Yet ticket records document more than 250,000 people saw the games in person.
Seen at stadiumsīut a skeptic might say “so what” – maybe the entire World Series was somehow faked, re-created in a TV studio. Now consider this: More than 600 million people around the world watched the Moon landing on TV. Why would all of them lie? That doesn’t make sense. Many of those people are still alive today and remember seeing the Mets win. Is it possible to prove they’re wrong? Seen on TVįirst: Millions of Americans watched the World Series on television – approximately 11 million to 17 million viewers per game, according to Nielsen ratings. What if someone said that it didn’t happen? That the Mets instead lost the series to the Orioles? That the claim the Mets won is just a hoax, a canard, a fake story? It seems very unlikely they could have won the championship the very next year. They won the fewest games in the major leagues in 1967, and the third-fewest in 1968. Bettmann via Getty Images Another miracleīut how do you know that? How can you be sure? After all, up until 1969, the Mets were a terrible team. Jubilant fans take over the field after the Mets win the 1969 World Series.
