Kids and kids-at-heart salivated over this Amazin’ collectors toy set featuring the Game 3 heroes of the 1969 World Series. Platooning right fielder Art Shamsky got his only start of the Fall Classic, ...

George “The Stork” Theodore came up with the Mets early in the 1973 regular season, and he pinch hit twice in the World Series that year. Theodore was lucky to even be playing in the Series. The rooki ...

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’ ...

Is this Jerry Grote making a promising slide into home plate during Game 4 of the 1973 World Series? We think it might be! Jon Matlack hit a seventh-inning outfield single, prompting Grote to take off ...

The upper deck at Shea Stadium allowed fans to get the full perspective of Game 5 of the 1969 World Series, a thrilling 5-3 Mets win over the Baltimore Orioles. It was also a good place to watch fans ...

This figurine depicts perennial Gold Glover Keith Hernandez making one of several defensive plays during the 1986 World Series. In addition to his dependable defense, Hernandez also showed up in the b ...

The 1969 World Series between the Miracle Mets and 109-win Baltimore Orioles garnered much media attention. Reporters or other guests could take advantage of hospitality rooms at area hotels, such as ...

Media outlets captured postgame reactions from players following Games 3, 4 and 5 of the 1969 World Series, thanks to clubhouse access at Shea Stadium.

Keith Hernandez was usually at the center of Mets victories in the 1980s. The first baseman rallied the team in the 1986 postseason with his glovework and timely hitting. Hernandez drove in 3 runs in ...