London Mets
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The London Meteorites, better known as the London Mets, are a British baseball team who play in the southern section of the BBF National League.
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The London Mets Youth Baseball Club train and play in Finsbury Park, North London, where they have a clubhouse and two diamonds.
The club began as an adult softball team in 1988 and were initially called the London Millions,[1] after the name of the company which sponsored them. The adult club (by now called the London Meteors) began organising and training a separate baseball programme for young people in the Park in 1995 under the name London Meteorites. The London Meteors remains a very popular and successful softball club.
The London Mets Youth Baseball Club has rapidly expanded in the past few years. The club organises free training sessions for young people aged from 7 to 25 years old and has three youth teams that play in the Southern Division of the BBF national youth baseball league. They were the only British club to field two Bronco (under 13's) teams in 2007. The London Mets Pony (under-16's) team won their BBF National Championship in 2007. The Club won a national CCPR Sports Club of the Year award and the local Haringey Sports Club of the Year award in 2007.
In 2007 the club's popularity - along with the need to provide development opportunities for older club members - meant that they were able to start a senior team for the first time, which was entered into the BBF National League - the highest level baseball league in Britain.
In their first season in the National League the London Mets finished second in the Southern Division, behind the Croydon Pirates. This earned them the right to compete in the Final 4 tournament on the weekend of 1-2 September 2007, along with the Pirates, Menwith Hill Patriots and Liverpool Trojans. Croydon and the Mets advanced to the final and the Mets won the best of three final series 2-0 to be crowned National Champions.
The 2007 team included MLB on five analyst Josh Chetwynd.
In 2008 the London Mets have expanded with a second senior team, the London Metros, in the BBF Premier League. The Club is the first British youth baseball club to field two Bronco teams for two consecutive seasons.
