The New York Mets joined the National League in 1962, hoping to fill the NL void in the New York City baseball scene vacated by the Dodgers and Giants at the end of the 1957 season. They struggled mightily in their early years, never finishing higher than ninth place in the 10-team National League and had never had a winning season. They lost at least one hundred games in five of the seasons.

But in 1969, the Mets overcame mid-season difficulties while the division leaders for much of the season, the Chicago Cubs, suffered a late-season collapse. The Mets finished 100–62, eight games ahead of the Cubs. The Mets went on to defeat the National League West champion Atlanta Braves three games to none in the inaugural National League Championship Series and went on to defeat the American League champion Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series in five games. First baseman Donn Clendenon was named the series' most valuable player on the strength of his .357 batting average, three home runs, and four runs batted in.

That 1969 Mets squad is celebrated in the offered item, a commemorative Louisville Slugger bat in black wood, with the names and signatures of the “Miracle Mets” engraved in gold letters. The sweet spot features the legend “New York Mets World Champions 1969”. Among the facsimile signatures are Yogi Berra, Bud Harrelson, Art Shamsky, Ron Swoboda, Ed Yost, Duffy Dyer, Jerry Grote and Wayne Garrett, while the names of Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Nolan Ryan, Cleon Jones, Gil Hodges and Jerry Koosman are engraved around the barrel of the bat.

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