The Story of New York Mets

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6 M e t s LOVABLE LOSERS n 1609 British adventurer Henry Hudson sailing on behalf of a Dutch trading company crossed the Atlantic Ocean and explored the American coast from what is now Maine to New York This area was in his words as pleasant a land as one can tread upon Hudson’s positive reports convinced a group of Dutch settlers in 1624 to establish the colony of New Amsterdam along the mid-Atlantic coast The British took over New Amsterdam in the 1660s and renamed it to honor the Duke of York Although New York City was located in the northern part of the United States it quickly grew to become the country’s center of business culture and media New York also became an important American center for sports especially baseball In 1883 a professional team called the New York Metropolitans was established as part of an early league the American Association That franchise lasted for only a few years but its name was revived in 1962 when Major League Baseball agreed to establish a new National League NL team in New York The Metropolitans or I