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.

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.

Both uniforms will feature the " Mets " script, player numerals and names in blue outlined in orange, and both be worn only with the team's traditional blue cap with orange crest ( although the orange button on top of the cap has been retained ), blue undersleeves, belts and socks.

A 50th Anniversary patch will also replace the regular Mets baseball / skyline logo on the left sleeves for 2012.

Like the home uniforms, the road grays will be worn only with blue caps, undersleeves, belts and socks, and will have the 50th Anniversary patch in place of the Mets skyline logo on the left sleeves for 2012.

For 2012, the Mets will wear the blue cap for all uniform combinations except for when they wear the black jerseys.

It has been officially announced that the 2013 All-Star Game will be played at Citi Field in Queens, New York, home of the New York Mets and the 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, home of the Minnesota Twins.

Of the remaining 28 franchises, the New York Mets have gone the longest period without hosting since their sole hosting duty in 1964, but this streak will come to an end in 2013.

This will happen again in 2012 as the New York Yankees play both the New York Mets and the Atlanta Braves for 6 games.

The Mets will pay him 25 equal payments of $ 1, 193, 248. 20 every July 1 from 2011 until 2035, assuming an annual interest rate of 8 % during the period 2011 – 2035.

Dykstra will forever be remembered for his walk off home run in Game 3, which is considered one of the biggest hits in Mets franchise history and the definitive moment of Dykstra's career.

Wright has already announced that he will donate $ 1. 5 million to the Mets Foundation throughout the course of this contract.

The Mets have lost the first three games, and he is certain that the Dodgers will win again.

In January, 2011 it was reported that King will attempt to become a " strategic partner " in the New York Mets baseball team.

The agreement includes a 40-year lease that will keep the Mets in New York until 2049.

Bones will be the New York Mets ' major league bullpen coach for the 2012 season.

Afterwards, the Marlins offered Willis to the rival New York Mets for Major-league ready third baseman David Wright but they declined and then opted to keep Willis who represented nearly a third of their 2006 payroll of $ 15 million.

Since the only legal way to keep the Raiders out of the Coliseum was to get an NHL team to play there, William Shea, who had helped bring the New York Mets to the area a decade earlier, was pressed into service once again.

The Mets ' problems shifted from third base to shortstop as Rafael Santana struggled to keep his average above. 150 most of the season.

On September 23, Fielder hit his second walk-off home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates, helping the Brewers keep pace with the New York Mets in the NL Wild Card race.

As a result of his hot start, when the time came for Hernandez to come off the disabled list, the Mets chose to keep Sosa with the team and have him replace struggling rookie Mike Pelfrey in the starting rotation on a permanent basis.

He ended up a hard-luck loser in the game as the Mets offense failed to provide him much run support, and the bullpen failed to keep the game close at the end.

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.

It is identical to the original logo, but the skyline is black instead of blue and the " Mets " script is blue trimmed in orange and white instead of orange trimmed in white ( the alternate black jerseys displayed the primary orange and blue logo on the left sleeves in 1998 ; in 1999 this was changed to the alternate black and blue logo ).

Among the changes included the removal of the black drop-shadows that had been present on Mets jerseys since 1998.

The Mets also wear blue socks when paired with the blue caps, and black socks when paired with the black caps.

The Mets retired his # 14 uniform and wore a black armband on the left sleeves of their uniform jerseys during the 1972 season in honor of Hodges.

Bartman was also compared to the black cat that ran across Shea Stadium during a September 9, 1969 regular season game between the Cubs and the New York Mets.

The new walls are colored blue in order to address fan complaints that the old black walls with orange trims did not reflect the colors of the Mets.

They also constructed a Mets Hall of Fame and Museum prior to the 2010 season, located adjacent to the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, and changed the color of the outfield wall from black to Mets blue prior to the 2012 season, which many Mets fans had campaigned for.

Jerry Koosman wearing his mid-1960s era Mets jersey, which served as an inspiration for the current Mets pinstriped uniform.

Another variation on the Mets uniform features a solid blue jersey with " Los Mets " written in orange with white trim, worn with solid white pants.

As of 2010, Tom Seaver and Gil Hodges ( played for the Mets in 1962-63 ) are the only Met players to have their jersey numbers retired by the team ( Gil Hodges ' number was retired as a manager even though he also played for the Mets ).

In Major League Baseball, by tradition a team's home uniform has the team name on it ( i. e. " Twins ", " Mets ", " Braves ") and is typically white in color, while its away uniform has the name of its home city, state or region on it (" Minnesota ", " New York ", " Atlanta ") and is grey or is the " dark " jersey ( features the team's colors ), although the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies have long followed an opposing tradition by wearing the team nickname on both the home and away jerseys.

David Cone's jersey from his 19 strikeout game on October 6, 1991, housed in the Mets Hall of Fame and Museum

Although they had their best season in decades at 92 – 70, they lost key games against the Mets and finished the season a disappointing eight games out of first place while the Mets exploded past them by winning 39 of their last 50 games.

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 debuted in its new ballpark on April 26, 1995, in an 11 – 9 win over the New York Mets, and proceeded to win seven of their first eight games in the new season.

The Colt. 45s and their expansion cousins, the New York Mets, took turns choosing players left unprotected by the other National League franchises.

With a steady five game lead for the Wild Card, the hope of a playoff spot seemed secured, but the Brewers struggled in September, first getting swept by the New York Mets, and then just over a week later, getting swept in four games by the Philadelphia Phillies, losing their lead in the Wild Card.

That memorandum recognized that the Mets would have exclusive use of the stadium until they had completed their season.

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

In their 1962 inaugural season, the Mets posted a record of 40 – 120, the worst regular season record since Major League Baseball went to a 162-game season ( two games from their inaugural season were never made up ).

During their history, the Mets have won two World Series titles ( 1969 and 1986 ), four National League pennants ( 1969, 1973, 1986, 2000 ) and five National League East titles ( 1969, 1973, 1986, 1988, 2006 ).

The Mets broke their own record five times before the Yankees took it back in 1999.

The Mets fell down in the standings throughout those games and needed to win their final two games of the season.

The Mets held a more modest 3. 5 game lead after 145 games of the 2008 season, their final season at Shea Stadium.

On November 16, 2011, the Mets announced new uniforms for their 2012 season, as part of the unveiling of their 50th anniversary plans.

The Giants were allowed to play their home games at the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut in 1973 – 74, and at at Shea Stadium ( home of the Mets ) in 1975, due to the renovation of Yankee Stadium.

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 " 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.

However, this would have required the Yankees to play their home games at Shea Stadium in Queens, the regular home of the New York Mets.

As the city already owned Shea Stadium, the Mets were ultimately unable to prevent the Yankees from sharing their venue.