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The Mets At a Glance

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First Game: April 11, 1962. 11-4 loss to the Cardinals in St. Louis.

Homes: Polo Grounds 1962-63; Shea Stadium 1964-present.

Managers: Casey Stengel 1962-65; Wes Westrum 1965-67; Salty Parker 1967; Gil Hodges 1968-71; Yogi Berra 1972-75; Roy McMillan 1975; Joe Frazier 1976-77; Joe Torre 1977-81; George Bamberger 1982-83; Frank Howard 1983; Davey Johnson 1984-90; Bud Harrelson 1990-91; Mike Cubbage 1991; Jeff Torborg 1992-93; Dallas Green 1993-96; Bobby Valentine 1996-present.

Greatest Moment:

Won the 1969 World Series, 4 games to 1, over the heavily favored Orioles, marking a stunning turnaround for a team that never had finished higher than ninth.

Other Memorable Moments:

-- One out from losing the 1986 World Series, the Mets won Game 6 as Mookie Wilson's grounder rolled through Bill Buckner's legs and went on to take the Series in Game 7.

-- Clinched the 1986 National League pennant with a 7-6 win over the Astros in 16 innings -- the longest postseason game in history.

-- Won the 1973 National League pennant after having been in last place, 111/2 games back, on Aug. 5.

-- Tom Seaver, winner of three Cy Young Awards as a Met, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1992.

-- Dwight Gooden, 20, went 24-4 with a 1.53 earned run average and became the youngest Cy Young Award winner in 1985.

-- Won the first regular-season game against the Yankees, 6-0, June 16, 1997.

Do You Remember?

-- In the second game of a doubleheader on May 31, 1964, the Mets and Giants played a 23-inning game (the Mets lost, 6-4).

-- The Phillies' Jim Bunning pitched a perfect game at Shea on Father's Day, 1964. No Met ever has pitched a no-hitter.

-- 1988 was the club's third 100-win regular season (after 1969 and 1986).

-- Hobie Landrith, the catcher who was the first player chosen by the Mets in the expansion draft, was traded for Marv Throneberry.

-- At the 1961 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Casey Stengel said of his new team: ``The Mets are gonna be amazin'.''

Moments to Forget

-- The Nolan Ryan trade.

-- The Tom Seaver trade.

-- 120 losses in 1962, which weren't as charming at the time as they seem in retrospect.

-- Mike Scioscia's homer in Game 4 turned the 1988 League Championship Series to the Dodgers.

-- Anthony Young's 27 straight losses.

-- The firecracker episode, the bleach episode and a last-place finish in 1993.

The Final Word: ``Ya Gotta Believe!''

-- Tug McGraw on the 1973 season (reprised by Karl Ehrhardt, ``The Sign Man'')