Al Weis, Rod Kanehl and Jerry Buchek carried the utility-player’s job through every phase of the Mets’ first decade—from expansion-era chaos to an improbable world championship. On October 16, 1969, Al Weis stepped to the plate at Shea Stadium with the Mets trailing Baltimore, 3–2, in the seventh inning of World Series Game 5. Dave McNally threw a pitch that Weis lifted over the left-field wall, tying the game and jolting Shea into bedlam. The Mets went on to win, 5–3, and ca