Paul is a Segment Producer and Sports Contributor for Scripps News. His wide-ranging career has been spent mostly in sports as an anchor, reporter and play-by-play announcer.
There's a lot of history at the site of the old Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan. Today, it's home to the Polo Grounds Towers housing project. One reference to the old ballpark is a plaque marking the approximate location of home plate. Willie Mays and the Giants brought it glory, but the 1962 Mets brought it something else.They set the modern mark for the worst record ever with 40 wins and 120 losses. But this year, the Chicago White Sox have been on pace to be even worse.
RELATED STORY | MLB catcher becomes 1st player in league history to play for both teams in the same gameThe 1962 Mets were managed by the legendary Casey Stengel, who had won seven World Series titles with the Yankees. Stengel had his own way with words, known as 'Stengelese,' which Anderson remembers learning right away in spring training. 'After he finished his talk, he said, 'I want you to line up alphabetically according to size. Whoa, wait a minute.
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