Mets Belt Five Homers and Defeat Phillies, 7-6, at Polo Grounds
Apr. 28, 1962 - Five home runs helped Casey Stengel’s Mets down the Philadelphia Phillies, 8-6, today at the Polo Grounds. Manager Gene...
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- Apr 23, 2022
Mets Thrash Pirates, 9-1, Gain First Win in Franchise History
Apr. 23, 1962 - In thrashing the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-1, today, the Mets not only ended their record-tying nine-game losing streak but...
- Apr 22, 2022
Winless Mets Defeated by Undefeated Pirates, 4-3
Apr. 22, 1962 - The New York Mets lost again today, defeated by the undefeated Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3. “Well, we played a hard nine...
- Apr 21, 2022
Cardinals Remain Unbeaten as they Beat Cubs, 8-0
Apr. 21, 1962 - Curt Simmons, picked up by St. Louis for almost nothing two years ago, pitched the unbeaten Cardinals to their seventh...
- Apr 20, 2022
Stengel Orders Mets to Work on Fundamentals
Apr. 20, 1962 - At the insistence of Manager Casey Stengel, the New York Mets practiced baseball fundamentals in New York today before...
- Apr 13, 2022
Talented Trio Calling Mets Games on WOR-TV
Apr. 13, 1962 - The first home game of the New York Mets at the Polo Grounds, where the rain, mud and Pittsburgh Pirates detracted from...
- Apr 13, 2022
Pirates Spoil Mets' Home Debut
Apr. 13, 1962 - What was supposed to be an entirely happy debut for the New York Mets today ended in defeat at the Polo Grounds. The...
- Apr 12, 2022
New York Mets, 0-1, Receive Ticker-Tape Parade
Apr. 12, 1962 - New York City had its first ticker-tape parade up lower Broadway today in which the honored guests stood up and threw...
- Mar 10, 2022
MLB: Mets Lose Their First Exhibition Game, 8-0
Mar. 10, 1962 - The Mets, playing their first major league exhibition game today, lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, 8-0, and they did not...
- Mar 7, 2022
Howard Cosell to Host Pre- and Post-Game Shows on WABC Radio
Mar. 7, 1962 - The radio premiere of the New York Mets will broadcast Saturday over WABC in New York. The new baseball team’s first...
- Feb 21, 2022
Mets Pitcher Lectures Teammates on Glenn Spaceflight, Says Maris' 61 HR's More Impressive
Feb. 21, 1962 - A member of the American Rocket Society lectured briefly today to the New York Mets on propulsion, life on other planets,...
- Feb 21, 2022
MLB: Mets Fascinated by Glenn Spaceflight
Feb. 20, 1962 - At 9:30 a.m., when the New York Mets’ second day of spring training was set to begin in St. Petersburg, Fla., most of the...
- Feb 17, 2022
Casey Stengel Promotes His New Book in St. Pete
Feb. 17, 1962 - Casey Stengel made his public debut as an author today. The 71-year-old manager of the New York Mets autographed copies...
- Feb 16, 2022
Mets Sign Another Old Brooklyn Dodger, Clem Labine
Feb. 16, 1962 - Pitcher Clem Labine (pictured left with Jackie Robinson during the 1956 World Series) became the fifth former Brooklyn...
- Feb 7, 2022
Pepitone Shines in Yankees Camp
Feb. 7, 1962 - The New York Mets have acquired such former Brooklyn Dodger favorites as Gil Hodges, Charlie Neal, Billy Loes, and Roger...
- Dec 16, 2021
New York Mets Announce 1962 Home Schedule
Dec. 16, 1961 - The return of National League baseball to New York moved a little closer today when the Mets announced their 1961 home...
- Dec 8, 2021
MLB: Mets Acquire Former Batting Champ Richie Ashburn
Dec. 8, 1961 - The New York Mets today acquired another slightly aged though still highly capable player they expect to give their club...
- Nov 30, 2021
WOR-TV Likely Network for New York Mets Games in '62
Nov. 30, 1961 - New York stations WOR-TV and WOR radio said today they had reached “major portions of agreement” in negotiations to...
- Nov 23, 2021
Casey Stengel Expounds on the Spitball
Nov. 23, 1961 - New York Mets manager Casey Stengel said today he couldn’t see what all the fuss was about the spitball. “If the pitchers...
- Nov 16, 2021
The New York Mets Have a Logo
Nov. 16, 1961 - The New York Mets gave a $1,000 check to Ray Gotto, a cartoonist, for submitting the prize-winning emblem for the new...
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