In terms of actually seeing him play, since I was born in the early 80's the answer to that would be a no. Now I know who he is, but it not the same as actually seeing the person play and caring about it. Hence I wasn't a sports fan until about 1990, so that is when my time line as a sports fan for caring really starts. Hence why Frank Thomas and Ken Griffey Jr were my first two favorite baseball players as a kid. The mets really didn't have good players, until the late 1990's altough I was a fan of team starting around 1990. Than Mike Piazza came and he was my favorite met, and than David Wright, than Jacob Degromm, and Now it is pete Alonso. All is just my opinion and I could always be wrong though.