The Mets would play the St. Louis Cardinals on April 11th, 1962. This was their very first opening day game and took place on the road. They would lose this game by a score of 11-4. _________________________________________
As read by Bob Murphy:
Batting first, Centerfielder....
Batting Second, the shortstop...
Batting Third, second baseman...
Batting in the cleanup position, left fielder...
Batting fifth, the right fielder...
And batting sixth for the Mets, first baseman
Batting seventh and playing third...
Batting eight, the catcher...
Starting pitcher for the Mets, warming up in the bullpen...
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Leader card: 1963 Mets '62 Pitching leaders:
Now maybe you can see what I mean by early Met leader cards looking funny. Meh, it is what it is. Gotta take the bad with the good. '62 leader cards have been added to the '63 Fantazy Met Card page.
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CREDITS:
>Gus Bells '62 card image provided by Fat-Jack at
Baseball-Birthdays.com.
>Don Zimmers '62 card image was provided by Batmagadanleadoff at
The Crane Pool Forum.
