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Today is July 5

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New York Mets signed free agent Cleon Jones on July 5, 1962.

New York Mets claimed Chris Schwinden on waivers from the New York Yankees on July 5, 2012.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Says Grant: Seaver Is Forcing Me To Trade Him
New York Daily News, May 8, 1977
Daily News columnist Dick Young firmly sided with the team in its dispute with Tom Seaver in 1977, and played a big part in Seaver's decision to ask to be traded. We see one of his anti-Seaver columns here, plus a typically bizarre Basement Bertha cartoon by Bill Gallo and an article about manager Joe Frazier's many attempts to find a productive lineup.
Tags: Tom Seaver.


Randomly selected Met Player

Tommy Davis
Born: March 21, 1939
at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Died: April 3, 2022 at Phoenix, Ariz.
Davis
Years with Mets: 1967

154 games. 16 hr, 73 rbi, 0.302
72 runs, 9 stolen bases


Mets Records vs. Opponents in 2006
Opponent W L T Pct.
Washington Nationals 12 6 0 .667
Florida Marlins 11 8 0 .579
Philadelphia Phillies 11 8 0 .579
Atlanta Braves 11 7 0 .611
Arizona Diamondbacks 6 1 0 .857
San Diego Padres 5 2 0 .714
Colorado Rockies 5 1 0 .833
Pittsburgh Pirates 5 4 0 .556
St. Louis Cardinals 4 2 0 .667
Los Angeles Dodgers 4 3 0 .571
Houston Astros 4 2 0 .667
Cincinnati Reds 4 3 0 .571
San Francisco Giants 3 3 0 .500
Chicago Cubs 3 3 0 .500
New York Yankees 3 3 0 .500
Milwaukee Brewers 3 3 0 .500
Toronto Blue Jays 2 1 0 .667
Baltimore Orioles 1 2 0 .333
Boston Red Sox 0 3 0 .000



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