Mark Tomasik

1962 N.Y. Mets inept beyond compare

The 1962 New York Mets established a standard for ineptitude that remains mindboggling, even today.

Their first baseman once ripped a pitch into the outfield gap and raced to third base, where he arrived without a tag. The umpire ruled him out. Marv Throneberry, nicknamed "Marvelous," had failed to touch either first or second on his madcap dash around the bases.

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