New York Mets

The New York Mets will retire Keith Hernandez’s No. 17 during a ceremony before a July game against the Miami Marlins.

The New York Mets on Saturday honored their World 1969 squad, a team that defied the odds to claim the franchise’s first world championship.

The New York Mets and the city of New York renamed a stretch of 126th Street between Northern Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue to Seaver Way in honor of Hall of Famer Tom Seaver.

The New York Mets plan to unveil a monument — possibly a statue — of Tom Seaver at Citi Field this season, reports indicate.