No they won at the polo grounds
The Mets won their fourth game of the two World Series they won (1969, 1986) at Shea Stadium in New York.
1964 The slogan was "Home at last!: I had a sweatshirt with that when I was a kid, here's a link to a picture of it.: http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a315/Bogframe/Worlds%20Fair%20Photos/homeatlast.jpg
Jim Bunning pitched a perfect game on June 21, 1964, at Shea Stadium in the first game of a double-header. Bunning threw 90 pitches with 10 strikeouts for a 6-0 win over the Mets.
The first game at Shea was played on Friday 4/17/64. The Prates beat the Mets 4-3 on a Bill Mazeroski single in the top of the 9th inning off Ed Bauta who relieved starting pitcher Jack Fisher. Bob Friend, a future Met, started and won for the Pirates. Willie Stargell of the Pirates hit the only HR in the game. After another loss the next day, the Mets won the third game played at Shea behind Alvin Jackson's 6 hit shutout. After a series of rainouts, the 4th game at Shea was played. Although the Mets lost to the Cubs, Ron Hunt hit the first Mets HR against Dick Ellsworth in the 8th inning.
1,856 wins, 1,709 losses and five ties. courtesy metsilverman.com
The main headline was The New York Mets vs. the Boston Red Sox in the world series. what made it so special is that it went to game 7. And while they were the underdog the Mets pulled of a world series win at Shea Stadium. Check this article out this is where I found it.
The Mets won 40 games in their first season in 1962.
The New York Mets won their first game in franchise history on April 23, 1962 in Pittsburgh by the score of 9-1. The win gave them a win loss record of 1-9.
Bill Buckner
Yes, say it's 6-2 Mets over astros going into the 8th then the Mets blow the lead and the Astros are winning 8-6 but in the top of the ninth the mets rally and win that reliever who blew the game originally would get the win as long as he was in the game when the mets took the lead in the ninth.
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The New York Mets (4) beat the Boston Red Sox (3) in game 7 of the 1986 World Series.