage video, what do you remember most about that All-Star Game, Mazz?
Oh, um, I walked into the clubhouse, and I was, I was having a pretty good year and that, you know, to make the All-Star team was just ridiculous in itself, you know, to play with all, all these, you know, Pete Rose, Carlton.
I was like, I was a ki- I just didn't feel like I belonged because, like I said, all of these players are w- I just saw a few years ago in high school.
And I could tell you what I do r- remember about that game is that they came to play.
And when I was in the, in the clubhouse and just seeing how they went about their business and, and talking about the game and just, it was, um, that's something that, uh, y- y- it, it just never goes away, you know, being, being in, in, in, in that dugout.
And then, and then just not recently, not too long ago I, I saw an old, uh, tape of the game and, and there I was coming into the dugout, and there's Pete Rose hugging me, and Davey Lopes, God rest his soul, and LeSlaughter.
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