" The use of an expletive was so out of character that it was frequently cited as one of his more memorable moments following Murphy's retirement from the booth in and later when the Mets honored him after his death in.

After his death, the Mets honored Murphy's memory by wearing a patch on the left sleeve of their uniforms for the rest of the season.

* On August 11, 2006, in Washington, the New York Mets and Washington Nationals also honored the Negro league teams by wearing the uniforms of the New York Cubans and the Grays, respectively, during a National League game.

In 2006, Dykstra also returned to Shea Stadium as the Mets honored the 20th Anniversary of the 1986 World Championship team.

Originally located in the Diamond Club at Shea Stadium, the inductees are now honored with plaques in the Mets Hall of Fame and Museum at Citi Field, which opened in April 2010.

More specifically in regards to the Mets, critics point out that with Selig's personal relationship with Wilpon has allowed him to stall any possible removal of Wilpon as that club's principal owner.

According to Jackson, Winkles told him that the Mets didn't select him because he had a white girlfriend.

Against the Braves in the NLCS, Ryan completed a Mets sweep by throwing seven innings of relief in Game 3, getting his first playoff win ( it would take him 12 years to get another ).

Ryan has credited his time with Seaver and the Mets with turning him from just a flamethrower to a pitcher.

There is a large painting of him in a Guaynabo Mets uniform just to the entrance of the coliseum.

During the game against the Colorado Rockies, Mets manager Willie Randolph replaced Piazza after the eighth inning, at which point the Shea Stadium crowd of 47, 718 serenaded him with a standing ovation, at which point Piazza humbly bowed to the stands and blew kisses to the adoring fans.

When the Mets ' star left fielder Cleon Jones failed to hustle after a ball hit to the outfield, Hodges removed him from the game.

The Yankees declined and the crosstown New York Mets signed him to a 7-year, $ 119-million contract, the biggest in franchise history at the time.

His 127 runs scored gave him sole possession of the Mets ' single season franchise mark.

When Sandy Koufax pitched his no-hitter against the Mets in 1962, one of their 120 losses that season, Mets ' coach Solly Hemus, apparently trying to jinx Koufax, kept heckling him through the game about pitching a no-hitter, according to a post-game interview Koufax gave after pitching his third no-hitter in 1964.

In 2010, he began appearing in commercials for Citi Bank that aired during Mets broadcasts, inducing Mets fans to join him in a " Let's Go Mets " cheer during mundane activities such as business meetings.

On July 11, 2009 the New York Mets signed Berroa to a minor league contract assigned him to Triple-A Buffalo.

This honor made him the first manager to have had his number retired by two different teams ( the Mets in 1965, the Yankees in 1970 ).

Glavine finished the 2006 season with a fine 15 – 7 record and a 3. 82 ERA as the Mets won the National League Eastern Division, allowing him to make his first playoff appearance since leaving the Braves.

After suffering through the 1975 season, in which he lost 18 games for a declining Tigers team, the Tigers traded him to the New York Mets with outfielder Billy Baldwin in exchange for star outfielder Rusty Staub and pitcher Bill Laxton.

In 1976, Lolich's slump continued with the Mets, as he won just 8 games while losing 13, leading him to retire.

But soon enough, hearing McGraw say it again and again, seeing him do his magic in the ninth, the Mets themselves came to believe.

Mets GM Steve Phillips then sent him to the Oakland Athletics on December 14 for LHP Mark Guthrie and RHP Tyler Yates.

After a midseason trade sent him to the Mets in 1983, he became the undisputed leader amongst the players of the brash ballclub that also fell a victory short of capturing the 1988 NL Championship Series.

Hernandez had such a strong and accurate throwing arm that, as a result, the Mets re-routed their relays through him.

The Mets chose not to re-sign him after his contract ran out at the close of the season, and on November 13, he was granted free agency.

Other former Baltimore announcers include Josh Lewin ( currently with New York Mets ), Bill O ' Donnell, Tom Marr, Scott Garceau, Mel Proctor, Michael Reghi, former major league catcher Buck Martinez, and former Oriole players including Brooks Robinson, pitcher Mike Flanagan and outfielder John Lowenstein.

Many superstitious fans attribute this collapse to an incident at Shea Stadium when a fan released a black cat onto the field, further cursing the club, although the " Amazin ' Mets " ended the season at a torrid pace, finishing with a remarkable 100 wins.

The Cubs concluded the regular season with a 96 – 65 record, 6. 5 games ahead of the 2nd place Mets.

They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.

The team finished the year five games ahead of the last-place New York Mets and with an attendance of 3, 064, 847.

Before the 1983 season, the Astros traded Danny Heep to the Mets for pitcher Mike Scott, a 28-year-old who had struggled with New York.

Though he had asserted a desire to remain with the Astros, Beltrán signed a long-term contract with the New York Mets on January 9, 2005.

Mets owner Fred Wilpon announced that, in conjunction with Citigroup and the Jackie Robinson Foundation, the Mets will create a Jackie Robinson Museum and Learning Center, located at the headquarters of the Jackie Robinson Foundation at One Hudson Square in lower Manhattan.

They first swept the Pittsburgh Pirates, thanks to walk-off home runs by Prince Fielder and Ryan Braun, tying the New York Mets for the Wild Card lead with 3 games to go against the NL Central division champion Chicago Cubs.

The Brewers finished the 2008 season one game ahead of the New York Mets in the wild card race with a final record of 90 – 72, and faced the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLDS.

The Titans shared the stadium with baseball's new expansion team, the New York Mets, for two years before both teams moved to Queens in 1964.

As the team moved to Shea under new ownership, they were, in most years, required to open the season with several road games, a problem made worse in 1969 and 1973 when the Mets had long playoff runs.

The Mets would load the bases with two outs in the bottom of the inning, but Adam Wainright struck out Carlos Beltran looking with a devastating curveball.

In 2007, the Mets entered the final 17 games in the season with a seven-game lead in the division.

The Mets did not fare any better in 2010, finishing with a losing record and missing the playoffs for the fourth straight year.

The Mets finished with a 79 – 83 record, coming in fourth place in the National League East.

Despite yet another losing season, the Mets made history in 2011 when Jason Isringhausen converted his 300th save with the team, the third player in franchise history to reach the milestone while with the organization behind John Franco and Billy Wagner.

In 2012, the Mets will try to bounce back from 3 consecutive losing seasons, but it will be especially tough since the Mets lost José Reyes via free agency, when he signed a six year, $ 106 million contract with the Miami Marlins.