The Chicago Cubs have done their part to make it an October to remember. Now the Mets must follow suit on Thursday night in Los Angeles to give Major League Baseball its most memorable National League Championship Series in the event’s history.
The reminders of 1969 are all over the place. That year, the Mets and Cubs were intertwined all season since both were in the NL East in the first season of divisional play. The Mets were chasing a powerful Cubs team for about four months that season, and that’s when the Tom Seaver-Jerry Koosman-Gary Gentry-Nolan Ryan pitching staff hit full stride and put the heat on the Cubs’ memorable lineup.