In baseball terms, the 1969 Mets were defined by a corps of elite young pitchers. But more broadly, there might have been no more apt symbol of those underdogs for the ages than their slightly built ...
It takes all kinds, and the 1969 Mets had them, from the glamorously terrific Tom Seaver to the scrappy Bud Harrelson to all manner of kids, veterans, role players and indispensable cogs in between.
The 1969 Topps baseball card set isn't always included in the "iconic" lists, or listed as one of the most important sets ever produced, and that's ok - it wasn't. It does, however, include some very ...
Mike Walseth played 10 years of pro ball, six of them in the Mexican League.