WEST POINT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Mets are returning to West Point to play Army in an exhibition game for the first time in 33 years.
The Mets announced Wednesday that the game will be held at Doubleday Field at Johnson Stadium on March 31 at 3 p.m.
“We are excited to have the New York Mets back at West Point before the start of the 2017 Major League Baseball season,” Army athletics director Boo Corrigan said in a news release. “We would like to thank the Mets owners — Fred and Jeff Wilpon, Saul Katz and General Manager Sandy Alderson for renewing this long standing tradition of us hosting a professional baseball organization.