CHICAGO -- The Mets were the first visiting team to play in Houston following Hurricane Harvey, spending their off-day there helping community members in need. Next week, they will become the first visiting team to play in Miami following Hurricane Irma.
Their contributions to disaster relief will not end there. The Mets announced that they will hold a hurricane relief drive next week at Citi Field to help those affected in Houston and Florida, in conjunction with Queens borough president Melinda Katz.
"Mets fans and all New Yorkers want to help the Hurricane victims in Texas and Florida just like the rest of the country helped us pull through Superstorm Sandy," Mets chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon said in a statement, referring to the storm that wreaked havoc on the tristate area in 2012.