The Mets and Atlanta Braves met in the first-ever NLCS to play for the National League pennant. There was no shortage of markings on scorecards for the series, as the teams combined for double-digit r ...

No one saw it coming, except for Gil Hodges and the most committed of the Mets diehards. After 7 seasons of finishing in the NL basement, the Mets put together one of the most thrilling and unexpected ...

Cars were parked bumper-to-bumper to accommodate as many fans as possible at Memorial Stadium for Games 1 and 2 of the 1969 World Series. The Mets and Baltimore Orioles earned one win each.

Shea Stadium hosted some of the National League’s all-time greats during the late 1960s. Roberto Clemente, Willie McCovey and Maury Wills were among them, as well as future Mets Donn Clendenon, Rusty ...

After finishing one game out of last place in 1968, not many expected the Mets to win the World Series in the following season. Manager Gil Hodges righted the ship, a platoon system was in place and t ...

Gary Gentry donned this jacket during the 1969 World Series. He earned the win in Game 3, a 5-0 defeat of the Baltimore Orioles at home. Not only did Gentry blank the O’s from the mound, he also hit a ...

The Mets squared off against the San Francisco Giants in the first game of a doubleheader during a late-season West Coast trip. Ron Swoboda, Jerry Grote and Tom Seaver broke open the 4th inning with h ...

Fans were thrilled by their favorite 1960s Mets players, but they were also fond of manager Gil Hodges. A former Mets 1B himself, Hodges led his scrappy team through a miracle 1969 season that was pun ...

A local favorite among New Yorkers during his years with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Gil Hodges was selected in the expansion draft to join the first Mets team in 1962. He played out the end of his career a ...

Media swarmed to Shea Stadium for Games 3, 4 and 5 of the 1969 World Series. The stadium’s parking lots quickly filled with news vehicles and reporters eager to cover another chapter in New York City’ ...