The very cool Mets Walkoffs blog sent this over.
With all the giveaweays, there’s nothing 1969 oriented. Go read their breakdown of the dates.
Let’s see 1969 + 40 equals….the 54th anniversary of the Dodgers winning the World Series!
So right about here I was going to post a sarcastic link to a news story from 1969 and I was going to write something like “did the Mets win something in 1969?”
Then I found this (below)….looks like some things never change! We were complaining back then!
| Championship Flag Stirs Fans, but Some Think It’s Too Small
$3.95 – New York Times – Apr 15, 1970
One of the least foreseen ceremonies of the 20th Century, the raising of a “world champions” flag by the New York Mets, took place at Shea Stadium yesterday … |
Maybe next year the Mets can hold “40 years of complaining night!”
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