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New York Mets traded Chris DeWitt to the Chicago Cubs for Matt Franco on April 8, 1996.

Cleveland Indians claimed Jason Anderson of the New York Mets on waivers on April 8, 2004.

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Mule Name Nettles Mets' Fans
Daily Record (Morris County, NJ), July 9, 1979
Sports columnist Steve Caulk reacts to the announcement that the Mets' mule mascot will be named "Mettle".


Randomly selected Met Player

Bobby Bonilla
Born: February 23, 1963
at Bronx, N.Y.
Bonilla
Years with Mets: 1992 - 1995, 1999

515 games. 95 hr, 295 rbi, 0.270
264 runs, 8 stolen bases


Mets vs. Houston Astros
1986 Game Results
05/06 Mets 4, Astros 0 Gooden (W, 5-0)
05/07 Mets 3, Astros 2 Fernandez (W, 4-0)
05/14 Astros 6, Mets 2 Ojeda (L, 5-1)
05/15 Mets 6, Astros 2 Darling (W, 4-0)
07/03 Mets 6, Astros 5 Orosco (W, 4-4)
07/04 Mets 2, Astros 1 Gooden (W, 10-3)
07/05 Astros 2, Mets 1 McDowell (L, 7-1)
07/06 Mets 5, Astros 3 Fernandez (W, 11-2)
07/17 Mets 13, Astros 2 Ojeda (W, 11-2)
07/18 Astros 3, Mets 0 Darling (L, 9-3)
07/19 Astros 5, Mets 4 McDowell (L, 7-3)
07/20 Astros 9, Mets 8 McDowell (L, 7-4)
1986 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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