Before Interleague Play began, in 1997, there were only two teams that the Mets had never played, ever. Not in Spring Training, Exhibitions or Postseason. They were the Anaheim Angels and the Seattle Mariners.

This would be the first ever meeting between the Mets and the Mariners, a matchup of what could have been the 2000 World Series had things broken a certain way.

This was also the return to Shea Stadium of John Olerud, although this seemed to be lost on most of the fans in attendance. I did make sure to cheer him loudly, though.

The game was fairly unmemorable. Jae Seo quietly tied the Mariners up in knots most of the evening, got key outs and kept the Mets in the game. Phillips and Floyd hit HRs. Seo eventually tired in the 8th, and Weathers and Benitez finished the game out.

The DH on Sunday, when the Mariners whipped the Mets twice is what everyone remembers, but let it go down that the Mets did emerge with a 3-2 victory in the first ever Mets/Mariners matchup.

Mets2Moon summed up this rather unremarkable game nicely. My scorecard indicates the weather this Friday night was "NICE!"

I went to this doubleheader.I stayed for both games. Leiter was leaving his stuff fat and over the plate and the Mariners like started to take batting practice. The Mets have no luck with doubleheaders.

I was living in Oregon, a Mariner hotbed, and hadn't gotten to see many Mets games. But with them playing the M's I knew I had three glorious baseball afternoons ahead of me. I cleared my schedule, called my friends over, and proceeded to explain how the Mets would paste their dinky AL team. After the first I didn't say another word for 2 hours.

Flew in for this game from London. Well, actually, flew in for the game that got rained out and was due to fly home around the time of the first pitch. Got to JFK, found the flight had been overbooked as usual, got bumped - along with $500 compensation, hopped in a taxi, got back to the hotel downtown and took the river ferry up to Shea. My first live in-person baseball game. Don't remember a great deal as both games were easy wins but did get to see my heroes in person from out in left field which was cool. Mets fans friendly and slightly perplexed that some random limey guy had flown to NY for the weekend to watch baseball. This was in the days when tickets were cheap. Still the only live game I've seen, and it was great to see it at Shea which was an iconic stadium in the UK mainly thanks to the Beatles

In this game, Felix Hernandez became the first American League pitcher to hit a grand slam in 37 years. It came against his fellow Venezuelan, Johan Santana.

Horrible loss for the Mets and another unacceptable outing by Oliver Perez. He is just not the same pitcher he was last year. Saw the ejections of Manuel and Beltran and was disgusted by the actions of umpire Brian Runge. It is clear that he intentionally made contact with Manuel and baited Beltran into an argument. MLB does not need umpires like Runge working for them. He came off as a bully umpire who has no respect for the game. I really hope MLB takes disciplinary action against him.

The 2nd of two appearances by R.A. Dickey against the Mets. The first was for the Rangers in 2003.

I was at this game and recall thinking who the hell is RA Dickey and how can Mets get shut out by him...who knew!!!

I remember reading the next day he had been throwing a knuckleball; I had no idea from my OF seats!