Category Archive: Essays.1969-Mets

The Wall: A ‘69 Mets Quest

In early 1970, when I was a freshman at St.John's University,…

1969 Mets: Everyone Comes Home in October

A passion for baseball, like all passions, is a webwork of…

1969 Mets: A Cubs Eye View

I didn’t even know that it would be so at the time, but looking…

October ‘69: The Miracle at Willets Point

If you had asked fans prior to the 1969 baseball season which…

1969 Mets: Platoon … Halt!

The platoon system that became legend for the 1969 Mets was…

Beware of Moose: Buc No-Hits ‘69 Mets

As great a season as the Mets crafted in 1969, New York’s…

1969 Mets: Terrific Imperfection

George Thomas Seaver and George Herman Ruth shared the same…

Putting the Miracle in Miracle Mets

Even when the Mets were at their most mediocre, dramatic victories…

1969 Mets: A Season of Streaks, Shocks, and Shutouts

One of the key elements of drama for a baseball miracle is…

1969 Mets: Spring Ahead

Spring training in 1969 was one of the most disjointed preseasons…

Here’s Looking Up Our Old Address

“Shea Stadium continues to be a fun place, even in triumph." From…

Meet the Mets: From Birth to Rebirth

The New York Mets and Houston Colt 45s were the first new franchises…

The Three Broadcast Amigos: Lindsey Nelson, Bob Murphy, and Ralph Kiner

Lindsey Nelson and Bob Murphy are together on the wall…

1969 Mets: Ralph Kiner Q&A

  Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn, right, shakes hands…
The Miracle Has Landed: The Amazin' Story of How the 1969 Mets Shocked the World

1969 New York Mets essays

1969 Mets: Foreword

With the count one ball and two strikes on Davey Johnson and…

1969 Mets: Introduction

A MAGIC SUMMER: FORTY YEARS LATER Now, 40 years after…

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