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Starting with their 42nd game, the Mets went 82–39 (a .678 winning percentage), including an astonishing 38–11 in their last 49 games. [ 8 ] Despite that performance, the Mets suffered two mid-season three-game series sweeps at the hands of the Houston Astros , who manhandled the Mets all season, taking 10 of the 12 games the teams played.
The 1969 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1969 season. The 66th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles and the National League (NL) champion New York Mets .
Game 2 was an offensive duel - the Mets jumped out to an 8–0 lead, and while the Braves cut their lead to as low as three, the Mets still held on to win by an 11–6 score. When the series shifted to Queens, Nolan Ryan helped lead the Mets' to the pennant in Game 3 with a solid seven-inning performance, winning his first postseason game.
July 4 – At the customary half-way point in MLB's first four-division season, the Chicago Cubs (52–28) lead the surprising New York Mets (44–34) by seven games in the National League East; the Atlanta Braves (47–32) lead the Los Angeles Dodgers (45–32) by a game in the NL West; the rampaging Baltimore Orioles (55–24) enjoy a ten ...
Over the years, I’ve had 100,000 people tell me they were there in the last game, Oct. 16, 1969. The ballpark (Shea Stadium) held just 53,000. But it doesn’t make a difference.
If you thought it took a miracle for the 1969 Mets to become world champions, imagine what it will take for the 2019 Mets just to achieve mediocrity. On Saturday the Mets commemorated the 50th ...
The 1969 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five match-up between the East Division champion New York Mets and the West Division champion Atlanta Braves.It was the opening semifinal round on the National League side of the inaugural edition of the MLB postseason.
Art Shamsky, a part of the 1969 World Series champion New York Mets, joins "The *State* of Florida Sports Podcast" to discuss spring training, more."