For the sixth time in the organization's brief history, the New York Mets have claimed a World Series crown.
Didn't see this one coming, but the Mets completed a four-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 5-1 triumph in front of the home crowd at Shea Stadium.
Rennie Stennett, the free-agent signing tasked with the unenviable job of replacing Joe Morgan at second base, delivered a two-out, two-run double to get the Amazins off and running.
In the fifth, Ron LeFlore singled, stole second and third and dashed home on a Jim Rice sac fly to pad the advantage to 3-0. Vida Blue helped his cause in the sixth with an RBI single to make it 4-0.
Blue tossed seven scoreless innings to get the decision and Robin Yount - despite his four errors in the series - was selected MVP. Where his leather betrayed him, his lumber did not. Yount hit a blistering .562 in the series with three runs, two RBI and a double.
