Dave Kushner has posted another killer ’86 Mets painting. This time capturing the tough-but-loose likenesses of Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry from their classic Sports Illustrated cover. (Around the time they both recorded rap singles.) The background says “Gangsta,” a very contemporary Mets reference. Maybe Dave is co-opting the term, taking it from Jerry Manuel’s failed bunch, and giving it back those few guys who actually won games for this franchise. I blogged about Kushner’s portrait of Keith Hernandez smoking a cigarette a few months ago, and I still think I’d pay more money for that one than this one. Either way, I’d love to have them both on the new studio walls.