NY, the big apple of cities has had it’s fair share of baseball’s history. Not only are they home base for the NY Yankees, but they have had several others in their city, having a key role in the baseball franchise. Having the NY Yankees established in their American League, other NY representatives from the National League included other franchises like the Dodgers (relocated to Los Angeles) along with the Giants (relocated to San Fran that same year). The relocation in 1957 of both those teams over to the other side of the states, the Nat’l League underwent an expansion so that they made sure the League kept a team. And the results:The NY Mets were formed.

Queens was their Home

It did take a few years, but the team finally found it’s way to the then new Shea Stadium located in Queens, the place that the team played all of their home games up until 2009, when they moved over to Citi Field. Through the years the NY Yankees always maintained a special area in the New Yorker’s hearts, but the Mets succeeded in having in impact and the fans drew to them, consisting of some of the larger crowds seen in baseball history. Almost thirty (30) years they managed in outdrawing their rivals from cross-town. In the Yankees height of millennium dynasty we would not see the NY Met’s claiming an attendance edge in the Amer. League.

Baseball’s Championship

The NY Mets have participated in four (4) of the World Series, taking the win in two (2) of them. In the history of their League, their four (4) appearances in the Series was the most held by any of the new expansion teams in the franchise. The first one they received was in 1969, they then went on to winning their second one seventeen years after in 1986. Since that last championship they’ve only appeared one more time in a Series and that was in 2000, which happened to be called the Subway Series that was between the Mets and their Amer. League rivals (Yankees), however the Bronx Bombers won this series. Although many predicted a seven (7) game run in the series, the Yankee team took the win in five. And Mets fans had to watch them win this series in the fifth game in Shea Stadium, having Mets fans watching in agony while their much hated rivals took to celebrating their 26th World Series Championship right in front of their eyes.

Mets has consistently been the home of many great pitchers in baseball, however they still only hold a less glorious record. And that is the record that no Mets uniformed pitcher has ever pitched a no-hitter game. Actually the team has managed to play more no-hitter games over any other of the teams in Major Leagues. Mets fans keep hope that it’s only just a short matter of time until their favorite team brings them home another World Series Championship.

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