New York Mets
The New York Metropolitan Baseball Club has reined as one of New York’s shining moments since 1959 when William Shea, Esq., announced the formation of a third major league. The Continental League disbanded in 1960 and the Mets were four of the franchises which were accepted to the National and American leagues as expansion franchises. The shortening of the team’s name to Mets was gladly accepted by the press and the public. In the first expansion draft in the history of the National League, the Mets spent $1.8 million to draft 22 players.