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The 2007 Mets collapse is one of the worst in baseball history, mirroring "the Phold" of 1964, where the Phillies lost a 6 + 1 ⁄ 2-game lead in the last twelve games. The Mets, who had come back in 1969 against improbable odds to beat out the Cubs, now found themselves on the other side of the equation, coincidentally, against a team in the ...
The 2007 Major League Baseball season began on April 1 with a rematch of the 2006 National League Championship Series; the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets played the first game of the season at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, which was won by the Mets, 6–1.
The Giants are one of the most successful teams in Major League Baseball history, having won more games than any other team and having the second highest winning percentage. [4] In New York, the Giants enjoyed 55 winning seasons, with only 3 losing seasons between 1903 and 1939, a stretch which included two runs of 10 or more straight winning ...
In 2007 and 2008, the team was eliminated from playoff contention on the last day of the regular season. [8] The Mets won the NL East in 2015, and swept the Chicago Cubs in four games to win the NLCS and advance to the World Series for the first time since 2000; [ 9 ] they lost the Series to the Kansas City Royals in five games.
On August 24, 2022, Major League Baseball released its 2023 schedule. There were 162 games scheduled for all teams. This season was the first MLB season of a new balanced schedule in which every team played each other at least once, similar to the NBA and NHL. The new balanced schedule included 13 games against their division rivals, totaling ...
Willie Mays, one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived, died on Tuesday at the age of 93. He ended his storied career with the Mets.
October 19 - Pete Ladd, 67, played 6 MLB seasons with three MLB teams from 1979–86 beginning with the Astros, Brewers and finished his career with the Mariners in 1986. October 21 - Rob Gardner , 79, played eight years for six MLB teams from 1965–73 beginning with the NY Mets, Chicago Cubs, Indians, NY Yankees, Oakland A's and finished his ...
Barry Bonds announces that his tenure (1993–2007) with the San Francisco Giants has ended, after the team indicates it will not sign him for 2008. Moisés Alou extends his hitting streak to 25 games, breaking the Mets single-season record shared by Mike Piazza and Hubie Brooks. In the same game, the Marlins commit a franchise-high six errors ...