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Greg Prince discovered the Mets when he was 6, during the magical summer of 1969. He is a Long Island-based writer, editor and communications consultant. Contact him here.

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Wicked Wardrobe

by on 23 January 2007 9:07 pm

From the seminal team history The Amazing Mets by Jerry Mitchell:

In November of 1961, when the Mets were still more or less in the blueprint stage, they had a little office in the basement of the Martinique Hotel with Bill Gibson in charge. A sign over the door read:

“Mets’ Ticket Office”

Bill said that every once in a […]

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I Want Them to Watch It

by on 23 January 2007 5:21 am

As I told the players the day before the season ended, “I want you to make up your minds we’re going to win it next year, that nothing is going to stop us.” — Davey Johnson on the last days of 1985, in Bats.

At 8:05 p.m. on April 1, baseball will return. The 2007 New […]

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I Want Them to Watch It

by on 23 January 2007 5:21 am

As I told the players the day before the season ended, “I want you to make up your minds we're going to win it next year, that nothing is going to stop us.” — Davey Johnson on the last days of 1985, in Bats.

At 8:05 p.m. on April 1, baseball will return. The 2007 New […]

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