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TheNew York Mets are an American professionalbaseball team based in theNew York City borough ofQueens. The Mets compete inMajor League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of theNational League (NL)East Division. They are one of two major league clubs based inNew York City alongside theAmerican League (AL)'sNew York Yankees. One of baseball's firstexpansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed NL teams, theBrooklyn Dodgers and theNew York Giants.[12] The team's colors evoke theblue of the Dodgers and the orange of the Giants.[1]
For the 1962 and 1963 seasons, the Mets played home games at thePolo Grounds in Manhattan before moving to Queens. From 1964 to 2008, the Mets played their home games atShea Stadium, named afterWilliam Shea, the founder of theContinental League, a proposed third major league, the announcement of which prompted their admission as an NL expansion team.[13] Since 2009, the Mets have played their home games atCiti Field next to the site where Shea Stadium once stood.
In theirinaugural season, the Mets posted a record of 40–120, the second most regular-season losses since MLB went to a 162-game schedule.[14] The team never finished better than second-to-last in the 1960s until the"Miracle Mets" beat theBaltimore Orioles in the1969 World Series, considered one of the biggest upsets inWorld Series history despite the Mets havingwon 100 games that season.[15] The Mets have qualified for the postseason eleven times, winning the World Series twice (1969 and1986) and winning fiveNational League pennants (most recently in2000 and2015), and six National League East division titles.
Since 2020, the Mets have been owned by billionaire hedge fund managerSteve Cohen, who purchased the team for $2.4 billion.[16] As of 2025,Forbes ranked the Mets as the sixth most valuable MLB team, valued at $3.2 billion.[17]
As of the end of the 2025 regular season, the team's overall win–loss record is4,899–5,227–8 (.484).[18]
After the 1957 season, theBrooklyn Dodgers andNew York Giantsrelocated from New York to California to become theLos Angeles Dodgers andSan Francisco Giants, leaving the largest city in the United States with no National League franchise and only one major league team, theNew York Yankees of theAmerican League (AL). With the threat of a New York team joining the newContinental League, the National Leagueexpanded by adding the New York Mets following a proposal fromWilliam Shea. In a symbolic reference to New York's earlier National League teams, the new team took as its primary colors the blue of the Dodgers and the orange of the Giants, both of which are colors also featured on theflag of New York City. The nickname "Mets" was adopted: being a natural shorthand to the club's corporate name, the "New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc.",[19][20][21] which hearkened back to the "Metropolitans" (a New York team in theAmerican Association from 1880 to 1887),[1] and its brevity was advantageous for newspaper headlines.[22]
The1962 Mets posted a 40–120 record, the second most losses by a post-1900 MLB team behind the2024 Chicago White Sox.[14][23] During the1963 season the team featured a pitcher, Carlton Willey, who was having a great year, pitching four shut-outs, when he incurred an injury and finished with a 9–14 win–loss record. The '63 squad also hadDuke Snider, who hit his 2,000th hit and later his 400th home run and earned a berth to the 1963 All-Star Game. In 1964, the Mets hiredYogi Berra as a coach under Casey Stengel's coaching staff.[24]
In 1966, the Mets famously bypassed future Hall of FamerReggie Jackson in theamateur draft, instead selectingSteve Chilcott, who never played in the majors. But the following year, they acquired future Hall of FamerTom Seaver in a lottery.[25] Seaver helped the1969 "Miracle Mets" win the newNational League East division title, then defeat theAtlanta Braves to win the National League pennant and the heavily favoredBaltimore Orioles to win the1969 World Series.[26]
In1973, the Mets rallied from 5th place to win the division, despite a record of only 82–79.[27] They shocked the heavily favoredCincinnati Reds' "Big Red Machine" in theNLCS and pushed the defending World Series championOakland Athletics to a seventh game, but lost the series. Notably, 1973 was the only NL East title between 1970 and 1980 that was not won by either thePhiladelphia Phillies or the Pittsburgh Pirates.[28][29] Star pitcher Tom Seaver was traded in1977, on a day remembered as "the Midnight Massacre",[30] and the Mets fell into last place for several years.
In January 1980, the Payson heirs sold the Mets franchise to theDoubleday publishing company for $21.1 million, a record amount at that time.Nelson Doubleday, Jr. was named chairman of the board while minority shareholderFred Wilpon took the role of club president. In February, Wilpon hired longtimeBaltimore Orioles executiveFrank Cashen as general manager who began the process of rebuilding the Mets much in the same way he developed the Orioles in the late 1960s and early 1970s.[31]
The franchise turned around in the mid-1980s. During this time the Mets drafted sluggerDarryl Strawberry (#1 in 1980)[32] and 1985Cy Young Award winnerDwight Gooden (#5 in 1982).[33] Former National League MVP and perennialGold Glove winnerKeith Hernandez was obtained by the Mets in 1983 from theSt. Louis Cardinals.[34][35] This began a rivalry between the two teams that lasted throughout the rest of the 1980s, during which the teams would swapNL East titles between 1985 and 1988, Mets players openly trolled the Cardinals, and Cardinals fans nicknamed the Mets "pond scum."[36][37]
After finishing their first three campaigns of the 1980s decade in either 5th or 6th (last) place, in 1984, new managerDavey Johnson was promoted from the helm of the AAATidewater Tides.[38] He led the Mets to a second-place, 90–72 record, their first winning season since 1976.[39]
In1985, they acquired Hall of Fame catcherGary Carter from theMontreal Expos and won 98 games, but narrowly missed the playoffs.[40][41] In1986, they won the division with a record of 108–54, one of the best in National League history.[42] They then won a dramaticNLCS in six games over theHouston Astros.[43] The sixth game of the series lasted sixteen innings, the longest playoff game in history until 2005. The Mets came within one strike of losing theWorld Series against theBoston Red Sox before a series of hits and defensive miscues ultimately led to an error by Boston'sBill Buckner which gave the Mets a Game 6 victory. The Mets won their second World Series title in seven games.[44][45]
In1987 the Mets declined to re-sign World Series MVPRay Knight, who then signed with the Baltimore Orioles and also traded away the flexibleKevin Mitchell to the Padres for long-ball threatKevin McReynolds.[46] Weeks later Mets' ace Dwight Gooden was admitted to a drug clinic after testing positive for cocaine.[47] Despite Gooden struggling in the first few months of the 1987 season, "Dr. K" rebounded, as did the team. It was during the tough times that the Mets made a great long-term deal, tradingEd Hearn to theKansas City Royals for pitcherDavid Cone.[48]
The rivalry with the Cardinals culminated in the 1987 season, when the Mets surged to challenge them for the NL East title but suffered two painful losses. The first came on Seat Cushion Night whereTom Herr hit a walk-off grand slam. A greater loss came on September 11 in a game against St. Louis, 3rd basemanTerry Pendleton hit a homer to give the Cardinals a lead, and eventually the NL East title.[49] One highlight of the year was Darryl Strawberry andHoward Johnson becoming the first teammates' ever to hit 30 homers and steal 30 bases in the same season.
The Mets rebounded the following year to post a 100–60 overall record and win their division in1988, but lostin the NLCS that year to theLos Angeles Dodgers and declined into the 1990s.
During the 1991 season, theMets were actually in contention for much of the season, closing to within 2.5 games of the front-runningPirates at one point. In the latter half, however, the bottom completely fell out and Harrelson was fired with a week left to go in the season, replaced by third base coachMike Cubbage for the final games.Gregg Jefferies, once considered a promising young player, became a distraction as he released a controversial statement to be read onWFAN radio:[50]
When a pitcher is having trouble getting players out, when a hitter is having trouble hitting, or when a player makes an error, I try to support them in whatever way I can. I don't run to the media to belittle them or to draw more attention to their difficult times. I can only hope that one day those teammates who have found it convenient to criticize me will realize that we are all in this together. If only we can concentrate more on the games, rather than complaining and bickering and pointing fingers, we would all be better off.
This was seen as the end for Jefferies in New York as he would be traded to theKansas City Royals in the offseason. The season ended on a high note, however, asDavid Cone pitched a one-hit shutout against thePhillies atVeterans Stadium, in which he struck out 19 batters, tying the National League regulation game record (first set by former MetTom Seaver).[51] With all of the personal problems swirling around the Mets after the 1986 championship, the Mets tried to rebuild using experienced superstars. They picked upEddie Murray for over $3 million,Bobby Bonilla for over $6 million.[52][53] They also traded McReynolds and Jefferies for one-time World Series heroBret Saberhagen and his $3 million contract, along with signing veteran free agent pitcherFrank Tanana for $1.5 million. The rebuilding was supported by the slogan, "Hardball Is Back".[54]
The experiment of building a team via free agency quickly flopped as Saberhagen andVince Coleman were soon injured and spent more time on the disabled list than on the field, and Bonilla exhibited unprofessional behavior towards members of the press, once threatening a reporter by saying, "I'll show you The Bronx".[1]. At the beginning of the 1991 season, Coleman, Gooden and outfielderDaryl Boston were named in an alleged sexual abuse incident against a woman near the Mets' spring training facility; the charges were later dropped. Meanwhile, popular pitcher David Cone was dealt to theToronto Blue Jays during the 1992 season forRyan Thompson andJeff Kent. While the move was widely criticized by fans of both teams, the Jays went on to win the1992 World Series.Their descent was chronicled by the bookThe Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Collapse Of The New York Mets (ISBN 0-8032-7822-5) by Mets beat writersBob Klapisch and John Harper.
The lowest point of the experiment was the 1993 season when the Mets lost 103 games. In April of that year, Coleman accidentally hit Gooden's shoulder with a golf club while practicing his swing.[55] In July, Saberhagen threw a firecracker under a table near reporters.[56] Their young pitching prospectAnthony Young started the 1993 season at 0–13 and his overall streak of 27 straight losses over two years set a new record. After Young's record-setting loss, Coleman threw a firecracker out of the team bus window and injured three people resulting in felony charges that effectively ended his Mets career; the Mets placed him on paid administrative leave for the remainder of the season, and announced less than a month before the end of the season that he would never play for them again. Only a few days later, Saberhagen was in trouble again, this time for sprayingbleach at three reporters.[57] The meltdown season resulted in the worst record for a Mets team since 1965. In addition, two of the three remaining links to the 1986 team,Howard Johnson andSid Fernandez, departed after the season via free agency.
Thefollowing season saw some promise for the troubled Mets, as first basemanRico Brogna and second basemanJeff Kent became fan favorites with their solid glove work and potential 20–25 home run power, Bonilla started to become the player the Mets expected, and a healthy Saberhagen, along with promising young starterBobby Jones and John Franco, helped the Mets pitching staff along. In thestrike-shortened 1994 season the Mets were in 3rd place behind first-placeMontreal andAtlanta when the season ended on August 12.[58]
When the strike finally ended in 1995, the Mets finally showed some promise again, finishing in 2nd place (but still 6 games under .500) behind eventual World Series champion Atlanta.
The 1995 season marked the emergence of pitchersBill Pulsipher,Jason Isringhausen, andPaul Wilson. The trio were dubbedGeneration K, a group of talented young hurlers who were destined to bring the Mets into greatness, much like Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman andNolan Ryan did in the 1960s. However, all three players succumbed to injury, preventing them from reaching their full potential. Of the three of them, only Isringhausen would accomplish much of significance in the majors, but as a reliever, eventually reaching 300 career saves.[59]
The Mets dismal 1996 season was highlighted by the play ofswitch hittingcatcherTodd Hundley breaking the Major League Baseball single season record for home runs hit by catcher with 41.[60]Center fielderLance Johnson set single-season franchise records inhits (227),triples (21),at bats (682),runs scored (117). Johnson's 21 triples also led the National League, the highest amount by an NL player since 1930.[61]
In the off season, the Mets acquired first basemanJohn Olerud from the Toronto Blue Jays for pitcherRobert Person.[62]
In 1997, the Mets finally bounced back with an 88–74 record, missing the playoffs by only four games, and the team improved by 17 wins from 1996. On June 16, the Mets beat theNew York Yankees atYankee Stadium in the first ever regular-season game played between the crosstown rivals 6–0.[63] Mets starterDave Mlicki pitched a complete game shutout to pick up the win.[63] In 1997, Hundley's great season was derailed by a devastating elbow injury and requiredTommy John surgery.[64]
The Mets season in 1998 began with an unforgettable opening day game atShea Stadium on March 31 against theirdivision rivalPhiladelphia Phillies, marking the first time that a regular season baseball game was played in New York in March.[65] Both of them were involved in the longest scoreless opening day game in the National League and the longest one in the MLB since 1926 when theWashington Senators beat thePhiladelphia Athletics 1–0 in 15 innings.[66][67] The Mets won the game 1–0 in 14 innings when backup catcherAlberto Castillo delivered a full-count, two-out, pinch-hit single to right with the bases loaded off Philadelphia closerRicky Bottalico.[67]
During the season, the Mets acquiredMike Piazza in a blockbuster trade that immediately brought star power and credibility to the Mets that had been lacking in recent years.[68]
After the Piazza trade, the Mets played well, but missed the 1998 postseason by only one game. With five games left in theseason, the Mets could not win a single game against both theMontreal Expos at home and theAtlanta Braves on the road.Following the 1998 season the Mets re-signed Mike Piazza to a seven-year, $91 million contract, the Mets traded Todd Hundley to the Los Angeles Dodgers.[69] Trades netted the Mets Roger Cedeño, Armando Benítez, and the Mets signed free agentsRobin Ventura,Rickey Henderson, andBobby Bonilla.[70][71][72]
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The Mets started the 1999 season well, going 17–9, but after an eight-game losing streak, including the last two to theNew York Yankees, the Mets fired their entire coaching staff except for managerBobby Valentine.The Mets, in front of a national audience onSunday Night Baseball, beat the New York Yankees 7–2 in the turning point of the 1999 season. Both Mike Piazza and Robin Ventura had MVP-type seasons andBenny Agbayani emerged as an important role player. It was a breakout year for Mets second basemanEdgardo Alfonzo andRoger Cedeño, who broke the single season steals record for the Mets.
After the regular season ended, the Mets playeda one-game playoff against theCincinnati Reds,Al Leiter pitched the best game of his Met career as he hurled a two-hit complete-game shutout to advance the Mets to the playoffs.[73] In theNLDS, the Mets defeated theArizona Diamondbacks 3 games to 1.[74] The series-clinching victory included a walk-off home run by backup catcherTodd Pratt.[75] The Mets would lose however in the1999 National League Championship Series to theAtlanta Braves, in six exciting games which included the famousGrand Slam Single by Robin Ventura to win game 5 for the Mets. The Mets were at one point down 3–0 in the series.[76]
The Mets struggled for much of the 1990s, finishing with a losing record for six consecutive seasons between 1991 and 1996.[77][78][79][80][81][82]
In2000, the Mets finished the season with a 94–68 record and clinched a wild card spot in the playoffs. In theNLDS, the Mets defeated theSan Francisco Giants 3–1 in the series and theSt Louis Cardinals in theNLCS. After winning the National League pennant, the Mets earned a trip to the2000 World Series against their crosstown rivals, the New York Yankees, for a "Subway Series". The Mets were defeated by the Yankees in five games.[83] The most memorable moment of the 2000 World Series occurred during the first inning of Game 2 at Yankee Stadium. Piazza fouled off a pitch which shattered his bat, sending a piece of the barrel toward the pitcher's mound. PitcherRoger Clemens seized the piece and hurled it in the direction of Piazza as the catcher trotted to first base. Benches briefly cleared before the game was resumed with no ejections.[84]
During the2001 season, the Mets finished with a record of 82–80 finishing third in the division.[85] After theSeptember 11 terrorist attacksShea Stadium was used as a relief center and then saw the first sporting event in New York City since the attacks, in a game vs. theAtlanta Braves on September 21. In the bottom of the 8th inning the Mets were trailing 2–1 when Mike Piazza came to bat with a runner on first. Piazza dramatically sent Shea into a frenzy by crushing a home run to give the Mets a 3–2 lead and the eventual win. The game is considered to be one of the greatest moments in the history of the franchise.[86]
In 2002, despite the off-season signings ofTom Glavine,[87]Mo Vaughn,[88] andRoberto Alomar,[89] the Mets finished the2002 season with a 75–86 overall record and last in the NL East.[90] During that same season the Mets dealt with off field distractions when co-owners Wilpon and Doubleday were in a legal battle which was later settled with Wilpon becoming the sole owner on August 23 that year.[91]
In the aftermath of the 2004 season, the Mets hired a new general manager,Omar Minaya, who immediately turned the franchise around by signing pitcherPedro Martínez and hiring a new manager,Willie Randolph.[92][93][94] The Mets finished 2005 four games over .500, and the franchise's resurgence was complete by 2006 as they won 97 games and the NL East title behind new acquisitionsCarlos Beltrán[95] andCarlos Delgado,[96] as well as young superstarsJosé Reyes andDavid Wright.[97] The Mets eventually succumbed to theSt. Louis Cardinals in Game 7 of theNational League Championship Series.[98]
In 2007, the Mets entered the final 17 games in the season with a seven-game lead in the NL East. But the team went on an ill-timed losing streak, losing 11 of the next 15 games, resulting in the Philadelphia Phillies winning the division by one game.[99]
The Mets held a more modest 3.5-game lead after 145 games of the2008 season, their final season at Shea Stadium. On June 16, Omar Minaya fired Willie Randolph,Rick Peterson, andTom Nieto.Jerry Manuel was named interim manager.[100] While their 7–10 mark down the stretch was better than the previous season's 5–12, it still allowed the Phillies to pass them once again for the division crown.[101]
In 2009, the Mets moved into the newly constructedCiti Field.[102] On April 17,Gary Sheffield, who just days earlier was signed by the Mets as a free agent, hit his500th home run against theMilwaukee Brewers. Sheffield became the first pinch hitter to reach this milestone, as well as the first to do it in a Mets uniform.[103][104] Theseason was mainly a tough one for the Mets which was marred by numerous injuries suffered by its players, with 20 of them having been on thedisabled list at one point or another during the season and losing star (and also replacement) players likeJ. J. Putz,John Maine,Óliver Pérez, José Reyes, Carlos Beltrán, David Wright, Carlos Delgado,Johan Santana, andGary Sheffield.[105]
As a result, the Mets finished in fourth place, with a record of 70–92 and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third straight season.[106] Mets players spent more than 1,480 days in the disabled list in 2009, more than any other team in the majors. Second-half turnarounds ofJeff Francoeur andDaniel Murphy helped the Mets finish the season with the best batting average in the National League, tied with theLos Angeles Dodgers.[107][108]
In 2012, Mets ownersFred Wilpon andSaul Katz settled a lawsuit brought against them on behalf of the victims ofBernard Madoff'sPonzi scheme for $162 million. As a result of this agreement the liquidator,Irving Picard, agreed to drop the charges that Wilpon and Katz blindly went along with the scheme for their personal benefit. Picard had originally sought to recover $1 billion from the Wilpon family and Katz, but settled for $162 million along with the admission that neither the Wilpons nor Katz had any knowledge of the Ponzi scheme. In 2011–2012, Mets ownership sold twelve minority 4% shares (totaling 48%) of the franchise at $20 million apiece to provide a cash infusion of $240 million for the team.[109]
Though the first half of the 2010s saw limited success for the Mets, who failed to finish with a winning record between 2009 and 2014, this period coincided with a number of milestones for the franchise, including the firstno-hitter in franchise history byJohan Santana in 2012.[110]R.A. Dickey won the NL Cy Young Award pitching for the Mets that same season.[111]
On September 26, 2015, the Mets clinched the NL East division title, and thus their first postseason berth since 2006, by defeating the Cincinnati Reds 10–2.[112] They defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in theNLDS, three games to two,[113] and swept the Chicago Cubs in theNLCS for their first pennant in 15 years.[114] In the2015 World Series, they were defeated by theKansas City Royals in five games.[115]
The Mets returned to the postseason in2016, marking only the second time in franchise history that the team qualified for the postseason in consecutive years. With an 87–75 record, the team qualified for thewild-card game, only to lose 3–0 to theSan Francisco Giants.[116] The Mets failed to make the playoffs for the rest of the decade, finishing no higher than third place in 2019 when they finished with a winning record of 86–76 (the highest of any team not to qualify for the postseason).[117]
The end of the decade also coincided withDavid Wright's retirement,[118]Jacob deGrom being awarded two consecutive Cy Young Awards (including for the 2018 season when the pitcher finished the year with a 1.70 ERA)[119] and first-basemanPete Alonso winning the 2019Rookie of the Year Award and finishing the season with a major-league-leading 53 home runs, the most by any rookie in MLB history.[120] On October 3, 2019, the Mets fired managerMickey Callaway.[121] On November 1, 2019, the Mets namedCarlos Beltrán as the new manager replacing Callaway.[122]
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On January 16, 2020, Beltrán stepped down as manager before the start of the2020 MLB season due to his involvement in theHouston Astros sign stealing scandal.[123] Two days later, the Mets hiredLuis Rojas as manager.[124] The team finished the shortened2020 season with a 26–34 record and a last-place finish in the NL East.[125]
On October 30, 2020,Steve Cohen became the majority owner of the Mets, owning 95% of the team, making him the current richest owner in baseball.[126] He bought the team from the Wilpon family for $2.4 billion, with the Wilpons keeping the remaining 5%. On January 7, 2021, the Mets acquired pitcherCarlos Carrasco and All-Star shortstopFrancisco Lindor in a trade with theCleveland Indians.[127] On March 31, Lindor and the Mets agreed to a 10-year extension worth $341 million.[128] At the trade deadline, the Mets acquired All-Star infielder & World Series championJavier Báez in trade with theChicago Cubs.[129] The Mets finished third place in the NL East with an overall record of 77–85.[130][131]
On November 19, the Mets hiredBilly Eppler as their new general manager.[132] During the offseason, the Mets signed free agentsNick Plummer,Starling Marte,Eduardo Escobar, andMark Canha.[133] On December 1, the Mets signed three-timeCy Young Award winnerMax Scherzer with a three-year, $130 million deal.[134][135] On December 18, the Mets announced that they hiredBuck Showalter as their new manager via owner Steve Cohen's Twitter account.[136][137]
On April 29, 2022,Tylor Megill,Drew Smith,Joely Rodríguez,Seth Lugo andEdwin Díaz pitched the second no-hitter in franchise history in a 3–0 win against thePhiladelphia Phillies.[138][139] On September 18, during a game against thePittsburgh Pirates,Jacob deGrom set a new MLB record by allowing three or less earned runs in 40 consecutive games, breaking a record that was held byJim Scott for over 100 years.[140]
On the following day, the Mets clinched their first postseason berth since 2016, and their 10th in franchise history.[141] On September 25,Pete Alonso broke the Mets single-seasonRBI record which was previously set by former franchise starsMike Piazza andDavid Wright.[142] Also during the season, the Mets called up three of their top prospectsBrett Baty,[143]Mark Vientos,[144] andFrancisco Álvarez.[145] The Mets won 101 games and tied with theAtlanta Braves for the best record in the NL East; however, the Mets were designated as a Wild Card team due to them getting swept by the Braves.[146] The Mets lost the2022 National League Wild Card Series to theSan Diego Padres. They also became the first team in MLB history to produce only one hit in a winner-take-all playoff game.[147][148]
In the offseason, the Mets lost deGrom to theTexas Rangers via free agency,[149] but quickly replaced him by signing Japanese aceKodai Senga to a five-year, $75 million contract,[150] and three-time Cy Young Award winnerJustin Verlander to a two-year, $86.7 million contract.[151] Despite this the Mets were unable to gain momentum from the previous season and missed the playoffs in the process. The team ended the2023 season with a 75–87 record and finished fourth-place in the NL East.[152]
On September 12, 2023, the Mets hiredDavid Stearns as their new president of baseball operations.[153] On October 1, after the final game of the season, the Mets fired manager Buck Showalter.[154] They would then introduce their new president Stearns on the following day.[155] On October 5, Billy Eppler resigned as general manager.[156] On November 13, the Mets named formerNew York Yankees bench coachCarlos Mendoza as their new manager.[157] During the offseason, the Mets signed free agentsLuis Severino,Joey Wendle,Jorge López,Harrison Bader andSean Manaea.[158][159][160]
In the2024 season, the Mets started off with a dismal 22–33 record. However, after a players-only meeting was held by shortstop Francisco Lindor on May 29,[161] the Mets significantly improved the rest of the way, mainly from theMcDonald's characterGrimace putting the Mets on a winning path, and the song "OMG" by infielderJose Iglesias under the stage name Candelita, becoming a rallying cry for the whole team.[162] The Mets finished with a record of 89–73 and qualified for the playoffs for the second time in three years.[163] They reached as far as the2024 National League Championship Series before losing to the eventual World Series championLos Angeles Dodgers in six games.[164]
On December 8, 2024, the Mets signed superstar outfielderJuan Soto to a 15-year, $765 million contract in the offseason, thelargest contract in professional sports history. It is also said that the contract has ushered in a new era in Mets history and in all of New York baseball.[165][166][167] Despite the acquisition of Juan Soto, the Mets underwent a historic collapse in the2025 season. While the Mets attained a record of 45-24 by June 12, the Mets went 38-55 down the stretch, and ended up losing their playoff spot to theCincinnati Reds.[168] Following the season, David Stearns got rid of a large chunk of the older core, including lettingEdwin Diaz andPete Alonso sign with other teams, and tradingBrandon Nimmo[169] andJeff McNeil.[170]
Throughout the 60-year history of the franchise, the Mets have won twoWorld Series championships in total.[171]
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In 1998, the Independent Budget Office of the city of New York published a study on the economic effect of the city's two Major League Baseball teams. The study found that 43% of Mets fans lived in one of the five boroughs of New York, 39% in the tri-state area outside the city, and 12% elsewhere. Mets fans were more likely to be found inQueens,Brooklyn, and theLong Island counties ofNassau andSuffolk. Mets, Yankees, andToronto Blue Jays fans are shared inWestern New York.[172] Notable fans of the Mets includeJerry Seinfeld,Kevin James,Julia Stiles,Ty Burrell,Bill Maher,Ben Stiller,Jimmy Kimmel,Hank Azaria,Jim Breuer,Jon Stewart,Chris Rock,Matthew Broderick,Dylan O'Brien,Glenn Close,Billy Joel,Ad-Rock,MCA,Nas,50 Cent,Nicki Minaj,Chris Christie,Patrick Mahomes, andDonovan Mitchell.[173]
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The "7 Line Army" are a group primarily consisting of passionate and die-hard Mets fans occupying the Big Apple Section ofCiti Field during home games for the Mets. The group was founded in 2012 by Darren Meenan who owns The 7 Line, an apparel company that produces Mets-themed clothing.[174][175][176]
Mr. Met is the official mascot of the New York Mets. He was introduced on the cover of game programs in 1963, when the Mets were still playing at thePolo Grounds in northern Manhattan.[177] When the Mets moved toShea Stadium in 1964, fans were introduced to a live costumed version.[177] Mr. Met is believed to have been the first mascot in Major League Baseball to exist in human (as opposed to artistically rendered) form.[177]
Mrs. Met (formerly Lady Met) is the female counterpart to Mr. Met, and the couple sometimes appears with 2–3 smaller "children".[178]
The Mets have had two mascots other than Mr. and Mrs. Met at different points in its history. The franchise's original official mascot was Homer, abeagle trained byRudd Weatherwax that lived at theWaldorf-Astoria, was sponsored byRheingold Beer and had his own platform behind home plate at the Polo Grounds. The dog was not included in the transition to Shea Stadium.[179][180] The brainchild of team ownerLorinda de Roulet's daughter Bebe, Mettle themule represented the Mets for only the1979 season. The name was the result of a contest won by Dolores Mapps ofMercerville, New Jersey whose explanation was that it typified the team's "spirit, ardor, stamina and courage, all of which the Mets have in abundance." Mettle was not retained after the franchise was sold toNelson Doubleday Jr. andFred Wilpon the following year.[181]
"Meet the Mets" is the Mets' signature song, written in 1961, one year before the first season, by Bill Katz andRuth Roberts. It is played on the radio, during television broadcasts and at Mets' home games.[182][183] Other songs traditionally sung at Mets home games include "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" and theSicilian song "Lazy Mary" during theseventh-inning stretch and Billy Joel's "Piano Man" in the middle of the eighth inning.
In 2021, aninternet meme involving the fan chant "let's go, Mets" began spreading through social media, particularlyTwitter andTikTok. The meme is largely based around fictional characters unexpectedly expressing support for the team, such asKingpin fromSpider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse and characters from the video gameGenshin Impact.[184][185]
The Mets' colors are blue and orange, originally chosen to honor the city's history ofNational League baseball; blue for theBrooklyn Dodgers, and orange for theNew York Giants. Blue and orange are also the colors of New York City, as seen on itsflag.[1]
In 1998, black was added to the color scheme. Beginning with 2012 the black elements in the uniform began to be phased out, and were eliminated in 2013. In 2021, the team reintroduced black in their alternate uniforms.
The primary logo, designed by sports cartoonist Ray Gotto, consists of "Mets" written in orange script trimmed in white across a blue representation of the New York City skyline with a white suspension bridge in the foreground, all contained in an orange circle with orange baseball stitching across the image. Each part of the skyline has special meaning—at the left is a church spire, symbolic of Brooklyn, the borough of churches; the second building from the left is theWilliamsburgh Savings Bank Building, the tallest building in Brooklyn at the time of the team's founding; next is theWoolworth Building; after a general skyline view of midtown comes theEmpire State Building; at the far right is theheadquarters of the United Nations. The suspension bridge in the center symbolizes that the Mets, by bringing National League baseball back to New York, represent all five boroughs; many of New York's major bridges are suspension designs.[1] In 1999, the logo received a slight alteration; a small "NY" originally placed to the left of the team script was removed.
With the introduction of black as an official color, an alternate team logo was created in 1999. 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 blue and orange logo on the left sleeves in 1998; in 1999 this was changed to the alternate black and blue logo). The logo fell into disuse after the Mets dropped the alternate black jerseys and caps in 2012. When the team brought back the black jerseys in 2021, they feature the blue and orange logo patch instead of the black and blue logo.
Toward the end of the 2014 season, the Mets made a slight alteration to their logo on theirFacebook andTwitter accounts.[186] The roof of the building to the far right was tilted, changing it from the United Nations building to theCitigroup Center. Negative fan reaction to this change resulted in the building being immediately reverted to the UN building.[187] No other notable changes have been made to the logo since.
The cap logo consists of an orange, interlocking "NY" identical to the logo used by the New York Giants in their final years, and is on a blue cap reminiscent of the caps worn by the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Currently, the Mets wear an assortment of uniforms.
The home uniforms are white with blue pinstripes and feature "Mets" in blue script with an orange outline across the chest, block letter player names and numbers also in blue with an orange outline and a sleeve patch with the team logo. The uniforms are paired with a blue cap featuring an "NY" logo in orange, plus blue undersleeves, belts and socks.
The road uniforms, introduced in its current form in 2025, are gray with blue, orange and blue stripes on the collar, sleeves and pants and feature a radially-arched "NEW YORK" in Tiffany-style letters across the chest in blue outlined in orange, block letter player numerals and names also in blue outlined in orange and the team logo patch.[188] Like the home uniforms, the road grays are worn with the same blue caps, undersleeves, belts and socks.
The black alternate home jersey, introduced in its current form in 2024, is a modified version of the one worn from 1998 to 2012 and reintroduced for Friday home games in 2021. They feature the "Mets" script and the block letter player names and numbers in blue outlined in orange and the team logo patch. The set is worn with an alternate black cap featuring the "NY" logo in blue trimmed in orange. Belts, undersleeves and socks worn with it are also black. The black alternate home jerseys are worn with plain white pants with blue piping.
The blue alternate road jersey, introduced in 2025, features a pullover jersey with "New York" in script across the chest and block letter player names and numbers in blue with orange outline, with blue, orange and blue stripes on the collar and sleeves and the team logo patch.[189] The blue alternate road jerseys are worn with the same road gray pants with blue, orange and blue stripes and with the blue caps, undersleeves, belts and socks.[188]
The dark grayCity Connect jersey with black and purple accents was introduced in 2024. The uniform contains the "NYC" wordmark in black patterned after the team's road uniform, along with black pinstripes and a black subway token patch containing the purple "NY" logo. The dark gray cap features the "NY" logo in black trimmed in white, along with a silhouette of theQueensboro Bridge. The purple color was inspired by the7 Line that runs to Citi Field.[190]
The Mets' standard blue batting helmet, with the "NY" in metallic orange, is currently used for games worn with the primary home, road and blue alternate jerseys. A black alternate helmet is used in games with the black jerseys, and a dark gray alternate helmet is paired with the City Connect jerseys.
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The Mets have retired ten numbers in the history of the franchise.[191][192]
Major League Baseball retiredJackie Robinson's number 42 on April 15, 1997, when the Mets played theDodgers atShea Stadium.Butch Huskey wore the number throughout the rest of his Mets career because of agrandfather clause placed on the retired number by MLB.[193]Mo Vaughn also wore 42 during his stint with the Mets, because of the same clause.[193]
On the final opening day at Shea Stadium, April 8, 2008, the Mets unveiled a sign bearing the name"Shea" next to the team's retired numbers honoring William Shea and his contributions to the franchise.[194]
In 2014, a special memorial logo honoring broadcasterRalph Kiner, depicting a microphone along with his name and the years 1922–2014, was displayed on the left-field wall adjacent to, but not as a part of, the Mets' retired numbers, from 2014 to 2016. In the 2016 Mets yearbook, a sidebar in an article on Mike Piazza's upcoming number retirement implies that Kiner has been "retired" next to William Shea. This was confirmed when the Mets' retired numbers were moved to the roof facade during the 2016 season to accommodate Mike Piazza's number 31;[195] the Kiner logo was placed next to the Shea and Jackie Robinson numbers, no longer separated from the others.
On August 28, 2021, the Mets retiredJerry Koosman's number 36.[196] On July 9, 2022, the Mets retiredKeith Hernandez's number 17.[197] That same year, on August 27, the Mets retiredWillie Mays' number 24.[198] On April 5, 2023, the Mets honored broadcasterBob Murphy with a microphone logo alongside Kiner.[199] The Mets retiredDwight Gooden's number 16 on April 14, 2024, andDarryl Strawberry's number 18 later that year on June 1.[200][201] On July 19, 2025, the Mets retiredDavid Wright's number 5.[202]
The uniform number 8 has not been issued sinceGary Carter was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2003 as an Expo, after requesting to go in as a Met.[203] When the Mets honored Carter, they did not retire number 8, but instead gave him a replica of his Hall of Fame plaque depicting him as a Met instead of an Expo.Desi Relaford andMatt Galante were the last Mets player and coach, respectively, to wear the number. After Carter's death, the Mets honored him in a ceremony on Opening Day in 2012, where they unveiled the "Kid 8" memorial logo (also worn on the uniform sleeve) on the outfield fence. The number is still not officially retired.[204]
Four players have been team captains for the Mets:
| Year | Year inducted |
|---|---|
| Bold | Member of theBaseball Hall of Fame |
† | Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Met |
| Bold | Recipient of the Hall of Fame'sFord C. Frick Award |
| Year | No. | Name | Position(s) | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | — | Joan Whitney Payson | Owner President | 1960–1975 1968–1975[231] |
| 37 | Casey Stengel | Manager VP | 1962–1965 1965–1975[231] | |
| 1982 | 14 | Gil Hodges | 1B Manager | 1962–1963 1968–1971[232] |
| — | George Weiss | President | 1961–1966[233] | |
| 1983 | — | Johnny Murphy | Chief Scout VP VP &GM | 1961–1963 1964–1967 1968–1970 |
| — | William Shea | Proponent | ||
| 1984 | — | Ralph Kiner | Broadcaster | 1962–2013[234] |
| — | Bob Murphy† | Broadcaster | 1962–2003 | |
| — | Lindsey Nelson† | Broadcaster | 1962–1978 | |
| 1986 | 3, 23, 53 | Bud Harrelson | SS Coach Manager | 1965–1977 1982, 1985–1990 1990–1991 |
| 4, 10 | Rusty Staub | RF /1B | 1972–1975, 1981–1985 | |
| 1988 | 41 | Tom Seaver† | P Broadcaster | 1967–1977, 1983 1999–2005[235] |
| 1989 | 36, 47 | Jerry Koosman | P | 1967–1978 |
| 1990 | 7, 21 | Ed Kranepool | 1B | 1962–1979 |
| 1991 | 12, 21, 34 | Cleon Jones | LF | 1963, 1965–1975 |
| 1992 | 15 | Jerry Grote | C | 1966–1977 |
| 1993 | 45 | Tug McGraw | P | 1965–1967, 1969–1974 |
| 1996 | 1, 51 | Mookie Wilson | CF Coach | 1980–1989 1997–2002, 2011[236] |
| 1997 | 17 | Keith Hernandez | 1B Broadcaster | 1983–1989 2006–present[237] |
| 2001 | 8 | Gary Carter | C | 1985–1989[238] |
| 2002 | 20 | Tommie Agee | CF | 1968–1972 |
| 2010 | — | Frank Cashen | GM &COO | 1980–1991 |
| 16 | Dwight Gooden | P | 1984–1994[239] | |
| 5 | Davey Johnson | Manager | 1984–1990[240] | |
| 18 | Darryl Strawberry | RF | 1983–1990[241] | |
| 2012 | 31, 45 | John Franco | P | 1990–2004[242] |
| 2013 | 31 | Mike Piazza† | C | 1998–2005[243] |
| 2020/2021 | 13 | Edgardo Alfonzo | 2B /3B | 1995–2002[244] |
| 12 | Ron Darling | P Broadcaster | 1983–1991 2006–present[245] | |
| 32 | Jon Matlack | P | 1971–1977 | |
| 2023 | – | Gary Cohen | Broadcaster | 1989–present[246] |
| 20, 44 | Howard Johnson | 3B /SS /LF /RF | 1985–1993[246] | |
| 22 | Al Leiter | P | 1998–2004[246] | |
| – | Howie Rose | Broadcaster | 1987–present[246] | |
| 2025 | 5 | David Wright | 3B | 2004–2016, 2018[202] |
| 2026 | 15 | Carlos Beltrán† | CF | 2005–2011[247] |
| 12, 16, 13 | Lee Mazzilli | CF /1B | 1976–1981, 1986–1989[247] | |
| 2 | Bobby Valentine | MGR | 1996–2002[247] |
The Mets have notable rivalries with theAtlanta Braves, theNew York Yankees, and thePhiladelphia Phillies. The Braves rivalry is due to division realignment that put both teams in theNational League East in1994. Their rivalry with the Yankees has its roots in the histories of the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers, and the Yankees and the fierce Subway Series matchups between the two teams. The rivalry with the Phillies stems from the geographicNew York-Philadelphia rivalry, which is also seen in other sports.[248]
The Mets – New York Yankees rivalry is the latest incarnation of theSubway Series, the competition between New York City's teams, theAmerican LeagueNew York Yankees and theNational League Mets. UntilInterleague play started, the two teams had only met in exhibition games. Since the inception of interleague play the two teams have met every regular season since 1997, and since 1999 they have met six times each season, playing two three-game series, one in each team's ballpark. From the 2013 season however the number of games was reduced to four, two at each ballpark with the Mets winning six of the last eight games in that span. They have made the postseason in the same year six times: 1999, 2000, 2006, 2015, 2022, and 2024, and faced off in the2000 World Series.[249][250][251]
The Braves–Metsrivalry is a rivalry between two teams in theNational League East, featuring theAtlanta Braves and the Mets.[252][253][254][255]
Although their first major confrontation occurred when the Mets swept the Braves in the1969 NLCS, en route to their firstWorld Series championship, the first playoff series won by an expansion team (also the first playoff appearance by an expansion team), the rivalry did not become especially heated until the 1990s, when a division realignment in 1994 put the Mets and the Braves in the NL East together (from 1969 to 1993, the Braves were in the NL West).[256][257] The two teams faced each other again in the1999 NLCS, and theBraves won the series four games to two. However, they would go on to lose to theYankees in the1999 World Series.
During the mid to late 2000s, the rivalry between the Mets and thePhiladelphia Phillies from 2006 to 2008 was said to be among the "hottest" rivalries in theNational League.[258][259]
Aside from several brawls in the 1980s, the rivalry remained low-key before the 2006 season,[260] as the teams had seldom been equally good at the same time. Since 2006, the teams have battled for playoff position. The Mets won the division in 2006 and contended in 2007 and 2008, while the Phillies won five consecutive division titles from 2007 to 2011.[261] The Phillies' 2007 Eastern Division Title was won on the last day of the season as the Mets lost a seven-game lead with 17 games remaining while losing 12 of 18 games that season to the Phillies, including being swept at home in the first 3 games of the remaining 17, dropping their lead from 7 games to 3.5.
There is a long-standing rivalry between the sports fans fromNew York City andPhiladelphia,[262] which are approximately two hours apart by car,[263] which is also seen betweenNew York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles in theNational Football League, and theNew York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers inNational Hockey League.[264] Games between the two teams atCiti Field andCitizens Bank Park are often very intense, hard-hitting affairs, as each home crowd does its best to create an unfriendly, sometimes volatile atmosphere for any visiting-team fans.[248]
The rivalry between theSt. Louis Cardinals and the Mets peaked during the 1980s when both teams contended forNational League East supremacy. The rivalry began with the 1983 trade that broughtKeith Hernandez from the Cardinals to the Mets, essentially turning the latter into contenders.[36] Between 1985 and 1988, the division was dominated by either of the two teams, and in three of those years, the NL East winner went on to the World Series. In 1994, the Cardinals were moved to theNational League Central, and the rivalry faded soon after. The two teams would meet in the2000 and2006National League Championship Series, briefly rekindling the rivalry.[265][266][37][267]
A registered 501(c)(3) charity, the New York Mets Foundation is the philanthropic organization of the New York Mets. Founded in 1963, it funds and promotes charitable causes in the Mets community. One of these causes isTuesday's Children, is a non-profit family service organization that "has made a long term commitment to meet the needs of every family who lost a loved one in the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001".[268] The Mets host the annual Welcome Home Dinner, which raised over $550,000 for the Mets Foundation in 2012. All proceeds were distributed to Katz Institute for Women's Health and Katz Women's Hospitals of North Shore-LIJ Health System and The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.[269]
The majority of Mets games are carried bySportsNet New York (SNY), a joint venture of the Mets andNBC Sports Regional Networks launched in 2006.[270] The primaryplay-by-play announcer isGary Cohen, with former MetsKeith Hernandez andRon Darling working as the primary color commentators.Steve Gelbs serves as the field reporter for most games and as an alternate play-by-play announcer behind Cohen.[271]Todd Zeile,Jerry Blevins, andDaniel Murphy also appear as color commentators on select games.[272]
Cohen had called Mets' games on the radio since 1989, moving to television upon the establishment of SNY in 2006.[273] Hernandez had previously worked as a color commentator on the Mets' television broadcasts since 1998, and Darling as a broadcaster and color commentator for theOakland Athletics and theWashington Nationals. From 2007 to 2015,Kevin Burkhardt served as a field reporter and fill-in play-by-play announcer on SNY broadcasts before moving toFox Sports full time.
For the twenty years following the team's inception in 1962, Mets' games weresimulcasted on radio and television. Until 1978, almost all Mets games were called by the trio ofLindsey Nelson,Bob Murphy, andRalph Kiner on both radio and television. Nelson left the broadcast after the 1978 season and was replaced bySteve Albert, with Murphy assuming the primary play-by-play duties.
In 1982, when the team separated its radio and television broadcasts, Kiner became the lead television play-by play voice of the Mets, withTim McCarver,Fran Healy, andRusty Staub among those working as color commentators.Gary Thorne, who had previously been a radio announcer for the Mets, joined the television broadcast in 1994 as a secondary play-by-play announcer.
In 1996, Thorne andHowie Rose began splitting the primary play-by-play duties, with Kiner scaling back his workload to a color commentary role. Over the next few years, former MetsTom Seaver andKeith Hernandez would also begin working as color commentators. Thorne left the broadcast in 2003, at which pointTed Robinson,Matt Loughlin, andDave O'Brien began alternating play-by-play duties with Rose until he departed for the Mets' radio booth the following year in 2004.
The team has broadcast gamesover-the-air onWPIX since 1999, and still airs approximately thirty SNY-produced telecasts on the station per season.[274] Games on WPIX are syndicated across New York and Connecticut toWCCT-TV (Hartford, CT),WCWN/WRGB (Albany, NY),WYCI (Saranac Lake, NY),WSYT-MY43 (Syracuse, NY),WPNY-LD (Utica, NY),WICZ-DT2 (Binghamton, NY),WQMY (Williamsport, PA),WOLF-DT3 (Scranton, PA) andWHAM-DT2 (Rochester, NY).[275][276][277][278][279][280][281][282]
Howie Rose has been the Mets' primary radio play-by-play announcer since 2004, and has been partnered with formerBrooklyn Cyclones play-by-play announcer Keith Raad since 2023.[283] Patrick McCarthy, the son of former Mets radio voice and currentPhiladelphia Phillies television broadcasterTom McCarthy, has served as the host of the radio pre- and post-game shows since 2023, in addition to providing play-by-play for select games.[283]
As of late August 2024, Mets radio broadcasts are produced byAudacy, Inc. on theMets Radio Network, airing locally onWHSQ 880 AM and nationally on the Audacy Mets Radio streaming service. Mets games have aired over the 880 AM frequency since 2019, when the station was still known asWCBS-AM.[284] Spanish-language broadcasts are aired onWINS-FM-HD2 featuring Max Perez-Jimenez and Nestor Rosario, along with MLB.tv and SNY'ssecond audio program channels.[285] They had previously been onWEPN 1050.[286] It was formerly broadcast onWQBU-FM 92.7, Que Buena from 2020 to 2021.[287][288] Both English and Spanish broadcasts are also aired on theAudacy internet radio service.[286]
The Mets' previous radio flagship wasWOR from 2014 to 2018.[289][290] The Mets were previously carried byWFAN, which inherited the team's broadcast rights fromWHN when it took over its frequency in 1987, and in later years byWFAN-FM which simulcasted the AM signal. In 2019, coinciding with their move to WCBS, the Mets abruptly stopped syndicating its games to other stations outside the New York City area, effectively shutting down theNew York Mets Radio Network.[291][292]
After having broadcast Mets' games for twenty years, most notably alongsideLindsey Nelson andRalph Kiner,Bob Murphy became the Mets' lead play-by-play announcer in 1982, when the team stopped simulcasting its games. He was partnered with Steve LaMar until the 1984 season, and withGary Thorne beginning with the 1985 season.
Upon Thorne's move to ABC'sThursday Night Baseball in 1989,Gary Cohen became Murphy's broadcast partner, and the pair continued to call games until Murphy's retirement in 2003. In 2004, after having served as the primary television play-by-play announcer since 1996, Howie Rose joined the radio broadcast as Murphy's successor.
In 2006, Cohen left the radio booth to become the primary play-by-play announcer of the Mets on the newly-launchedSportsNet New York (SNY) television network. He was replaced byTom McCarthy, who departed after just two seasons with the broadcast in 2008, withWayne Hagin taking his place. In 2011,Josh Lewin joined the broadcast after the team parted ways with Hagin following the previous season.Wayne Randazzo began hosting the pre- and post-game shows in 2015, and later became Rose's play-by-play partner upon Lewin's departure in 2019, when the broadcast moved to WCBS.[293] That same year, longtime Mets beat reporterEd Coleman took over hosting duties for the pre- and post-game shows, a position he previously held from 1996 to 2013.[294] Randazzo left the Mets in 2022 to become the primary television play-by-play voice of theLos Angeles Angels and ofFriday Night Baseball onApple TV+.
The New York Metsfarm system consists of sevenminor league affiliates.[295]
The historic Empire State Building will glow in Mets blue and orange on Friday night to mark the start of Major League Baseball's All-Star Week in New York City.
The colors chosen were "Dodgers Blue" and "Giants Orange," and the NY monogram on the cap was a resurrection of the Giants' logo.
From 1974–80, thePhillies andPirates won all seven National League East titles (Phillies four, Pirates three).
The Pirates...won three (NL East titles) in a row from 1970–72.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)Games between the Flyers and Rangers almost always are intense, hard-hitting affairs...'You have that feeling when you come into Philly and you know when they come into New York the fans are going to be pumped up.'
The Pirates will switch from the East next season. They opposed the move last week when realignment was approved, but agreed to allow Atlanta to move to the East.
Philadelphia fans hate New York fans and New York fans [hate Philadelphia fans]...Eagles fans and Giants fans don't get along, and Flyers supporters haven't been known to break bread with those wearing Rangers jerseys.
You've got the proximity, a natural rivalry between the cities, and there are fans of both clubs in Jersey.
New York teams—the Mets, Rangers, Giants and Knicks—rank among Philadelphia's most loathed rivals.
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