Here’s what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1968: Appropriately for 1968, pitching dominates the All-Star Game. Willie Mays, playing in place of injured Pete Rose, tallies an unearned run in the first inning against A.L. starter Luis Tiant to complete the scoring for the day. It is the first All-Star effort […]
June 22, 2010 by Brian Joura
Here’s what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1976: New York Mets traded Jack Heidemann to the Milwaukee Brewers for Tom Deidel. 1984: The New York Mets release Mike Torrez. 1984 – New York Mets purchased Ed Glynn from the Cleveland Indians. 1987: Tom Seaver abandons his comeback attempt with the injury-riddled […]
June 6, 2010 by Brian Joura
Six times so far this season Johan Santana has pitched at least seven innings and allowed two ER or fewer, yet his record in those games is 1-0. It’s poor support from his teammates like that which prompted Fox Sports columnist Bob Klapisch to write: “You could be conservative and say the Mets have cost […]
July 9, 2010 by Other
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