1963 Topps baseball card of New York Mets first baseman Gil Hodges. Hodges was a fan favorite of the old Brooklyn Dodgers so when the Mets entered the National League as an expansion team in 1962, they added Hodges, and manager Casey Stengel, a former Yankee skipper, to try and capture the Dodgers old fans’ attention. The Mets were a laughingstock in their early years but Hodges would later lead the franchise into their most glorious moment, managing the “Amazin’ Mets” to an unbelievable World Series win over Baltimore in 1969.