101-Year-Old Mets Fan Celebrates 56th Opening Day

101-year- old Mets fan Rudal "Rudy" Ahlen has been cheering for the team since they emerged on the major league baseball scene in 1962.

She became a fan five years after her heart was broken by the Brooklyn Dodgers who left the Big Apple for Los Angeles.

For over 50 years, Rudy has been cheering for her beloved team, first at the Polo Grounds, then at Shea Stadium, and now at Citi Field.

“It’s sooo modern,” she said of Citi Field.

A mother of eight, Rudy originally lived Brooklyn before later moving to Smithtown where she taught her own children the finer points of baseball.

At 65-years-old, Rudy joined an all-male seniors baseball team.

“They didn’t know what to make of me,” she laughs.

Fond of the championships lineups of 1969 and 1986, Rudy vividly remembers the breakout season of players like Tom Seaver and Tug McGraw, as well as Gary Carter and Keith Hernandez.

Now a resident at Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Commack, Rudy spends game days glued to the TV, keeping score and sometimes second-guessing decisions made by the Mets managers.

Surrounded by friends at Gurwin, Rudy spent this year's opening day, which took place on Monday, rooting for her team and hoping that her favorite Mets player, David Wright, will be healthy enough to return to the lineup soon.

The game win made her optimistic about a promising season and an ultimate trip to the Fall Classic.

“I just want them to win the World Series already!” she said.

Pictured: Rudal “Rudy” Ahlen celebrates the Mets’ 2017 opening day with Stuart Almer, Administrator/COO Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center