Mets fans who purchased advance 1969 ticket plans were ready for a new season at Shea Stadium. Advertisements for the plans predicted a “big year in ’69.” The Miracle Mets lived up to the expectation. ...

How did the original Mets skipper know what 1969 would hold? Casey Stengel, who managed the last-place club from 1962 to 1965, wrote in a Christmas card to bullpen coach Joe Pignatano that “1969 may b ...