1969 Mets: Remembering them as we approach their 50th anniversary

Let’s take some time to appreciate the 1969 New York Mets in their 50th Anniversary.

Were you there when the 1969 New York Mets won the World Series? Were you one of the 57,397 (box score) people at Shea Stadium who watched Cleon Jones catch a deep fly ball to left field, then sink down to one knee in prayer as the Mets somehow won their first championship in five games?

Trivia question 1: Sho sang the National Anthem before game five of the 1969 World Series? (answer at the end)

Trivia question 2: Who joined Kurt Gowdy on the pregame show before game five?

Well, I wasn’t there either, but I was at the game before (box score).

I was nine, my mother was dying of a brain tumor, and my dad, big…