Would a pennant have been good enough? Maybe, though we’ll never know for sure. Fans were elated to see their favorite team capture its first league championship against the Atlanta Braves.

Pete Rose, the future MLB all-time hits leader, made consistent contact during the 1973 NLCS. The Cincinnati Reds slugger recorded 2 home runs and 8 hits in the five-game series. Mets ace Jon Matlack ...

After losing the NLCS in 1999, the Mets bounced back in 2000 to win the series over the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-1. Longtime Mets employee Jay Horwitz received a championship ring and commemorative box ...

Longtime Mets employee Lorraine Hamilton received a 2000 NLCS ring, crafted in a rare ladies’ size. The Mets beat the St. Louis Cardinals in the series, 4-1, to secure their first trip to the World Se ...

Bud Harrelson talked shop with future National Baseball Hall of Famer Joe Morgan prior to a 1973 NLCS game at Shea Stadium. The final three games of the series were held at Shea, where the Mets went 2 ...

The 1969 pennant-winning Mets signed a souvenir visor from that season’s NLCS. Among those who left their mark were Game 1 winner Tom Seaver, slugger Tommie Agee, and Art Shamsky, who led the Mets wit ...

MLB celebrated two historic milestones in 1969: the 100th anniversary of major-league baseball and the first year of the League Championship Series. A program from the inaugural NLCS commemorated both ...

Fans had only one opportunity to cheer on the Mets at Shea Stadium during the 1969 NLCS, so viewing Game 3 at the Diamond Club was an excellent option. Special members had access to the exclusive club ...

Wayne Garrett got plenty of plate appearances in the 1973 NLCS, leading the Mets with 23 at-bats. He contributed to the four-run, fifth-inning outburst in Game 5, hitting a double and scoring a run as ...

Art Shamsky and the Mets swiftly handled the Atlanta Braves in the 1969 NLCS. Shamksy knew how to swing a bat, racking up 3 hits each in Games 1 and 2. (Did he swing this bat in the NLCS? We don’t kno ...