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New York Mets selected Mike Jorgensen in fourth round of free agent draft on June 29, 1966.

New York Mets purchased Hal Reniff from the New York Yankees on June 29, 1967.

New York Mets signed free agent Lino Urdaneta on June 29, 2005.

New York Mets signed free agent Hunter Strickland on June 29, 2020.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

On The Path Of Hodges
Newsday, June 1, 1990
New Mets manager Bud Harrelson sees Gil Hodges as the role model for the kind of manager he'd like to be. Newsday's Steve Jacobsen looks back at Hodges, and speculates how Harrelson might handle a player like Darryl Strawberry differently than Davey Johnson did.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Keith Hernandez, Gil Hodges, Davey Johnson, Darryl Strawberry.


Randomly selected Met Player

Felix Mantilla
Born: July 29, 1934
at Isabela, P.R.
Mantilla
Years with Mets: 1962

141 games. 11 hr, 59 rbi, 0.275
54 runs, 3 stolen bases


Mets Records vs. Opponents in 1968
Opponent W L T Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 11 7 0 .611
Chicago Cubs 10 8 0 .556
Pittsburgh Pirates 9 9 0 .500
Cincinnati Reds 8 10 0 .444
Houston Astros 8 10 0 .444
Philadelphia Phillies 8 10 0 .444
San Francisco Giants 7 11 0 .389
St. Louis Cardinals 6 12 0 .333
Atlanta Braves 6 12 1 .333



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