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A fan waving a Palestinian flag runs in the outfield during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the New York Mets, September 11, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
September 12, 2026, 10:25 am
Man with Palestinian flag runs on field at 9:11 in 9/11 NY ball game, is pelted with beer cans
Crowd chants ‘USA’ as security quickly tackles him, removes him from field; ceremonial 1st pitch thrown by couple who met at summer camp for kids who lost a parent in the attacks
By ToI Staff and Agencies
New York Mets' Mark Vientos reacts after hitting a two-run walkoff home run during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, September 6, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
September 15, 2024, 4:12 pm
New York Mets player stumps fans with botched Hebrew tattoo
Mark Vientos’s shirtless celebration reveals ink that seemingly refers to New Testament verse
By ToI Staff
Rapper Matisyahu holds up a matzah ball ahead of the opening pitch at a New York Mets game at Citi Field on September 3, 2023. (Video screenshot used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
September 6, 2023, 1:21 pm
Matisyahu throws matzah ball first pitch at Mets game
Jewish rapper swaps baseball for Passover dish as he ceremoniously kicks off team’s Jewish Heritage celebration game in New York City
By Amy Spiro
New York Mets staff and former players pose with Jay Horwitz as the press box is dedicated in his honor before the start of a baseball game against The Arizona Diamondbacks, April 17, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Jessie Alcheh)
April 17, 2022, 10:50 pm
New York Mets rename press box in honor of longtime PR director Horwitz
The 76-year-old oversaw media relations through New York’s 1986 World Series title, Subway Series against the Yankees in 2000, and 2015 against the Royals
By LARRY FLEISHER
New York Mets' Jeff McNeil celebrates after hitting a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies on Sept. 7, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
September 15, 2020, 8:00 am
Hedge fund manager Steve Cohen reaches agreement to buy the New York Mets
Deal, rumored to be worth around a record $2.4 billion, needs to be approved by Major League Baseball
By Gabe Friedman
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein was on target for a second time with his ceremonial first pitch for the Mets. (Courtesy of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun via JTA)
May 9, 2017, 12:47 pm
Ivanka Trump’s rabbi does Mets first pitch
Haskel Lookstein, who converted US president’s daughter to Judaism, clears the plate with toss at NY game vs. Miami Marlins
By JTA
Players from the following teams, clockwise from top left: New York Mets, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs and San Francisco Giants. (Getty Images via JTA)
October 1, 2016, 2:13 pm
Which Major League Baseball team is the most ‘Jewish’?
Just as every Jew insists on his or her way of being Jewish, every Jew can feel at times like their squad is the chosen one
By Gabe Friedman
Kansas City Symphony music director Michael Stern wears a Royals jersey over his concert tuxedo (YouTube screenshot)
October 30, 2015, 11:50 pm
US symphonies raise the stakes on World Series
Ahead of Royals-Mets face-off, NY and Kansas conductors make their bets. On the table: a serving of each city’s culinary best
By Victor Wishna
Congressman Adam Schiff prepares to sing on the House floor on October 23, 2015, after losing a sports bet to colleague Steve Israel. (screen capture: YouTube)
October 24, 2015, 8:37 pm
Congressman sings ‘Meet the Mets’ on House floor
California’s Adam Schiff ‘pays up’ after losing bet to New York Rep. Steve Israel that LA Dodgers would beat the NY team
By Ron Kampeas
New York Mets' Daniel Murphy celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a three-run home run off Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Alec Asher during the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, September 30, 2015, in Philadelphia (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
October 9, 2015, 7:29 am
Should the NY Mets be thanking Bernie Madoff?
The Ponzi scheme may have cost the team’s owners nearly $700 million, but it may have forced them to improve its strategy too
By Gabe Friedman
Ike Davis, on overcoming his hitting woes, says, 'You’ve just got to put your head down and grind.' (Hillel Kuttler/JTA)
May 11, 2014, 1:53 pm
Optimistic Ike Davis hopes to right his ship with Pirates
Moving from the New York Mets to Pittsburgh in a mid-April trade is a fresh start for the first baseman
By Hillel Kuttler
March 15, 2013, 10:18 am
US court upholds ban on sale of kosher food on Shabbat
Judge rules against company that claimed stadium contract gave it the right to operate during Friday and Saturday games
Jeremy Gould (l) and Jake Lemmerman playing catch on Jerusalem's Haas Promenade (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 23, 2012, 8:18 pm
Baseball pros toss balls on Birthright
Minor league players Jake Lemmerman and Jeremy Gould reflect on the Ramon Crater, Team Israel and the Tel Aviv beach
By Jessica Steinberg
March 19, 2012, 9:58 pm
Mets’ owners settle lawsuit in Madoff Ponzi scheme
The money will go into a fund to help Madoff victims
Sandy Koufax circa 1965, the year he decided to not pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series because it fell on Yom Kippur. (photo credit: Public Domain)
March 14, 2012, 7:32 pm
Sandy Koufax on Madoff-Mets NY trial witness list
Koufax and Mets chief executive Fred Wilpon played high school baseball together in Brooklyn. Koufax opened an account with Madoff only after Wilpon recommended it, potentially refuting charges of ‘willful blindness’
By Larry Neumeister
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