Young Fans Root for the New York Mets in 2016

Young fans at a 2016 game used a Mets slogan passed down for generations: “Ya Gotta Believe!” The Tug McGraw rallying cry from the 1973 World Series captured the fighting spirit of the underdog Mets from their early days in 1962 to the present. That optimistic belief had been evident when the Mets appeared in the World Series in 2015, just the year before.