6 of the 14 Mets to appear in the first Mets game in 1962
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first game for the New York Mets. With a lineup filled with aging stars, including one future Hall of Famer, the eventual record-setting finish of 40-120 wasn’t the expected result. Still, win or (three times more likely) lose, this team ushered in a new era of New York baseball, which had been reduced to just the Yankees after the Giants and Dodgers moved to the growing California market. 50 years later, the Mets continue to frustrate fans with alternating periods of dominance and dismal failure, but we still root for the perpetual underdog and two-time champion. Here’s to 50 more years of Mets baseball.
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