1976 Mets Yearbook
Happy Birthday, Mrs. Joan Whitney Payson. Born Feb. 5, 1903, today marks the 116th year since she joined us, and 43-years since her passing. She was 72-years old. A minority shareholder of the New York Giants, she voted against moving the club to San Francisco, and even tried buying them outright to no avail. She henceforth stood front and center in the Continental League's bid to compete against the American and National leagues. When major league baseball acquiesced to expansion, she founded the New York Metropolitan Baseball Club. I appeal to the present day owner of the Mets: please commission a statue in recognition of the organization's matriarch. The honor is terribly long overdue. Before anyone else, a statue memorializing Joan Whitney Payson must absolutely stand first.
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