From lovable losers in 1962, with a still record 120 loses, to World Champions in 1969 and 1986, the Mets have been a team of serious ups and downs. Featuring such stars as Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Gary Carter, Keith Hernandez, David Cone and many more, the Mets may be the junior team in New York, but their fans are just as fanatical as those of the crosstown Yankees.
Finding another way to recognize their history, or recognizing a way to increase merchandise sales, the Mets have unveiled a new home jersey for 2010 ... just in time for Black Friday.
Publ.Date : Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:51:00 GMTWally Backman, who believes he was blackballed "to an extent" in Major League Baseball for the past five years, is back with his original club. The Mets hired the fiery former infielder as manager of the organization's short-season Class A team in Brooklyn of the New York-Penn League.
Publ.Date : Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:29:56 GMTWally Backman has been hired as manager of the New York Mets' Brooklyn Cyclones farm team in the New York-Penn League.
Publ.Date : Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:23:41 GMT
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The team that was founded in 1962 was not actually the first New York Mets in baseball history. In the 1800s, there was a New York team called the Mets.
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