The New York Mets are going to the playoffs! For the first time in franchise history, the newest team in the Big Apple clinched a playoff berth. It all took place on September 24, 1969, in a game that probably shouldn’t have gone down the way it did.
But this was the 1969 Mets. On paper, they weren’t the best team in the league. When they showed up to the field, they proved otherwise.
The Mets clinched their first playoff berth by beating up on a future Hall of Famer
The pitching matchup favored the Mets opponent in this one, the St.