New content released today: http://leaptoad.com/mets/scrapbook.php?tabno=D&release=1Expansion Draft, Tim Foli, Shea Goodbye Coverage of the 1961 expansion draft which provided the Mets with their first batch of players. Spotlight on Tim Foli. The Mets made him the first draft pick in the nation in 1968. Shea Goodbye! The final game ever played at Shea Stadium ended the Mets' postseason hopes, but was followed by a star-studded ceremony. Polo Goodbye! The final game ever played at the Polo Grounds had no fanfare at all and very few fans in attendance. Now Straw's the Man Who Stirs the Mets: A Joe Gergen column from Newsday in 1988. Darryl Strawberry is coming into his own as a superstar. From 1969, Bruce Stark portraits of Tom Seaver and Cleon Jones. Obituaries of Bill Robinson and Clem Labine.