Great New York Mets Quotes

The Mets are my favorite team in all of sports and they always have been. There have been a lot of very funny things said about them over the years, mostly derogatory. Sports Quotation Man has put a list together of some of the all-time great Mets quotes.

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Great New York Mets Quotes

"200 million Americans and there ain't two good catchers among 'em."
--Casey Stengel, on the 1962 New York Mets

"There will be two buses to the park from the hotel. The two o'clock bus is for those who nee a little extra work. Then there will be an empty bus leaving at five o'clock."
--Casey Stengel, on the '62 Mets

"For me, I was always a Met at heart."
--Dwight Gooden

"If one pitcher is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million words, but more than that, you have seen an absolutely bizarre finish to Game 6 of 1986 World Series."
-Vin Scully

"The reason we won was him. He made us all better."
--Bud Harrelson, on Gil Hodges and the '69 Mets

"The Mets have gotten their lead off batter on base only once this inning"
--Ralph Kiner

"Right here on CBS, we have 'The Ghost Whisperer'. Each week she runs errands for dead people. And on tonight's episode, she books vacations for the Mets."
--David Letterman


"Growing up rooting for the Mets, it's an honor and very special for a kid from Brooklyn."
-John Franco, on being inducted into the Mets HOF

"We've had him three full seasons and although he's a hell of a prospect, he hasn't done it for us. How long can you wait?"
--Bob Scheffing, Mets GM, on trading Nolan Ryan

"Rule #1, you don't make the third out at third base with Mike Piazza coming up."
--Bobby Valentine


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Willie Mays Mets Trivia Answers

How well do you remember Willie Mays as a Met? Here are the answers to Willie Mays Mets Trivia. If you know the Say Hey Kid and you know the Mets, you should do well on Willie Mays Mets trivia---check out the answers.

1) C---Mays was traded to the Mets in 1973

2) C--Mays was traded to the Mets for Charlie Williams

3) B---Reds pitcher Don Gullett gave up Mays 660th and final home run

4) B--The Mets lost the 1973 World Series to the Oakland A's in seven games

5) A---Fellow Hall of Famer Yogi Berra was the Mets manager during Mays tenure with the Mets

6) D--Tug McGraw, quirky and effective Met reliever, came up with the term Ya Gotta Believe during the 1973 pennant race

7) A--After the Bud Harrleson/Pete Rose fight in the NLCS, the pitcher who came out who joined Mays and several other position players was Tom Seaver

8) D---Willie was making $165,000 when he was traded to the Mets. Can you imagine what he would  make today.

9) B---The player who willingly gave up the Number 24 for Willie Mays was Jim Beauchamp

10--A--The Met owner who really  wanted Mays to end his career with the Mets was Joan Payson

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