Keeping Clips en Route to World Series Trip
				
			 
								
						
							
								
								
							
							
									
									
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									Date: 1969								
								The Mets chased the Chicago Cubs for first place of the NL East Division throughout most of the 1969 season. New York passed the Cubs with a September win streak to take the title.
								
								
								
								
																	
										( C ) New York Mets (photograph by Heritage Werks)