It was 60 years ago today (1962)

 The Mets turn 60 today, and while they're in Philadelphia to play the Phillies, we'd like to take a trip down memory lane, all the way back to this day in 1962, when the Mets opened at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis to play the Cardinals. The legendary Bob Murphy, Ralph Kiner, & Lindsey Nelson would alternate between radio & television for broadcasts, save for games that didn't air on television back in those days.

All that was missing was the commercials.

And, for posterity, here's the final box score:

April 11, 1962, Sportsman's Park, St. Louis, MO St. Louis Cardinals 11, New York Mets 4 Mets ab r h bi bb so Avg. Richie Ashburn cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Felix Mantilla ss 4 1 1 0 1 0 .250 Charlie Neal 2b 4 1 3 2 0 0 .750 Frank Thomas lf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Gus Bell rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Gil Hodges 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .250 Don Zimmer 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Hobie Landrith c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Roger Craig p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 - Ed Bouchee ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 - Bob Moorhead p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Herb Moford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Clem Labine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 - Jim Marshall ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Cardinals ab r h bi bb so Curt Flood cf 4 3 2 1 0 0 Julian Javier 2b 5 3 4 1 0 0 Bill White 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0 Stan Musial rf 3 1 3 2 1 0 - Don Landrum rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ken Boyer 3b 4 0 1 2 0 0 Minnie Minoso lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 Gene Oliver c 4 1 2 0 0 1 Julio Gotay ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 Larry Jackson p 4 1 1 1 0 0 Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New York Mets 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 8 3 St. Louis Cardinals 2 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 x 11 16 1 New York Mets ip h r er bb so Roger Craig (L,0-1) 3.0 8 5 5 0 1 15.00 Bob Moorhead 3.0 6 5 2 1 1 6.00 Herb Moford 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 Clem Labine 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0.00 St. Louis Cardinals ip h r er bb so Larry Jackson (W) 9.0 8 4 4 4 2 Errors: Felix Mantilla (1), Ken Boyer. 2B: Felix Mantilla (1), Gene Oliver 2, Ken Boyer, Stan Musial. HR: Gil Hodges (1), Charlie Neal (1). SF: Frank Thomas, Curt Flood, Bill White. SB: Curt Flood 2, Julian Javier.