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Dec 8, 2021
MLB: Mets Acquire Former Batting Champ Richie Ashburn
Dec. 8, 1961 - The New York Mets today acquired another slightly aged though still highly capable player they expect to give their club...
Nov 30, 2021
WOR-TV Likely Network for New York Mets Games in '62
Nov. 30, 1961 - New York stations WOR-TV and WOR radio said today they had reached “major portions of agreement” in negotiations to...
Nov 23, 2021
Casey Stengel Expounds on the Spitball
Nov. 23, 1961 - New York Mets manager Casey Stengel said today he couldn’t see what all the fuss was about the spitball. “If the pitchers...
Nov 16, 2021
The New York Mets Have a Logo
Nov. 16, 1961 - The New York Mets gave a $1,000 check to Ray Gotto, a cartoonist, for submitting the prize-winning emblem for the new...
Oct 10, 2021
Baseball’s New Clubs Pick First Players
Oct. 10, 1961 - At a combined cost of $3,650,000, the New York Mets and the Houston Colts today fished 45 players out of the 136-player...
Oct 6, 2021
Casey Stengel Holds Court
Oct. 6, 1961 - Casey Stengel, who will manage the New York Mets next season, expounded today on matters ranging from the 1964 World's...
Oct 6, 2021
Mets Sign Lease for New Stadium
Oct. 6, 1961 - The New York Mets, who will play their first National League season in the Polo Grounds next year, signed a 30-year lease...
Sep 29, 2021
Stengel to Manage Mets in 1962
Sept. 29, 1961 - Casey Stengel, 71, agreed today to a one-year contract as manager of the New York Mets, the new National League club...
Aug 24, 2021
Stengel May Manage Mets in '62
Aug. 24, 1961 - There are new indications that Casey Stengel will become the manager of the New York club that will start play in the...
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