Nov
20
2011

Exclusive Interview With Original 1962 Met, Eddie Kranepool

An article by Lenore Luca

With all the fanfare surrounding the cool announcements the Mets made about the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the 1962 Mets this past week, I thought I’d share my interview with an original Met, first baseman Eddie Kranepool.

Eddie of course was an original Met who began his career at the age of 17 in 1962 and played for the Amazins’ until the 1979 season when he retired after 18 seasons with the team at age 34.

About the Author: Lenore Luca

3 Comments + Add Comment

Lifelongmetsfan November 21, 2011 at 9:58 am

Cool! Thanks for posting this!
Kranepool7 November 21, 2011 at 12:45 pm

Nice job on this!
METS62FAN November 22, 2011 at 8:45 am

SORRY; BUT AS “AN ORIGINAL” MET FAN SINCE OPENING DAY, 1962. I BELIEVE TO BE “OFFICIALLY” CONSIDERED AN ‘ORIGINAL’ MET A PLAYER MUST BE ON THE OFFICIAL ROSTER ON THAT SAME OPENING DAY DATE.

UNFORTUNATELY, DESPITE EDDIE’S ATTENDANCE @ THAT GAME AS A HOOKIE PLAYING HS SENIOR IN THE STANDS, HE MISSES OUT ON THE ORIGINAL MONIKER. THOUGH, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE HIS STORY IS MUCH MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THAT SEASON’S TEAM(FAN ATTENDS OPENING GAME, IS STARTING 1B IN SEASON ENDING GAME.)

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