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The Mets name is short for Metropolitans ... New York is part of the Metropolitan area or better known as the Tri- State this region of the United States has the denies population and encompasses three States New York ,Northern New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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It's because the New York market is large enough to support two teams -- one in the National League and one in the American League. In fact, there were three teams in the area -- the Yankees, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants -- until 1958. When the Dodgers and the Giants moved to the West Coast, the Mets were created in 1962 to fill the void in the National League.

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Beleive it ornot people in New York are refered to as Metropolitans, and so the nickname for them is METS!!!! so they named a team after it

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Well, because my dads a big fan, because when he was young, in the 80s , he saw the mets win the World Series and decided to like them.

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team naming contest. short for the Metropolitan Baseball Club of New York.

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