Never Forget '69 will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Mets by posting 40 Years Ago Today each and every day this season that the 1969 Mets played a game 40 years ago. It will be a brief description of the game, the stars, and where the Mets were in the standings.

The idea is for those that remember to recall that wonderful season. Hopefully those that were too young to remember, or not even born, will get a sense of what it was like then. You must realize prior to 1969, the Mets never finished higher than ninth place. At the beginning of 1969, the running joke was the Mets could finish no worse than sixth place. That's because the league divided into two six team divisions that year. 

40 Years Ago Today will be part of what I remember (I was 13 at the time) supported by the many websites, including Retrosheet.org, that have compiled baseball statistics over the years. Look for it tomorrow.