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Today is July 16

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New York Mets traded Jack Lamabe to the St. Louis Cardinals for Al Jackson on July 16, 1967.

New York Mets purchased John Strohmayer from the Montreal Expos on July 16, 1973.

New York Mets traded Dave Cochrane to the Chicago White Sox for Tom Paciorek on July 16, 1985.

New York Mets traded Armando Benitez to the New York Yankees for Jason Anderson, Anderson Garcia and Ryan Bicondoa on July 16, 2003.

New York Mets released Julio Franco on July 16, 2007.

New York Mets released Stephen Tarpley on July 16, 2021.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Pete Rose: A Professional Player All the Way
New York Daily News, October 11, 1973
After the legendary dustup between Bud Harrelson and Pete Rose, M. Donald Grant of the Mets and Bob Howsam of the Reds tried to arrange a home-plate handshake between the two players. Harrelson reluctantly agreed, but Rose nixed the idea.
Tags: M. Donald Grant, Bud Harrelson.


Randomly selected Met Player

Bob Apodaca
Born: January 31, 1950
at Los Angeles, Cal.
Apodaca
Years with Mets: 1973 - 1977

184 games. 16 - 25, 2.86
197 strikeouts, 26 saves


Mets vs. San Diego Padres
1979 Game Results
04/30 Mets 4, Padres 3 Swan (W, 3-2)
05/01 Padres 10, Mets 5 Murray (L, 1-3)
05/11 Mets 4, Padres 0 Kobel (W, 1-0)
05/12 Padres 2, Mets 1 Allen (L, 0-5)
05/13 Padres 5, Mets 4 Lockwood (L, 0-4)
07/06 Padres 6, Mets 5 Hausman (L, 0-4)
07/07 Padres 11, Mets 3 Ellis (L, 0-2)
07/08 Padres 5, Mets 3 Kobel (L, 3-4)
07/08 Mets 4, Padres 1 Hassler (W, 2-2)
07/19 Padres 3, Mets 1 Kobel (L, 4-5)
07/20 Padres 2, Mets 1 Swan (L, 8-9)
07/21 Mets 2, Padres 1 Allen (W, 4-5)
1979 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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