Songwriters Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz introduced the official Met theme song, Meet the Mets

Songwriters Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz introduced the official Met theme song, Meet the Mets

ByTom

Songwriters Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz introduced the official Met theme song, Meet the Mets, to the public. The tune will be modernized in 1984, adding Long Island, New Jersey, Brooklyn, Queens, Uptown and Down, to the team’s East side, West side geographical realm.

The first recorded version (Columbia Graphophone Grand, #9649) of the poem Casey at the Bat vocalized by recording pioneer Russell Hunting, is released

The first recorded version (Columbia Graphophone Grand, #9649) of the poem Casey at the Bat vocalized by recording pioneer Russell Hunting, is released

ByTom

The first recorded version (Columbia Graphophone Grand, #9649) of the poem Casey at the Bat, vocalized by recording pioneer Russell Hunting, is released. The more well-known rendition of Earnest Thayer’s work, the one popularized by DeWolfe Hopper, will not be heard by the public until 1906.