įor the 19 seasons, the Mets played home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan before moving to Queens. The team's colors evoke the blue of the Dodgers and the orange of the Giants. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed NL teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City, the other being the American League's (AL) New York Yankees. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens.
