The New York Mets have only reached the playoffs nine different times since 1962, but when they make it, they’ve typically made it worth the wait. Out of those nine playoff appearances, New York has reached the World Series five times, came within one win of the Fall Classic two times (1988 and 2006), and came within two wins of it on one other occasion (1999). The only time they were...
The 2000 New York Mets qualified for the postseason as the National League’s wildcard team, in the time when there was only one wildcard entrant per league. Their first round opponent was the San Francisco Giants, who had the best regular season record in all of baseball at 97-65. The best-of-five series began in San Francisco, where the two teams split the first two games. In Game Two,...
Mike Piazza and Mariano Rivera. The greatest hitting catcher and the greatest closer. It was the bottom of the ninth at Shea Stadium in Game 5 of the first all-New York Fall Classic since 1956. The Mets trailed the Yankees 4-2 on the scoreboard and 3-1 in the series. With a man on base, the tying run was at the plate — represented by a person easily capable of delivering such a swift...
Cue the Baha Men. The Mets embraced this one-hit wonder musical group’s top track during the postseason, as most of the country did in the summer. They even allowed them to alter “Who Let the Dogs Out?” with a Mets theme. And speaking of things that were confined to the year 2000, Mike Hampton in New York had already been considered a success by the time October arrived. He was...
