NEW YORK, NY - JULY 29: Wilmer Flores #4 of the New York Mets looks on in the dugout in the ninth inning duirng the game against the San Diego Padres at Citi Field on July 29, 2015 in Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
Right as the New York Mets were coming into their own in their eighth season, en route to their first World Championship in franchise history, the Milwaukee Brewers were coming into their own as a new expansion Major League team.
In their first season in 1969, they set up shop roughly 3,000 miles away from the Amazins as the Seattle Pilots.