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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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Mets Get 16 Hits Off Marichal but Giants Win, 9-5
New York Daily News, June 16, 1968
In 1968, Juan Marichal pitched a complete-game win over the Mets, giving up 16 hits while doing so. This was clearly an era before pitch counts. At the time the Mets were approaching a .500 record for the first time in their history, and Bill Gallo has a strange cartoon of Gil Hodges wearing a hideous necktie.
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Willie Blair
Born: December 18, 1965
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Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
1984 Game Results
04/10 Mets 4, Braves 2 Swan (W, 1-0)
04/11 Mets 6, Braves 1 Terrell (W, 2-0)
05/09 Mets 3, Braves 1 Darling (W, 3-2)
05/10 Braves 7, Mets 3 Terrell (L, 3-2)
06/28 Braves 5, Mets 3 Berenyi (L, 1-2)
06/29 Braves 5, Mets 3 Lynch (L, 7-4)
07/01 Mets 2, Braves 1 Darling (W, 9-3)
07/01 Mets 3, Braves 2 Leary (W, 3-3)
07/12 Mets 8, Braves 6 Orosco (W, 7-2)
07/13 Mets 5, Braves 4 Terrell (W, 7-7)
07/14 Mets 7, Braves 0 Berenyi (W, 4-2)
07/15 Braves 8, Mets 3 Gooden (L, 8-6)
1984 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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