Barry
October 4, 2004
This was the first game that I saw at the Polo Grounds. Somewhat stargazed, not so much by the Mets whom I loved out of sentiment, but because of the ex-Brooklyn players on the LA roster; the Dodgers appeared to be heading to the World Series. [They lost to the Giants in a playoff]. Maury Wills broke Ty Cobb's season record for stolen bases, and I believe that he stole three in this game. In batting practice, Frank Howard reached the right field bleacher on a bounce, and Duke Snider pulled a ball into the second deck of the right field grandstand. Craig Anderson, who was about the luckless of all the Met pitchers, failed to arise to the occasion, despite my cheers.

James Mack
October 4, 2005
It was a good year. National League baseball was was returning to N.Y. I had arranged for a group of co-workers and friends to go to the game. It was also Old-Timers Day, and the heroes of my youth would be there: Jackie, Gil, Duke and Pee Wee.

In eary June I started dating a lovely girl named Flo. We had a lot in common and our relationship started to blossom. One night Flo said, "I have to attend a wedding on July 14th., will you escort me?" I hesitated for a second and said, "No, I have to go to the Mets game on that day."

"You're kidding." she said. "Well, if you won't take me I'll go with someone else." I started to think should I go to the wedding with a girl I really liked, or should I go to the game? Mets or Flo? Flo or the Mets? I went to the game.

I'm sitting there in the old Polo Grounds saying to myself, "What am I doing here? The Mets are being crushed, and my girl is dancing with someone else." Later that evening Flo called me and we decided to meet. We agreed that we wouldn't date anyone else as we were made for each other. Flo said, "From now on, we'll go to the Mets games together."

That was 43 years ago, and my wife Flo and I are still rabid, enthusiastic Mets fans.

Jim Eckert
February 8, 2011
I did not attend this game but I remember the newspaper account. The account mentioned there was an Old-Timer's Game preceeding this game, and went on to say that afterwards "then the Mets went out against the Dodgers and played like old old old timers".

No wonder of course. The score - just look at it!

Scores of some other Dodger wins over the Mets that season were 17-8, 13-6, 16-5. I dreaded Mets-Dodgers games their first 3 seasons - 2-16, 2-16, 3-15 for a 7-47 record 1962-64. In 1965 they finally solved the Dodgers and were a "respectable" 6-12 against them.

David Robbins
October 16, 2015
My whole family went to this game. I was ten years old. My father born and raised in Brooklyn was thrilled to have NL baseball return to NYC. The "Dodgers" had ceased to exist upon Walter O'Malley uprooting the team to LA. From that point forward my father would only refer to that team as "the Los Angeles team."

There was, if my memory serves me right, an Old Timers Game that preceded this game (unless that was the Mets game we saw in '63 - it been a while). My older brother Tom, kept score and I still have the scorecard! The Amazings got crushed.

I remember my brother and his best friend Peter Kaiser, who was also with us, chanted "Go, go, go!" with a large contingent of fans each time Maury Wills got on base.

For the rest of that 1962 Summer, I spent many hours batting rocks with a splintered bat, going through each lineup from that July 14th game. I've been a diehard Mets fan ever since, and so are my kids Nicole and Reubem. In fact, even though I felt devastated and betrayed by M. Donald Grant trading Tom Seaver, I recovered to become (I'm pretty certain) the only human on the planet having a scrapbook of the 1978 Mets.

I write these words on the Friday before Game 1 of the 2015 NLCS. The Mets have a chance to go all the way. This I know because the Mets have a whole lot of soul!

David Robbins, Met fan

Rob Sheinkopf
March 14, 2019
I hope my memory of this game is correct. This was my first major league game at age 11...as I grew up in Syracuse and we were in NYC for my (much older) cousin’s wedding. My father took my brother and me to the game. We sat in the right field upper deck and the Mets lost to the Dodgers by a very lopsided score, and Roger Craig may have pitched. Beforehand the Mets held an Old Timers game and re-enacted Ralph Blanca pitching to Bobby Thomson, who popped out. But I vaguely remember they gave him a second chance. I hope these memories are correct.

John Creamer
May 19, 2019
I was supposed to attend this game, but my appendix flared up and I spent the weekend in the hospital, while my father, grandfather, and two brothers went. I contented myself with watching it through a glass wall in the children’s wing of the hospital. I remember that Duke Snider or someone threw the ball he caught for the final out in the OT game up and over the roof of the ballpark. I remember Richie Ashburn saving face a little for the Mets in the real gane with his 3-run HR. Weird thing I recall too was how although the Dodgers came in to play the Mets on Friday and Saturday, the Giants played the Mets on Sunday (and I think Monday). Weird scheduling.

Ed Feinberg
June 30, 2020
My 14th birthday was July 15 1962. I went to the game with my father and younger brother. I was and still am a big Dodger fan from their days in Brooklyn. Duke Snider was my favorite player. Seeing the old timers was thrilling. They invited the upcoming Hall of Fame inductees- Zack Wheat, Bill Mckechnie. Rube Marquade. The Dodgers killed the Mets 17-3. Rich Ashburn hit a home run and hit .308 that season, then retired (said he couldn't take the losing). Stan Williams pitched a complete game. Of course he later broke our Dodgers hearts in the playoff against the Giants , just like happened in 51. Maybe if Sandy didn't have to shut down the last couple of months of the season things would have been different!.

Bill Rubinstein
March 2, 2021
I was 15 and went to this game. The Dodgers beat the Mets 17-3 as I recall. However my biggest memory of the game was of the Old Timers game beforehand. I was sitting in the Polo Grounds bleachers. Playing centerfield at that 2 inning game was Edd Roush, who was the NL batting champion on 1917 and 1919, and had just been elected to the Hall of Fame. He was in good shape for a 69 year old - he lived to be 95- and I wondered why Casey Stengel didn't hire him for the Mets- he couldn't have been any worse than the actual Mets. Also, he was the happiest man I've ever seen, with a big smile- he was 29 again, for a few minutes, anyway.

Bill Fairbairn
June 14, 2023
This game ticket was my main 13th birthday present. My dad was a lifelong Dodger fan so that was passed on to me at an early age. I remember how excited I was to see some of the remaining Bums still on the team. Couple of memories: Chuck Connors of the Rifleman was there. He had been a Dodger farmhand. He came out with his rifle and let off some blanks in a goofy skit. Stan Williams hit a home run into the lower left field bleachers below where we were sitting. And then broke my heart in blowing the final playoff game against the Giants. Still have my tickets from the game.