Mets teams regularly visited the campus -- approximately a 60 - mile drive from Flushing -- in the ' 60s and ' 70s .
Army regularly scheduled exhibition games against MLB teams from 1914 - 86 .
Mets teams regularly visited the campus -- approximately a 60 - mile drive from Flushing -- in the ' 60s and ' 70s , while Army regularly scheduled exhibition games against MLB teams from 1914 - 86 .