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Mets Rewind: July 27

July 27, 2010 by

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Here’s what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1963: New York Mets released Jimmy Piersall. 1975: New York Mets released Cleon Jones. 1990: New York Mets traded Mike Marshall to the Boston Red Sox for Greg Hansell, Paul Williams and Ed Perozo. 2001: New York Mets traded Turk Wendell and Dennis Cook […]

Mets Rewind: June 23

June 23, 2010 by

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Here’s what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1963; Jimmy Piersall of the New York Mets hits the 100th home run of his major league career and celebrates by running around the bases backwards. Dallas Green of the Phillies, who gave up the home run, is not amused. Neither is Commissioner Ford […]