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Imitation is the sincerest former of flattery.

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, in his attempt to build a winner at Citi Field, appears to be modeling his ballclub after the New York Yankees of the 1990s.

Consider this: new general manager Billy Eppler studied under current Yankees GM Brian Cashman, who studied under ex-Yankees general manager Gene Michael.

Mets manager Buck Showalter was skipper of the Yankees when Michael was GM.

And Showalter just hired former Yankees prospect Glenn Sherlock as his bench coach, which led to this observation from SNYs Andy Martino:

The Mets are suddenly a team built in many ways in the image of the Gene Michael-era Yankees. The Yankees connections -- and to people who were their at the foundation of their latest dynasty -- continue to run very deep with new Mets hires. Glenn Sherlock was a minor league manager who championed Mariano Riveras talent in the early 1990s.

Michael was general manager of the Yankees from 1991 to 1995. Like Showalter, Michael wasnt around to see the fruits of his labor as the Yankees won the World Series in 1996, beginning a run of four titles in five seasons.

Those championship teams were built around the Core Four: Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera. It was Michael who was responsible for assembling them to launch the Yankees most recent dynasty.

Michael died in 2017. But with Cashman in the Bronx and Eppler, Showalter and Sherlock in Queens, Michaels legacy continues.

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Mike Rosenstein may be reached at mrosenstein@njadvancemedia.com.

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