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New York Mets purchased Dave Eilers from the Milwaukee Braves on August 18, 1965.

New York Mets traded Brett Butler to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Scott Hunter and Dwight Maness on August 18, 1995.

New York Mets claimed Yolmer Sanchez on waivers from the Boston Red Sox on August 18, 2022.

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Young Ideas
New York Daily News, February 5, 1970
It's spring training, 1970 and Bud Harrelson is a defending World Champion shortstop. In Dick Young's column, Bud reflects on his recovery from knee surgery in 1968 and how, as a minor league player attending a Mets game in San Francisco, he gained confidence when he witnessed his future mentor Roy McMillan make an error.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Roy McMillan.


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Robin Ventura
Born: July 14, 1967
at Santa Maria, Cal.
Ventura
Years with Mets: 1999 - 2001

444 games. 77 hr, 265 rbi, 0.260
219 runs, 6 stolen bases


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1999 Game Results
06/17 Mets 4, Cardinals 3 Leiter (W, 5-5)
06/18 Mets 6, Cardinals 2 Hershiser (W, 7-5)
06/19 Cardinals 7, Mets 6 Isringhausen (L, 1-2)
06/20 Mets 9, Cardinals 6 Reed (W, 5-3)
08/21 Mets 7, Cardinals 4 Mahomes (W, 7-0)
08/22 Mets 8, Cardinals 7 Benitez (W, 2-2)
08/22 Cardinals 7, Mets 5 Hershiser (L, 12-10)
1999 totals: 5 wins, 2 losses



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