Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On March 21, 2019, the Mets announced on Twitter that Citi Field's permanent address would be changed to 41 Seaver Way, in honor of former Mets Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver whose number was 41. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] The ceremony was held on June 27, 2019, and was part of the weekend set aside for celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 World ...
The exterior facade resembles Ebbets Field, former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Mets' first exhibition game at Citi Field was played on April 3, 2009 against the Boston Red Sox. The first regular season home game was on April 13, 2009 against the San Diego Padres, who spoiled the opener with a 6–5 win against the Mets.
[46] [47] With the Mets playing a game at Shea that evening against the Chicago Cubs, the Yankees used the visitor's locker room and dugout and the Angels used the home dugout and old locker room of the New York Jets. [48] Former Mets star Darryl Strawberry, by then playing for the Yankees, hit a home run during the game. Stadium operators ...
The New York Mets are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Queens, in New York City.They play in the National League East division. In the team's history, the Mets have employed 16 general managers (GMs) (not including interim GMs). [1]
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 ...
Oct 14, 1969; Flushing, NY, USA; FILE PHOTO; New York Mets first baseman Ed Kranepool (7) cross home after hitting an eight inning home run as catcher Jerry Grote (15) reacts against the Baltimore ...
New York Mets Hall of Famer Ed Kranepool died Sunday, the team announced Monday afternoon. He was 79. Kranepool, who is the longest-tenured Mets player in team history, experienced cardiac arrest ...
Former New York Yankees fielder Juan Soto stunned the baseball world this weekend by reportedly agreeing to a 15-year, $765 million contract with the club’s crosstown rivals, the New York Mets ...