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New York Mets traded Larry Foss to the Milwaukee Braves for Chico Fernandez on May 8, 1963.

New York Mets traded Jay Hook and Adrian Garrett to the Milwaukee Braves for Roy McMillan on May 8, 1964.

New York Mets released Dick Tidrow on May 8, 1984.

New York Mets traded Matt Harvey to the Cincinnati Reds for Devin Mesoraco on May 8, 2018.

New York Mets released Robinson Cano on May 8, 2022.

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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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Joe Smith
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Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1984 Game Results
05/11 Mets 2, Dodgers 0 Gooden (W, 3-2)
05/12 Mets 4, Dodgers 3 Lynch (W, 4-0)
05/13 Dodgers 5, Mets 3 Torrez (L, 0-3)
05/25 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Gooden (W, 4-3)
05/26 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Leary (W, 2-2)
05/27 Dodgers 3, Mets 2 Torrez (L, 0-4)
08/13 Dodgers 9, Mets 2 Terrell (L, 9-9)
08/14 Mets 4, Dodgers 0 Berenyi (W, 5-5)
08/15 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Fernandez (W, 4-1)
08/27 Mets 5, Dodgers 1 Gooden (W, 13-8)
08/28 Mets 5, Dodgers 1 Terrell (W, 10-10)
08/29 Mets 3, Dodgers 2 Orosco (W, 9-5)
1984 totals: 9 wins, 3 losses



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