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Logos and uniforms of the New York Mets. New York Mets primary logo, originally designed by cartoonist Ray Gotto in 1962 and slightly revised in 1999. Current Mets uniforms. The New York Mets, founded in 1962, returned National League baseball to New York following the departure of the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles and the New York Giants to ...
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Mr. Met is the official mascot for Major League Baseball's New York Mets.Mr. Met first appeared in 1963 as a cartoon drawing in programs. When the team moved to Shea Stadium the following year, he came to life in the form of a costumed mascot—he is believed to be the first Major League Baseball mascot to appear in human form.
The away uniform is gray with "NEW YORK" written across the chest in navy blue outlined in white and navy-white-navy stripes on the sleeve cuff. The player number is on the back of the uniform jersey in navy (outlined in white on the road jersey), and is not accompanied by the player name. A navy blue cap with a white interlocking "NY" logo is ...
The nickname "Mets" was adopted: being a natural shorthand to the club's corporate name, the "New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc.", [18] [19] [20] which hearkened back to the "Metropolitans" (a New York team in the American Association from 1880 to 1887), [1] and its brevity was advantageous for newspaper headlines.
Also in 1964, the Mets, who played their first two seasons in the old Polo Grounds, the former home of the Giants, moved to the newly constructed Shea Stadium, a 55,300-seat multipurpose facility built in the Flushing neighborhood of the Borough of Queens, adjacent to the site of the 1939 and 1964 New York World's Fairs, named for William Shea ...
The 1969 New York Mets season was the team's eighth as a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise and culminated when they won the World Series over the Baltimore Orioles. They played their home games at Shea Stadium and were managed by Gil Hodges. The team is often referred to as the " Amazin' Mets " (a nickname coined by Casey Stengel, who ...
Citi Field. / 40.75694°N 73.84583°W / 40.75694; -73.84583. at Mets–Willets Point. Citi Field is a baseball stadium located in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, in the borough of Queens, New York City, United States. Opening in 2009, Citi Field is the ballpark of Major League Baseball ’s New York Mets. The stadium was built as a ...