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The 1962 New York Mets season was the first regular season for the Mets, as the National League returned to New York City for the first time since 1957. They went 40–120 (.250) and finished tenth and last in the National League, 60 + 1 ⁄ 2 games behind the NL Champion San Francisco Giants , who had once called New York home.
In 1962, when the National League added a franchise in New York to replace the departed Giants and Dodgers, the owners and the fans of New York selected "Mets" as the nickname for the new club, in part to suggest continuity with the Metropolitans; its original formal name was the "New York Metropolitan Baseball Club."
Ed Kranepool, one of the last of the original New York Mets, died on Sunday of cardiac arrest at his home in Boca Raton.He was 79. Kranepool was a member of the 1969 Miracle Mets, playing for them ...
The Mets started the 1999 season well, going 17–9, but after an eight-game losing streak, including the last two to the New York Yankees, the Mets fired their entire coaching staff except for manager Bobby Valentine.The Mets, in front of a national audience on Sunday Night Baseball, beat the New York Yankees 7–2 in the turning point of the ...
One night after using five relievers out of the bullpen and down a man with Dedniel Nunez landing on the injured list, the Mets could have benefitted from a deep start by David Peterson. The Mets ...
The Mets still trail the Dodgers 3-2 in the best-of-seven National League Championship Series, with the next two games at Dodger Stadium beginning Sunday evening.
Gooden was the last remaining link from the 1986 World Series-winning Mets team. Still, the 1994 season saw some promise for the troubled Mets, as first baseman Rico Brogna and second baseman Jeff Kent became fan favorites with their solid glove work and potential 20–25 home run power, Bonilla started to become the player the Mets expected ...
PHILADELPHIA – The Mets have found ways to thrive in the waning moments of postseason games. Two nights after mounting a ninth-inning comeback against the Brewers, the Mets kept that late-game ...