Ultimate Mets Database: Game of October 12, 1969

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Orioles 4, Mets 1 1969 World Series Game 2
October 12, 1969
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October 14, 1969
Mets 5, Orioles 0

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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE OCTOBER 12, 1969 GAME:

Howard Levy
April 13, 2001
We couldn't get tickets for the games at Shea, so my father drove us from Far Rockaway, Queens to Baltimore to see the game. Incredably, it wasn't sold out..(Baltimore isn't a sports town). My family stood where the left field stands meet the foul line during batting practice. We had Mets banners and were yelling encouraging words to the players. Reliever Ron Taylor threw my Dad a ball during practice. We were the only Mets fans at that game. During the game, a local fan paraded through the aisles with a sign that said "Save The Railroad." My father, a Brooklynite, shouted "Forget the railroad. You betta save the Orioles from the Mets!!!"

ClassicMets
October 11, 2017
Jerry Koosman held the Orioles hitless through the first six innings and the Mets won their first World Series game. Donn Clendenon homered and Al Weis got an RBI single to break a tie in the top of the ninth. In the 7th, Ed Charles made an outstanding grab of Dave Johnsonâ€™s hard grounder for an inning-ending force play. This was one of many defensive gems turned by the Mets in the Series that got overshadowed by the catches Agee and Swoboda made over the next two games. Charles looked much like his third base counterpart, Brooks Robinson, on the play. He was even wearing the same uniform #5 in front of the Baltimore crowd! Edâ€™s stellar stop was a sign of things to come at Shea later in the week.

Larry’s (Fond) Mets Memories
March 14, 2022
Recent talk about banning The Shift set off this legendary memory: Didn’t Mgr. Hodges send Al Weis from 2B to the OF in the B-9, G2 of the 1969 WS?Yes, specifically LF, w/2out & nobody on and Frank Robinson at bat. Jerry Koosman pitched around him, so either way Robbie was denied a EBH. After Boog Powell walks, Gil waves-in Ron Taylor, who runs a 3&1 count to Brooks Robinson. This is where the Mets came dangerously close to blowing it: Brooksie swings through a pitch that would’ve been a third consecutive walk. On 3&2 with the runners moving, Taylor induces a grounder to 3rd, a tricky multi-hopper. Ed Charles is tempted to step on 3rd-base for the force-out, but judges quickly that Frank Robinson is slightly ahead of him. However, he makes a short-hop throw to 1st, where Donn Clendenon, proving furthermore why he was WS-MVP, scoops it up, averting a now-unthinkable ending.

The 1969 Mets were known for their youth, but look at 4 of the aforementioned: the vets, with their experience & knowledge delivered under this crucible.

That entire 9th inning is one of the most dramatic in history, with 2 of the subjects playing a crucial role in T-9: 3 consecutive singles with 2 out off Dave McNally, starting with Ed & ending with Al’s GWr. -in-between which was Jerry Grote’s ditto.

This was the most crucial of the 4 wins : if the Mets fail to hang on, the WS returns to Baltimore the next weekend, where anything could’ve happened. Thanx to these heroes, we will, mercifully, never know!

NYB Buff
March 16, 2022
Larry, you described the ninth inning very well, but you were off on one fact. It was pinch-runner Merv Rettenmund who moved to third base and forced Charles to throw to first. As for the shift, it's gotten a bit out of hand and probably should be banned. Putting Weis into the outfield wasn't really necessary, was it?

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