Past and Present: The Rockies and The Mets

The New York Mets hold a special place in the history of the Colorado Rockies, on a sunny, slightly windy early April day in 1993, the Rockies played their first major league game ever against the Mets at Shea Stadium. With expansion draft pick David Nied on the mound, the Rockies held off the Mets for the first three innings, despite several valiant attempts on behalf of the Mets to get runners across the plate from scoring position. At the top of the 3rd it even looked like the Rockies might have the chance to score their first run as a ball club, but alas, the team ended up getting shut out as the Mets managed to score three runs on eight hits. For a first game, it was not quite what Don Baylor and the rest of the Rockies had hoped, but the team was well underway. It would take another week and a half for the Rockies to get their first win against the Mets, this time in front of a home crowd at Mile High Stadium. After the first few losses, the Rockies held an advantage against the Mets, going 29-19 against the Mets from 1993 to [...]

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