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Happy Birthday, Mets

MFS62 Oct 16 2005 03:28 PM

On this date (October 16) in 1960 - The NL votes to admit Houston and New York to the league, the first structural change since 1900. You can add your birthday wishes here. Later

SwitchHitter Oct 16 2005 03:45 PM

Happy birthday, Mets. I'd wish my team a happy birthday, but they weren't born until the 'Dome was built.

mlbaseballtalk Oct 16 2005 04:09 PM

What Annie, you don't reconige the fine history of the Colt '45s? =;)

KC Oct 16 2005 04:13 PM

I was going to post the same thing - I think of them as the same team.

cooby Oct 16 2005 09:22 PM

Today would have been my aunt's 88th birthday. Love to her and the Mets.

seawolf17 Oct 16 2005 09:42 PM

Happy Birthday Mets, Cooby's late aunt, and Kevin McReynolds, still my favorite Met ever.

Valadius Oct 16 2005 10:07 PM

Happy 45th Metsies!!!

G-Fafif Oct 17 2005 12:58 AM

Not to throw cold water on the birthday cake, but aren't we celebrating the conception of the Mets rather than the birth? Whether life begins at conception is an issue best debated in another forum. Either way, happy milestone anniversary Metsies.

mlbaseballtalk Oct 17 2005 06:04 PM

G-Fafif wrote: Not to throw cold water on the birthday cake, but aren't we celebrating the conception of the Mets rather than the birth? Whether life begins at conception is an issue best debated in another forum. Either way, happy milestone anniversary Metsies. HAHAHAHA! LMAROTF If ya want to be TECHNICAL about it, Conception probably was when Branch Rickey and company formally announced the formation of the "Contintental League" which the franchise that would be the Mets (not sure off hand if the Payson family or Bill Shea were attached at this point though) was a prominent part of. So this was probably the start of the gestation period if ya want to be technical about these things! =;) Steve

G-Fafif Oct 17 2005 07:39 PM

mlbaseballtalk wrote: If ya want to be TECHNICAL about it, Conception probably was when Branch Rickey and company formally announced the formation of the "Contintental League" I'm thinkin' that was the seduction process, Branch getting the National League drunk on antitrust threats.

sharpie Oct 18 2005 09:47 AM

Maybe the short 6 month gestation period explains the '62 season.