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Greatest Mets Opening Day Moments

With a winning percentage of .656 over 61 openers, no major-league team is better at making a first impression than the New York Mets. And this after losing their first eight. The start of the regular season is cause for fans to celebrate, and Mets fans have celebrated more often than others. With 40 wins in the last 53 years, the only thing we can usually count on is a Mets victory....

OTD 1998: Unlikely Hero Caps 14-Inning Opening Day Win

The old saying goes that the baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. But it took just one game into the 1998 season for the Mets to feel like they had already done a marathon. At least they could celebrate when it ended. In a 1-0 victory over the Phillies that took 14 innings and more than four hours to complete, a Mets catcher supplied the necessary offense. Not Mike Piazza — he was two...