The first game in Rockies history was played on April 5, 1993, against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium.

During the 1962 and 1963 seasons, the Mets played their home games at the Polo Grounds.

In 1966, the Mets famously bypassed Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson in the amateur draft, instead selecting Steve Chilcott, who never played in the majors.

It is played on the radio, during television broadcasts and at Mets ' home games.

He has also homered in The Ballpark at Disney's Wide World of Sports, near Orlando, Florida, a usually minor-league and Spring Training park that hosted a regular season series between the Rangers and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in May 2007, although he did not hit a homer at the two regular season games the Cubs played at the Tokyo Dome in 2000 vs. the Mets.

The Gothams, as the Giants were originally known, entered the National League in 1883, while their other club, the Metropolitans ( the original Mets ) played in the American Association.

The Mets ' inaugural season ( 1962 ) was played in the Polo Grounds, with original plans calling for the team to move to a new stadium in 1963.

The end result was that both the Mets and Jets played at the Polo Grounds for one more year.

While Yankee Stadium was being renovated, the Yankees played the 1974 and 1975 seasons in Shea Stadium, sharing the venue with the New York Mets.

But Fregosi who is rated by Bill James as the 15th best shortstop in MLB history, played fewer than 150 games for the Mets, and never had a good season again.

The name " Nets " was used because it rhymes with the names of two other professional sports teams that played in the New York metropolitan area at the time: Major League Baseball's New York Mets and the American Football League's New York Jets, and because it relates to basketball in general, as it is part of the basket.

Olerud played with the Toronto Blue Jays ( 1989 – 96 ), New York Mets ( 1997 – 99 ), Seattle Mariners ( 2000 – 2004 ), New York Yankees ( 2004 ) and Boston Red Sox ( 2005 ).

Also a three-time Gold Glove winner, he was an excellent defensive first baseman and part of Sports Illustrateds " Greatest Infield Ever " with Edgardo Alfonzo, Rey Ordóñez, and Robin Ventura, when he played for the Mets.

After he retired, the coliseum where he played for most of his career, Guaynabo's Mets Pavilion, was renamed the Mario Quijote Morales Coliseum.

In his last five seasons Ashburn played for the 8th-place Phillies, the 7th-place Cubs, and the 10th place Mets.

* Rico Brogna, MLB 1st baseman who played for the Detroit Tigers, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox, and Atlanta Braves from 1992 – 2001

He played for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Cubs from 1989 to 2001.

* Scott Schoeneweis ( born 1973 ), a relief pitcher who played for the New York Mets.

* Elliott Maddox ( born 1947 ), Major League Baseball outfielder who played for both the New York Mets and New York Yankees.

* Dave Gallagher ( born 1960 ) Major League Baseball player who played 9 years in Major League Baseball for teams including the Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Anaheim Angels, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets, and Cleveland Indians.

Right-handed pitcher who played for the Chicago Cubs, New York Mets, Montreal Expos, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Oakland A's, Milwaukee Brewers.

* Bobby Jones ( born 1972 ), former pitcher who played for the New York Mets.

* John Valentin ( born 1967 ), infielder who played for the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets.

The song is also played during the 8th inning of every New York Mets home game.

Five clubs in American professional sports played in the Washington Heights area: the New York Giants, who are now the San Francisco Giants, the New York Mets, the New York Yankees, the Football New York Giants and the New York Jets.

The Mets will keep a black jersey in their rotation for one more season, along with the solid black cap with blue / white / orange logo crest ; the two-tone black cap with blue bill and blue / orange crest has been eliminated.

The " NY " script on the Giants ' caps and the orange trim on their uniforms, along with the blue background used by the Dodgers, would be adopted by the Mets – something of a compromise between the colors of both the Giants and the Dodgers.

Therefore, Olerud was traded, along with cash, to the New York Mets on 20 December 1996 for Robert Person.

Also during his 1999 campaign, Olerud appeared on the cover of the September 6 issue of Sports Illustrated, along with fellow Mets infielders Edgardo Alfonzo, Rey Ordóñez, and Robin Ventura.

In 1976, the Cangrejeros became the Mets de Guaynabo, and Morales, aided with the help of his brother in law the half Puerto Rican-half Mexican Federico Fico Lopez, took the Mets to a total of 8 BSN finals, winning 3 championships along the way.

* Charlie Williams, traded by the New York Mets along with cash for Willie Mays.

Finally, in " The Puerto Rican Day ", George pretends to be Vandelay ( along with Jerry as Kel Varnsen and Kramer as Pennypacker ) to try to sneak into an open house to watch a Mets game that they had left because the team was getting blown out.

The Colt. 45s ( renamed the Houston Astros in 1965 ) were to begin play in 1962, along with their expansion brethren New York Mets.

On August 1, 2010, he was officially inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame along with Darryl Strawberry, Frank Cashen, and Davey Johnson.

Years later, after Glavine joined the Mets and Maddux played for the San Diego Padres, the three ( along with Smoltz who still pitched for Atlanta ) all recorded wins on the same day, June 27, 2007.

On December 11, 1991, he was traded along with Bill Pecota to the New York Mets in exchange for Kevin McReynolds, Gregg Jefferies, and Keith Miller.

After one season with the Mets, McGraw reported to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on September 23, 1965, along with fellow New York Met pitcher Jim Bethke.

The logo, along with the new colors of blue and orange, closely resemble that of the team's new parent club, the Mets.

From the Mets ' first game in 1962 through the post-Tom Seaver days of 1978, on radio and television, the Mets games were announced by the trio of Murphy, along with Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Kiner.

The Erie Times-News cited a report by the Ottawa Citizen on September 12, 2012 that the SeaWolves are on the short-list for relocation to Ottawa along with the Binghamton Mets.

The New York Mets acquired him, along with reliever Bartolomé Fortunato, in a highly criticized deal for top-ranked < ref >

For the season, the Florida State League was realigned, and the Miracle became part of the Southern Division, along with the Charlotte Stone Crabs, Jupiter Hammerheads, Palm Beach Cardinals, St. Lucie Mets and Sarasota Reds.

In 2008, Marichal was filmed at a cockfight in the Dominican Republic along with New York Mets pitcher Pedro Martínez.

In February 2010, he signed with the Guaynabo Mets along with former Chicago Bulls player Marcus Fizer.

To alleviate this problem, the White Sox imported perennial. 300 hitter Tommy Davis, along with pitcher Jack Fisher and two minor leaguers, from the New York Mets for Agee and Al Weis.

He appeared as himself in a episode of Everybody Loves Raymond along with several other members of the 1969 Mets.

They put journeymen Mike Bacsik, Micah Bowie, Tim Redding, and Jason Simontacchi, along with rookie reliever Levale Speigner into the starting rotation, amidst predictions that the 2007 Nationals might equal the 1962 Mets ' record of futility of 120 losses in one season.