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New York Mets traded Toby Borland to the Boston Red Sox for Ricky Trlicek on May 12, 1997.

New York Mets traded Lindsay Gulin to the Seattle Mariners for Rick Wilkins on May 12, 1998.

New York Mets signed free agent Tom Wilson on May 12, 2004.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Lenny rolls the dice: Unlikely heroes, Dykstra and Backman
New York Daily News, October 12, 1986
Lenny Dykstra and Wally Backman have sparked the Mets to a big win in Game 3 of the 1986 NLCS.
Tags: Wally Backman, Lenny Dykstra.


Randomly selected Met Player

Bob Myrick
Born: October 1, 1952
at Hattiesburg, Miss.
Died: August 23, 2012 at Hattiesburg, Miss.
Myrick
Years with Mets: 1976 - 1978

82 games. 3 - 6, 3.48
73 strikeouts, 2 saves


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1978 Game Results
06/09 Mets 3, Giants 2 Lockwood (W, 6-4)
06/10 Giants 2, Mets 1 Kobel (L, 0-1)
06/11 Giants 7, Mets 5 Espinosa (L, 5-5)
06/16 Giants 7, Mets 4 Lockwood (L, 7-5)
06/17 Mets 5, Giants 4 Zachry (W, 8-2)
06/18 Giants 3, Mets 0 Swan (L, 1-4)
06/18 Giants 4, Mets 3 Murray (L, 1-2)
08/21 Giants 4, Mets 2 Kobel (L, 2-4)
08/22 Giants 7, Mets 4 Espinosa (L, 9-12)
08/23 Giants 2, Mets 1 Lockwood (L, 7-12)
08/29 Giants 2, Mets 0 Hausman (L, 2-3)
08/30 Mets 10, Giants 4 Swan (W, 8-5)
1978 totals: 3 wins, 9 losses



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