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The Mets Could Have Been Named The Avengers

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A bottle of champagne is ceremoniously tapped by a bat in the hands of Mrs. Charles Payson majority stockholder, at a party in New York's Savoy Hilton Hotel May 8, 1961 to officially christen the New York National League Baseball team as the"Mets." The jovial christening guests are, left to right, George Weiss, club president; Warren Giles, National League President; Ford Frick; baseball commissioner; Mrs. Joan Payson, and Don Grant, "Mets" board chairman. Woman in background is unidentified. (AP Photo)

A bottle of champagne is ceremoniously tapped by a bat in the hands of Mrs. Charles Payson majority stockholder, at a party in New York’s Savoy Hilton Hotel May 8, 1961 to officially christen the New York National League Baseball team as the”Mets.” The jovial christening guests are, left to right, George Weiss, club president; Warren Giles, National League President; Ford Frick; baseball commissioner; Mrs. Joan Payson, and Don Grant, “Mets” board chairman. Woman in background is unidentified. (AP Photo)

Did you know Avengers was once considered for the name of the team that became the Mets? This was back in 1961, two years before Stan Lee and Jack Kirby released the first comic book featuring The Avengers. Are they supposed to be avenging the relocation of the Dodgers and Giants from Brooklyn and New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco, respectively? It doesn’t seem like a great name for a baseball team, but maybe that’s just because we now associate it with the comic book. Continue reading →