in which the Mets upset the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles in five games. After his only season in New York, DiLauro was selected by the Houston Astros in the Rule 5 draft on Dec. 1, 1969.

Ed Kranepool, who jumped from a Bronx high school to the big leagues with the original Mets at the age of 17 ... as a senior ...

July 4 - Evidence suggests the 1969 New York Mets were amazing because of the five-man rotation. This is going to hurt all those Chicago Cubs fans out there - and as the Colorado Rockies found out ...