Before the 1986 NLCS started, many observers pointed to the greatest…
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“This is a great feeling,” Lenny Dykstra said after the game.…
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The walk-off home run is the most dramatic and exhilarating of…
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The Mets have an unusual affinity for finding themselves in notable…
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Gary Carter earned the nickname “Kid” when he first came…
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Tom Seaver became a New York Met in a very unusual way. In 1966…
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After alternating losses in Games One and Three with wins in…
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After losing a tight 2-1 decision in Game One of the…
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Each baseball season’s early summer games take on a mystical…
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They had been in the wrong place, but at the right time.The 1973…
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The National League’s 1969 season was one of the most memorable…
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Every team has comebacks.Miraculous rallies from seemingly insurmountable…
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In his novel You Can’t Go Home Again, Thomas Wolfe tells the…
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The atmosphere was positively electric at Shea Stadium on the…
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The New York Mets came into existence in 1962 and were one of…
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Welcome to "This Week in SABR!" Click here to view this…
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Sound off the sirens! Add a championship baseball book to your…
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October 14, 1986: Gary Carter’s 12th-inning single wins Game 5 of NLCS
October 11, 1986: Lenny Dykstra’s homer wins Game 3 for Mets
September 13, 1997: Mets not quite dead and buried after Gilkey’s walk-off home run
October 1, 1985: Strawberry’s 11th-inning wallop keeps Mets’ hopes alive
September 12, 1985: Keith Hernandez’s walk-off single helps Mets edge Cardinals
July 4, 1985: Fireworks and rain: Mets, Braves engage in a holiday epic
April 9, 1985: Gary Carter homers in debut for Mets
September 7, 1984: Dwight Gooden one-hits the Cubs
April 5, 1983: Tom Seaver makes his long-awaited return to Mets
October 18, 1973: Koosman, McGraw combine for shutout as Mets take 3-2 lead in World Series
October 14, 1973: Willie Mays helps Mets prevail over A’s in 12 innings in Game Two
June 14, 1980: The Steve Henderson Game
October 10, 1973: ‘Ya Gotta Believe!’ Mets win National League pennant
Al Campanis
Bill Knickerbocker
September 20, 1973: Mets get ‘all the good bounces’ and move closer to first place
September 15, 1969: Cardinals’ Steve Carlton sets record with 19 strikeouts, but Mets, Swoboda prove to be Achilles’ heel
September 2, 1972: Mets’ Ken Boswell has ‘the kind of a night you dream about’
May 14, 1972: Willie Mays homers in New York Mets debut
July 9, 1969: Tom Seaver’s near-perfect game
June 26, 1963: Tim Harkness hits game-winning grand slam for Mets
This Week in SABR: October 11, 2019
SABR Digital Library: Go-Go to Glory: The 1959 Chicago White Sox
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