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"Meet the Mets" is the fight song of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. The music and lyrics were written in 1961 by Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz, and it was originally recorded by Glenn Osser's orchestra. [1] [2] The song's lyrics "East Side, West Side" are a tribute to The Sidewalks of New York, a popular New York song of the 1890s ...
Their most notable collaboration was the 1961 fight song "Meet the Mets", the official theme song of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. Some of Roberts' other songs included " The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night) " (co-written with and recorded by Jimmy Dean ) and "Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues".
In 1964, she was hired by the New York Mets to play the organ at Shea Stadium. [6] She is remembered at Shea for playing the Mets theme song, "Meet The Mets" (music and lyrics by Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz), which debuted in the 1963 season before every home game, followed by the Jarvis composed "Let's Go Mets", [7] as the team took the field.
After the Mets' win over the Astros on Friday at Citi Field, Jose Iglesias performed his single ‘greatest OMG’, which had been released earlier in the day.
Iglesias has used "OMG" as his walkup song since joining the Mets from Triple-A Syracuse on May 31. The team is 17-6 since his call up and are now only a game out of the last NL wild-card spot.
Mets fans have adopted Iglesias' hit song as the team's anthem for the 2024 MLB season
Here comes Candelita — aka, New York Mets infielder Jose Iglesias. The tradition of musicians appearing at Mets games and performing songs associated with the team took a unique turn on Friday night when Iglesias sang his song “OMG” following a 7-2 win over the Houston Astros in front of 32,465 fans at Citi Field. “New York City!”
Kiner's Korner is a postgame, and occasional pregame interview show which aired before or after New York Mets games on WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV) in New York City, hosted by Mets broadcaster Ralph Kiner. It debuted on April 30, 1963 , with guests Buddy Hackett and Phil Foster . [ 1 ]