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New York Mets purchased Harry Chiti from the Cleveland Indians on April 26, 1962.

New York Mets traded Bobby Smith to the Chicago Cubs for Sammy Taylor on April 26, 1962.

New York Mets purchased Jack Lamabe from the Chicago White Sox on April 26, 1967.

New York Mets traded Rick Auerbach to the Texas Rangers for Lenny Randle on April 26, 1977.

New York Mets released Mike Matthews on April 26, 2005.

New York Mets signed free agent Michael Tucker on April 26, 2006.

Philadelphia Phillies signed Ryan Cordell of the New York Mets as a free agent on April 26, 2021.

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Viewing the Mets in a New Light
Newsday, August 31, 1982
Newsday's TV sports columnist Stan Isaacs on the 1982 Mets broadcast team of Ralph Kiner and Lorn Brown. It was a one-year failed experiment. Fortunately, the Mets noticed and the booth became much livelier in 1983.
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Lenny Randle
Born: February 12, 1949
at Long Beach, Cal.
Died: December 29, 2024 at Murrieta, Cal.
Randle
Years with Mets: 1977, 1978

268 games. 7 hr, 62 rbi, 0.272
131 runs, 47 stolen bases


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
2003 Game Results
04/29 Cardinals 13, Mets 3 Leiter (L, 3-1)
04/30 Cardinals 13, Mets 4 Astacio (L, 1-1)
05/01 Cardinals 6, Mets 5 Strickland (L, 0-2)
08/01 Cardinals 8, Mets 2 Wheeler (L, 0-2)
08/02 Cardinals 10, Mets 9 Seo (L, 5-8)
08/03 Mets 13, Cardinals 5 Griffiths (W, 1-1)
2003 totals: 1 win, 5 losses



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