Sports Fact & Book Rec of the Day 2/19/2012

2/19/1962:
The Mets unveil their uniforms for the 1962 season, the franchise's first as an expansion team. The design borrows heavily from one current and two former New York teams, with Brooklyn Dodgers blue, New York Giants orange, and Yankee pinstripes. The "Mets" script on the shirts is similar to that on the dodger jersey, and the caps are almost identical to those formerly worn by the Giants.

Birthdays:
Eddie Arcaro b. 1916
Forest Evashevski b. 1918
Paul Krause b. 1942
Dave Stewart b. 1957
Hana Mandlikova b. 1962