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Gator Star Signed by Mets
San Francisco Examiner, June 9, 1963
Bud Harrelson, a 19-year-old third baseman from Hayward, California, has signed a contract with the New York Mets.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.


A 'Big' Man at Short for the Herd
Buffalo Evening News, April 24, 1965
Bud Harrelson is 20 years old and playing for the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. His height (5'8") and weight (152 pounds) are noted, as will happen many times over the course of his playing career, but he's also regarded as potentially the best shortstop in the International League.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.


Mets' M'Millan Was Hit by Virus
New York Daily News, September 8, 1965
Mets veteran shortstop Roy McMillan (whose name is oddly abbreviated as "M'Millan" in the headline) has been suffering from a respiratory virus. This has given young prospect Bud Harrelson a chance to get some playing time and, according to News columnist Dick Young, he's not quite ready yet. Apparently he gives ground balls "the old dipsy-do from the side."
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Roy McMillan.


Can Roy Do It Again For Mets?
New York Daily News, September 13, 1966
As the 1966 season draws to a close, veteran shortstop Roy McMillan is facing shoulder surgery, and his future is in doubt. Should the Mets trade for a new shortstop? Or should they give the job to another veteran, Ed Bressoud? Or is it time to turn to young prospect Bud Harrelson?
Tags: Eddie Bressoud, Bud Harrelson, Roy McMillan.


Mets Thin Man Slays Giants
Newsday, September 17, 1966
A big day at the plate for Bud Harrelson. He hits two triples and steals home in a 5-4 win over the Giants at Candlestick Park.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.


Wes Counts on Young Bud To Blossom Into Star SS
New York Daily News, March 1, 1967
As 1967 spring training gets underway, there's going to be a competition for the starting shortstop job. Veteran Roy McMillan is still in the mix, but manager Wes Westrum is touting young Bud Harrelson who, he says, could be another Maury Wills.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Wes Westrum.


Say Bud! Harrelson May Be Top SS in NL
New York Daily News, July 6, 1967
Bud Harrelson has claimed the Mets starting shortstop job and as his confidence has grown, his performance has improved. Plus, a Bill Gallo cartoon, "Quick Change (Relief) Artist" featuring Hal Reniff.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Hal Reniff.


Real Surprise: He's No Loser, This Young Met
The Tennessean, August 27, 1967
Tennessee sportswriter Bud Burns expresses surprise that the "hapless expansion" Mets (in their sixth season) have a quality player in Bud Harrelson. Burns doesn't seem to appreciate defensive skills. He says that Harrelson's "lowly" batting average "overshadows anything else he had ever done."
Tags: Bud Harrelson.


He Makes Light of His Weight Problem
Los Angeles Times, April 8, 1968
In this UPI article from April 1968, carried in the Los Angeles Times, Bud Harrelson discusses his struggles to keep his weight on. In the previous season, his production tailed off as fatigue caught up with him during the summer months.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.


Bud Harrelson Is No Joke To New York Mets' Foes
Zanesville Times Recorder, July 21, 1968
A wire-service article from 1968 profiles Bud Harrelson. It opens with some Henny Youngman style jokes about Bud's light weight and goes on to describe some of the good-natured ribbing that Harrelson gets from his teammates. Bud also discusses his approach as a leadoff hitter.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.


Bud Harrelson, by Bruce Stark
New York Daily News, September 26, 1969
One in a series of portraits of the 1969 Mets by cartoonist Bruce Stark for the Daily News.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.


He Met the Challenge
Oakland Tribune, October 14, 1969
As Bud Harrelson is playing in the 1969 World Series, a reporter from his native Bay Area checks in on Bud's high school baseball coach Don Curley, who remembers Bud as a "4-foot-10-inch teenager."
Tags: Bud Harrelson.


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.


Young Ideas
New York Daily News, April 29, 1970
In Dick Young's column, Bud Harrelson talks about the reaction to his first out-of-the-park home run. When asked for an autograph, Bud offered to sign it "Baby Ruth".
Tags: Bud Harrelson.


Mets' Bud Harrelson A Lover, Not a Fighter
The Times (Munster, Indiana), July 9, 1970
Three years before the now legendary fight with Pete Rose, Bud Harrelson took a few steps towards the mound and had to be restrained when he felt that Cardinals pitcher Jerry Reuss was throwing at him.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.


Bud Harrelson: Batting Expert
Florida Today, May 13, 1971
Bud Harrelson, known as a glove but not a bat, is leading the Mets with a .329 batting average and has recently had a nine-game hitting streak.
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Met Star Turns Singer: Bud Harrelson Doesn't Do Anything Halfway
Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, TN), December 26, 1971
Bud Harrelson performs at a country-western bar in Woodridge, New Jersey. The article includes a photo of Buddy strumming on a guitar. (This explains why Bruce Stark later pictured Bud playing shortstop with a guitar on his back in his full-color caricature in the Daily News Sunday comic section.)
Tags: Bud Harrelson.


Umpires disturb mild Bud Harrelson
New Jersey Record (Bergen, NJ), July 7, 1972
A tough loss to the Padres has Bud Harrelson fuming over some umpiring calls. He vows to no longer be a "nice guy".
Tags: Bud Harrelson.


Bud Hit the Reds Where It Hurt
Newsday, October 8, 1973
Bud Harrelson provided Pete Rose and the Reds with some bulletin board material after the second game of the 1973 NLCS. These words would soon, famously, lead to an on-field brawl between the two players at Shea. Also includes an article about Game 2, "Up Up and Away Soared Superfoul".
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Jon Matlack.


Slide by Rose Sparks a Free-for-All; Fans Toss Garbage, Reds Walk Off Field
New York Daily News, October 9, 1973
The now legendary Mets-Reds brawl during the 1973 NLCS, with Pete Rose and Bud Harrelson squaring off.
Tags: Bud Harrelson.

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