Ex-Mets Jay Hook and Craig Anderson showed class with this answer. Many of us weren’t around for the 1962 Mets. We don’t have much, if any, attachment to the record-setting year.

Craig took the mound for the Mets on April 11, 1962 in an eventual 11-4 loss to the Cardinals in St. Louis. Craig went 10-24 for the team, which finished 40-120, a modern record for futility that ...

As the Mets set a modern record for futility by finishing 40-120, Stengel would often ask Craig to skip his between-starts throwing session. “MISTER Craig,” Stengel would say.

Roger Craig, who started the first game in Mets franchise history, has died. He was 93-years-old. The news was announced Sunday afternoon by the San Francisco Giants. Craig took the mound for the ...