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New York Mets sold Butch Metzger to the Philadelphia Phillies on July 4, 1978.

New York Mets signed free agent Miguel Batista on July 4, 2011.

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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.


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Marlon Anderson
Born: January 6, 1974
at Montgomery, Ala.
Anderson
Years with Mets: 2005, 2007 - 2009

257 games. 11 hr, 54 rbi, 0.253
61 runs, 11 stolen bases


Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies
1981 Game Results
05/25 Mets 13, Phillies 3 Harris (W, 1-0)
05/26 Phillies 7, Mets 5 Allen (L, 3-2)
05/27 Mets 3, Phillies 1 Zachry (W, 5-5)
06/01 Phillies 5, Mets 4 Allen (L, 3-3)
06/02 Phillies 9, Mets 7 Lynch (L, 1-3)
06/03 Mets 6, Phillies 2 Harris (W, 2-1)
08/14 Phillies 8, Mets 4 Scott (L, 3-5)
08/15 Mets 3, Phillies 1 Falcone (W, 2-3)
08/16 Mets 5, Phillies 2 Zachry (W, 6-7)
09/16 Phillies 3, Mets 1 Zachry (L, 7-12)
09/16 Mets 5, Phillies 4 Marshall (W, 3-2)
09/17 Phillies 3, Mets 2 Scott (L, 4-9)
09/28 Phillies 12, Mets 4 Lynch (L, 4-5)
09/29 Mets 7, Phillies 0 Falcone (W, 4-3)
1981 totals: 7 wins, 7 losses



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