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New York Mets traded Tim Foli and Greg Field to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Frank Taveras on April 19, 1979.

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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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Choo Choo Coleman
Born: August 18, 1935
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Mets vs. San Diego Padres
1996 Game Results
05/13 Padres 5, Mets 2 Isringhausen (L, 2-4)
05/14 Padres 9, Mets 4 Wilson (L, 1-3)
05/15 Padres 4, Mets 3 Franco (L, 2-2)
05/16 Mets 6, Padres 3 Harnisch (W, 3-2)
05/24 Padres 13, Mets 1 Isringhausen (L, 2-6)
05/25 Padres 7, Mets 2 Wilson (L, 1-5)
05/26 Mets 1, Padres 0 Jones (W, 5-1)
08/16 Padres 15, Mets 10 Person (L, 2-4)
08/17 Mets 7, Padres 3 Clark (W, 12-9)
08/18 Padres 8, Mets 0 Wilson (L, 4-9)
08/27 Padres 4, Mets 3 Mlicki (L, 5-6)
08/28 Padres 3, Mets 2 Wallace (L, 0-1)
08/29 Padres 3, Mets 2 Wilson (L, 4-11)
1996 totals: 3 wins, 10 losses



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