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Seattle Mariners signed Mackey Sasser of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 23, 1992.

New York Mets signed free agent Todd Pratt on December 23, 1996.

New York Mets signed free agent Craig Paquette of the Kansas City Royals on December 23, 1997.

New York Mets traded Roger Cedeno, Octavio Dotel and Kyle Kessel to the Houston Astros for Derek Bell and Mike Hampton on December 23, 1999.

Texas Rangers signed Michael Bacsik of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 23, 2003.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Padilla on December 23, 2004.

Washington Nationals signed Gustavo Molina of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 23, 2008.

New York Mets signed free agent Omir Santos of the Baltimore Orioles on December 23, 2008.

Milwaukee Brewers claimed Kirk Nieuwenhuis of the New York Mets on waivers on December 23, 2015.

New York Mets signed free agent Alejandro De Aza of the San Francisco Giants on December 23, 2015.

Washington Nationals signed Scott Copeland of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 23, 2018.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Mets Deliver a Hot Piazza; Nab All-Star catcher for 3 prospects
New York Daily News, May 23, 1998
One of the more successful trades in Mets history brought future Hall-of-Fame catcher Mike Piazza to the Mets after he had played a handful of games for the Marlins.
Tags: John Franco, Mike Piazza.


Randomly selected Met Player

Larry Stahl
Born: June 29, 1941
at Belleville, Ill.
Stahl
Years with Mets: 1967, 1968

124 games. 4 hr, 28 rbi, 0.237
24 runs, 5 stolen bases


Mets vs. Montreal Expos
2000 Game Results
07/19 Mets 5, Expos 3 Mahomes (W, 4-1)
07/20 Expos 4, Mets 1 Hampton (L, 9-7)
07/25 Mets 5, Expos 0 Rusch (W, 7-7)
07/27 Mets 9, Expos 8 Franco (W, 5-3)
07/27 Mets 4, Expos 3 Hampton (W, 10-7)
09/14 Mets 10, Expos 4 Rusch (W, 10-10)
09/15 Expos 4, Mets 3 Wendell (L, 7-6)
09/16 Mets 10, Expos 4 Reed (W, 10-5)
09/17 Expos 5, Mets 0 Jones (L, 9-6)
09/29 Mets 11, Expos 2 Hampton (W, 15-10)
09/30 Mets 4, Expos 2 Wendell (W, 8-6)
10/01 Mets 3, Expos 2 Mahomes (W, 5-3)
2000 totals: 9 wins, 3 losses



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