Experts: How to bet Mets-Cubs NLCS

While Toronto and Kansas City can trace their rivalry back to the Gen-X era of 1985, the Baby Boomers who rooted for the Cubs and the Mets during the height of the Woodstock era aren't impressed. Most baseball fans know of the Miracle Mets of 1969 and their stunning 4-games-to-1 defeat of the 109-win Baltimore Orioles, but Chicago Cubs fans know that 1969 was just the start of a string of devastating late-season collapses. Holding a 10-game lead on the Mets with two-thirds of the 1969 season complete, the Cubs completely unraveled in September and the once hapless, expansion-era Mets captured their first division title. Memorably, the Mets caught the Cubs in the race during a September game at Shea Stadium when a black cat darted onto the field and ran across the Cubs' on-deck circle during the game.

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