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New York Mets traded Ray Searage to the Cleveland Indians for Tom Veryzer on January 8, 1982.

New York Mets signed free agent Tim Spehr of the Atlanta Braves on January 8, 1998.

New York Mets released Joe Crawford on January 8, 1998.

New York Mets signed free agent Dae-Sung Koo on January 8, 2005.

Atlanta Braves signed Kelly Johnson of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 8, 2016.

New York Mets claimed Stephen Tarpley on waivers from the Miami Marlins on January 8, 2021.

Seattle Mariners signed Paul Sewald of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 8, 2021.

New York Mets signed free agent Alex Claudio on January 8, 2022.

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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."
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Ken Sanders
Born: July 8, 1941
at St. Louis, Mo.
Sanders
Years with Mets: 1975, 1976

60 games. 2 - 3, 2.60
24 strikeouts, 6 saves


Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1998 Game Results
04/07 Mets 3, Cubs 2 Leiter (W, 1-1)
04/09 Cubs 8, Mets 7 Reed (L, 0-1)
04/14 Mets 6, Cubs 0 Leiter (W, 2-1)
04/15 Mets 2, Cubs 1 Reed (W, 1-1)
04/16 Cubs 8, Mets 4 Mlicki (L, 0-2)
07/24 Mets 5, Cubs 0 Reynoso (W, 1-0)
07/24 Mets 7, Cubs 3 Cook (W, 6-3)
07/25 Cubs 3, Mets 2 Franco (L, 0-5)
07/26 Cubs 3, Mets 1 Reed (L, 11-7)
1998 totals: 5 wins, 4 losses



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