The New York Mets baseball club has a colorful and interesting history in the National League since their 1962 charter, joining baseball as an expansion club. They became original members of the East Division in 1969 at the advent of divisional play. Playing in the New York City borough of Queens, the Mets have won two World Series titles, four league pennants, five division crowns and also made the postseason as Wild Cup entrants two times. They’ve been the darlings of Queens and much of the Northeast of the country quite often, selling a ton of New York Mets tickets along the way.

For the first several years of the ballclub’s existence, the New York Mets were known as a collection of lovable losers, to the point where original manager Casey Stengel – the beloved retired Yankees manager who’d been hired out of retirement – once lamented “Can’t anybody here play this game?” In fact, the team sold a lot of New York Mets tickets probably because they were so lovable and entertaining when they were losing.

1969 would prove to be the year of the Mets, with the ball club going on to World Series glory, taking the crown in a stunning World Series defeat of the heavily-favored Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 1. They’d storm into the playoffs winning 38 of their last 49 games and winning 100 in total while earning the honorific “Miracle Mets” or “Amazin’ Mets,” which they truly were. All during that run, sales of New York Mets tickets were very strong.

For a few seasons after their miracle year, the Mets would stay in the hunt but would fail to put it together again until 1973, when they went from last place in the division at the end of August to first place, after winning 21 of their final 29 game, storming into the playoffs and making it to the World Series, where they’d extend the powerhouse Oakland Athletics to seven games before finally conceding defeat, though they’d sold plenty of New York Mets tickets in the regular and postseasons.

1986 would mark the return to dominance of the team, with all-world pitcher Dwight Gooden and company leading the club to a stirring comeback from the brink of death in that year’s World Series, when a ball struck by pinch hitter Mookie Wilson dribbled through the legs of Boston Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner to give the Mets a come-from-behind victory in Game 6. They’d finally put the Sox down for good in Game 7.

The Mets would experience a slight hangover in 1987, though they’d once again take their division in 1988, losing to the Dodgers in the league championship. Fine ball was played all season, and Gooden joined other players like Darryl Strawberry and David Cone in helping to put together a climate where New York Mets tickets were eagerly sought after.

For much of the next decade, the Mets would experience an equal number of highs and lows, though the nicest high would be just around the corner by 1998, when they acquired All Star catcher Mike Piazza and barely missed making the playoffs. That would change in 1999, when the club – powered by Piazza and second baseman Edgardo Alfonzo -- would lead the club to the postseason as a Wild Card entrant and selling many New York Mets tickets.

After experiencing notable success that year, the Mets once again made the World Series in 2000, playing the famed “Subway Series” against the New York Yankees. Their Wild Card run would feature strong performances by Piazza and Derek Bell.

The years since have featured some strong seasons, a couple of weaker seasons and a division title in 2006 on the backs of players like Carlos Beltran and Tom Glavine. Very strong play would be the norm, with 2009 being very interesting due to a rash of injuries to the likes of Carlos Delgado and Johan Santana. For 2010, the club intends to compete for regular and postseason glory, and will rely heavily on players like Luis Castillo, Carlos Beltran and Mike Pelfry. It could be a very good year, indeed.