Adding another entry to his record-shattering Mets resume, Alonso became just the third Met to go deep in an All-Star Game ...

New York Mets history is full of Cy Young winners. Thanks to Tom Seaver, the franchise got an early head start on compiling those trophies. Several Mets players ...

I don't recall how old I was when my parents took me to my first Cubs game in old Wrigley Field, but I vividly remember two things about that game. The first was how the field first revealed itself to ...

There’s the old adage that teams are never as good as when they are playing their best and never as bad as when they are ...

"I’ll get him out of there." The Reds were opening a series against the Mets, who had three lefty starters lined up, ...

Near the pitcher’s mound, Mets catcher Jerry Grote jumped into the arms of the winning pitcher, Jerry Koosman. Tom Seaver rushed out of the dugout. Third baseman Ed Charles celebrated along with ...

FILE – In this Oct. 16, 1969 file photo, New York Mets catcher Jerry Grote, right, embraces pitcher Jerry Koosman as Ed Charles, left, joins the celebration after the Mets defeated the Baltimore ...

New York Mets catcher Jerry Grote, right, embraces pitcher Jerry Koosman as Ed Charles, left, joins the celebration after the Mets defeated the Baltimore Orioles in the clinching Game 5 of the ...

Gerald “Jerry” Wayne Grote, the starting catcher on the 1969 World Series champion New York Mets and longtime staple at Shea Stadium, died Sunday. He was 81. During the Miracle Mets run to ...

Jerry Grote, 1969 Miracle Mets' catcher, dies at 81 A two-time All-Star, Grote played 16 seasons in the majors and batted .252 with 39 home runs and 404 RBI.

Jerry Grote, a former New York Mets catcher who won a World Series with the team, died at a Texas hospital on Sunday, according to a team spokesman. He was 81.