Mets Distract Fans With 1969 Reunion
August 20th, 2009 12:17 PM
In order to forget all about the 2009 season, the Mets will be paying tribute to the greatest underdog in American professional sports: The 1969 New York Mets. An on-field reunion of the team will take place before their game against Philadelphia on Saturday night. Everybody’s seen the highlights from that memorable World Series – the Tommie Agee and Ron Swoboda catches, the Cleon Jones shoe polish play, the J.C. Martin running inside the baseline play, Bobby Pfeil sitting around wondering why nobody will let him play – but here are some little-known (or maybe not-so-little-known) facts and stats about the 1969 season:
The Mets battled and overtook the Cubs to win the division, but when all was said and done, the race turned out to be a romp – the Mets won the NL East by eight games, finishing with a 100-62 record. A 45-18 August/September/October did the trick. The team had a winning record against every team in the National League except Houston (2-10) and Cincinnati (6-6). They …