Originally Posted by Eric5273

The Mets have not won any World Series yet. And even with them, you have some home grown young players who are stars like Reyes and Wright.

If you look at the teams who have won the last 10 World Series, you will find that every one of them, with the exception of the 1997 Marlins and 2001 Diamondbacks (both were expansion teams) did it with home grown players.