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April 15, 1972
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Ed K
March 20, 2007
First time the Mets opened a season against defending World champs. Seaver and Tug shutout the Pirates at Shea.

Doug Brogowski
April 11, 2008
This was the delayed season opener, delayed by the brief players' strike. It was also the first game after the sudden death of Manager Gil Hodges, just a week or two earlier. The team was still in shock.

Joe Figliola
July 10, 2009
Just found out that a partial video of this game exists. Regardless of completion, I would love to see the Mets Classics guys air this one. Wow!

Stu Baron
December 12, 2023
Watching the NBC Sports telecast with Sandy Koufax on YouTube. The first game as Mets for Rusty Staub and Jim Fregosi.

Nearly 52 years later, it’s still hard to accept that they traded the generational talents of Nolan Ryan and Ken Singleton for these older players.



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