The New York Mets baseball team was founded in 1962. The “METS” backronym of “Most Exciting Team in Sports” has been used infrequently since at least 2000.
“My Entire Team Sucks” is another backronym on the “Mets” team name.
Wikipedia: New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in New York City. They play in Flushing, in the Borough of Queens. The Mets are a member of the National League East Division of Major League Baseball (MLB). The Mets are one of two MLB clubs based in New York, the other being the New York Yankees.
One of baseball’s first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York’s departed National League teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants.
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Ed Hines
4/3/00
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Haha that’s s good one. Never heard of it lol RT @xQuisite_J0: #NEGATIVE METS = Most Exciting Team in Sports (cont) http://tl.gd/bh0dn2
8:54 PM - 3 Jul 2011
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My.Entire.Team.Sucks is currently trending as the Most.Exciting.Team in Sports! #Mets
8:51 PM - 1 Jun 2012
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William Hartz
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6:49 PM - 26 Sep 2015
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Brian Dangerously E
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Most Exciting Team in Sports! (METS) #LGM
7:05 PM - 31 Oct 2015
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May 12, 2016
espn Watch out, Bartolo Colon! Fellow Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard smacked TWO home runs tonight. [Credit: Chris Carlson/AP Photo]
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chad2.00Ik they’re the metropolitan club but when pitchers smacking homers they deserve to at least b temporarily known as the most exciting team in sports METS
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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