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New York Mets purchased Duke Snider from the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 1, 1963.

New York Mets traded Eddie Bressoud and Danny Napoleon to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jerry Buchek, Art Mahaffey and Tony Martinez on April 1, 1967.

New York Mets released Bruce Boisclair on April 1, 1980.

New York Mets traded Lee Mazzilli to the Texas Rangers for Ron Darling and Walt Terrell on April 1, 1982.

New York Mets traded Tucker Ashford to the Kansas City Royals for Tom Edens on April 1, 1984.

New York Mets released Tom Gorman on April 1, 1986.

New York Mets traded John Gibbons to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Craig Shipley on April 1, 1988.

New York Mets released Kelly Stinnett on April 1, 2005.

Seattle Mariners claimed Wilson Valdez of the New York Mets on waivers on April 1, 2005.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

This one's for you, Bud (Harrelson)
New York Daily News, September 9, 1984
Bud Harrelson has concluded his first season as a minor league manager, winning a Manager of the Year award and the New York-Penn League championship at Little Falls. This article includes praise for Bud from a future Mets shortstop, Kevin Elster.
Tags: Kevin Elster, Bud Harrelson.


Randomly selected Met Player

Bartolome Fortunato
Born: August 24, 1974
at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Fortunato
Years with Mets: 2004, 2006

17 games. 2 - 0, 7.06
20 strikeouts, 1 saves


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1979 Game Results
04/24 Mets 10, Giants 3 Scott (W, 1-0)
04/25 Mets 2, Giants 0 Swan (W, 2-2)
05/03 Giants 7, Mets 5 Falcone (L, 0-2)
05/04 Giants 4, Mets 3 Lockwood (L, 0-3)
05/05 Giants 6, Mets 4 Orosco (L, 1-1)
05/06 Mets 5, Giants 4 Murray (W, 2-3)
07/13 Mets 7, Giants 6 Kobel (W, 4-4)
07/13 Mets 5, Giants 2 Hassler (W, 3-2)
07/14 Mets 3, Giants 2 Hausman (W, 1-4)
07/15 Giants 4, Mets 0 Swan (L, 8-8)
07/24 Mets 6, Giants 5 Twitchell (W, 4-2)
07/25 Mets 3, Giants 0 Swan (W, 9-9)
1979 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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