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| Phyllis McGraw |
In October of 1969 a New York paper ran a special article on the Mets wives as they were about to head off to Baltimore to meet up with their husbands. The Mets were now a household name; they were no longer loveable losers but the Amazing Mets & on their way to the World Series.
Some of the wives gathered on 94th St near LaGuardia airport, in a small Queens house that was the home of Tug & Phyliss McGraw for the interview.The wives were to leave Shea Stadium by bus at 1PM, the day before the World Series Game #1 was to begin. The wives liked to dress well going to the games, with the latest fashions of the swinging sixties, such as miniskirts & pants suits. But the times were still conservative, especially in baseball. For instance, they mentioned that they could not adopt the latest no-bra look having to consider what the fans may think & it probably wouldn't make the husbands happy either.
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| Lyn McAndrew |
Lynn McAndrew wife of Mets pitcher Jim McAndrew was eight months pregnant with child. She said "Times sure have changed. When I use to tell someone what my husband did, they'd say, "The Mets?" Your husband plays for the Mets??" and then they'd turn their heads & laugh".
The wives agreed they were a close bunch, one big happy family. The wives with children do seem to be closer to the other mothers just like the wives who live closer to each other socialize more.
Melanie Pfeil a tall slender brunette with short, cropped hair & freckles is the wife of utility player Bobby Pfeil is known as the "team nut because of her wacky sense of humor. She said "Frankly, I don't think there's one Met wife who wouldn't help another Met wife, it sounds a bit corny but we're all like one big happy family."
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| Melanie Pfeil |
The players on the winning team of the World Series in 1969, received $15,000 each at the time. Most of the wives didn't want to talk about the money because they said their landlords would raise the rent & their doctors would charge them higher fees. but some did.Melanie Pfeil, a tall slender brunette with freckles is the wife of utility player Bobby Pfeil, was known as the "nut" among the wives, due to her humorous nature. She said "the great fallacy about baseball is that all baseball players are rich. Everyone thinks you make $100,000 whether you're in the minors or in the majors. They never start to think about all the traveling & moving expenses we have, all the deposits we have to make on apartments & things like that."
Melanie said her husband was very depressed after being cut from the playoff roster but they "would pay off their 1969 Buick Skylark" with their share of the money.
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| Lynn Dyer |
Lynn Dyer who was traveling with her two children said, "We are going to invest it to make money for our kids."Mrs. Jack DiLauro said if she won the money "We'd really like to buy a duplex". The DiLauro's were voted most "cutest couple" in high school back in Akron, Ohio.
The wives said their Mets husbands were always looking for them in the stands & doing things to show them they spotted them. Tug McGraw famously use to pound his glove hand, on his thigh, after leaving the mound, usually after a strike out or a win. That was his way to send a signal to his wife, the former airline stewardess, Phyliss.
The woman who wrote the article asked if the wives were afraid of their husbands being unfaithful on the road. The overwhelming response was no with the game's top pitcher Tom Seaver the leader of the team, getting credit.
Mrs. Pfiel said Tom & Nancy Seaver have such a good relationship, the guys would start to lose respect for each other if any of them cheated.
"Besides they have a pretty good-looking group of wives to come home too."
The ladies all agreed that Ruth Ryan, Nolan's wife was the prettiest of the group. "She's just naturally beautiful, she doesn't even wear makeup," said Phyliss McGraw.
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Nolan & Ruth Ryan
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