Thursday, April 04, 2019

New York Times Supplement Honors The Mets

A supplement in a recent issue of the New York Times is dedicated to the first National League pennant and World Championship of the New York Mets. It is titled  1969-The Mets Magical Mystical  Year.  
The issue was sent by a friend and has several articles celebrating the 50th anniversary of their amazing run.  Of, course it was a wonderful year in general for New York teams, especially two teams that had not even existed 10 years before, Both the Mets and Jets won world championships against incredible odds.    
The Mets were down 10 games in August to the Chicago Cubs who seemed to be cruising to their first post season in decades.  Cub first baseman, Ernie Banks was won of the most popular players ever to play the game.  He had never played in a world series and his career was coming to a close.  
The Mets, on the other hand, had never had a winning season.  They were always in last place, yet had become popular in a city which also the storied New York Yankees.  
Fans knew the Mets were improving, but no one could see what would transpire,  the Mets would go on to win their division (it was the first year ever that baseball had any post season other than the World Series), easily beat the Atlanta Braves and then take down the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles in 5 games.
Unlike the Jets, the Mets would win another world title.  That would come in 1986. 

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