| 1961 | Oct 11, 1961 - Houston won the toss of the coin Tuesday, and its first pick was shortstop Ed Bressoud of the San Francisco Giants, a.219 hitter. Gil Hodges. BY FRANK FINCH. Times Staff Representative. CINCINNATI - Hous- ton the toss of the coin Tuesday, and its first pick was shortstop Ed Bressoud of ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/448088442.html?dids=448088442:448088442&FMT=ABS&FMTS= ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+11%2C+1961&author...METS%2C...
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| 1962 | Jun 3, 1962 - Baseball's latest phenom is so singular a performer that he strains credulity even when observed at close range with the naked eye. He is a Met Fan a warm-hearted mixed breed that cannot be explained but merely described. His natural habitat is ' the Polo Grounds, ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40613FB3459107B93C1A9178DD85F468685F9
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| 1963 | May 12, 1963 - The unfamiliar sting of defeat was felt by the New York Mets at the Polo Grounds yesterday. Their five-game winning streak, carefully nurtured through a euphoric week, came to an end as they lost to the Cincinnati Reds, 4-2. The unfamiliar sting of felt by the New York Metsat the Polo ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D14FE3E5411708DDDAB0994DD405B838AF1D3
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| 1964 | Oct 4, 1964 - Casey Stengel's amazing 10th-place Mets downed the St. Louis Cardinals today for the second straight time, 15 -- 5, knocked them into a tie for the lead with the Cincinnati Reds and forced that National League pennant race into its final day as a three-team free-for-all. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D1FF63A5F147A93C6A9178BD95F408685F9
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| 1965 | Jul 27, 1965 - Wes Westrum, the 42-year-old pitching coach of the New York Mets, was named interim manager of the team yesterday by Casey Stengel, who will undergo surgery this morning for a fractured left hip. Patient Cheerful During Tests By JOSEPH DURSO Wes Westrum, the 42-year-old pitching coach ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E1EFE3C5A157A93C5AB178CD85F418685F9
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| 1966 | Sep 13, 1966 - The Los Angeles Dodgers won their fifth straight game tonight, and gained half a game in the National League pennant race with 18 to go, by defeating the New York Mets, 3-2. The defeat was the ninth in 10 starts for the Mets, who scored the first two runs of the game but then ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40610FF3C5E1A7493C1A81782D85F428685F9
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| 1967 | Apr 12, 1967 - As amazing as ever, the Mets committed five errors yesterday, dissipated a formidable pitching performance by Don Cardwell and lost the opening game of New York's baseball season to the Pittsburgh Pirates, 6-3. It .vas the sixth straight year the Mets had failed to win their opener. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60E17FC3F5E137A93C0A8178FD85F438685F9
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| 1968 | May 12, 1968 - Like a star-crossed lover, Tom Seaver pitched his seventh strong game in a row for the New York Mets today -- and for the sixth time had little to show for it. He was defeated by the Chicago Cubs, 3-1, because of a couple of errant pitches in the first inning, one of which Ron Santo ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50E16F839541B7B93C0A8178ED85F4C8685F9
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| 1969 | Oct 8, 1969 - The New York Mets were hitting behind the runners. And that's good. Amazin' Mets. Savor Triumph. Tom Seaver or Mets holding batch of tall man yesterday in Shea stadium. He will pitch opening game of World Series against Orioles Saturday in Baltimore. Everything Falls. in Right Place ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/577408462.html?dids=577408462:577408462&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+08%2C+1969&author...Mets...
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| Oct 15, 1969 - Tommie Lee Agee hit a home run in his first time up for the New York Mets today. AGEE CATCHES -ORIOLES, METS PASS 'EM. The Reach... Tommie Agee of Mets reaching for Paul Blair's drive after long run yesterday in seventh inning of World Series game in Shea stadium. ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/577426932.html?dids=577426932:577426932&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Oct+15%2C+1969...pub...METS...
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| 1970 | Sep 28, 1970 - PITTSBURGH, Sept. 27 Doomsday arrived for the New York Mets at 4:08 this afternoon when the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated them, 2-1, and succeeded them as the Eastern champions of the National League. p record 'baseball crowd 50469 for Pittsburgh watched the Pirates complete a threegame ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F6091EFF3A5C1B7493CAAB1782D85F448785F9
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| 1971 | Jun 13, 1971 - The San Francisco Giants continued to snap out of their celebrated "June Swoon" yesterday when they scored a 5-1 victory over the New York Mets, who now seem to be fading into a swoon of their own. GIANTS BEAT METS, 5-1; The New York Times/Ernest Sisto HE DIDN'T MAKE IT: Bobby Bonds of ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10B1EF73D5813748DDDAA0994DE405B818BF1D3
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| 1972 | May 12, 1972 - Willie Mays, a $165000-a-year folk hero at the age of 41, was traded to the New York Mets today by the San Francisco Giants after one of the most complex series of negotiations in baseball history. Now Really Become A-Mays-ing. (NY Times.ChIcavo Tribune Servicel ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/616450122.html?dids=616450122:616450122&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+12%2C+1972...pub...Mets...
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| 1973 | Oct 21, 1973 - The Oakland A's prevented the New York. Mets from completing their march from the bottom to the top of the baseball world today when they won the sixth game of the World Series, 3-1, and threw the championship up for grabs in one last game tomorrow. A's Defeat Mets, 3 tQ 1, ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40E1EFB3C5D127A93C3AB178BD95F478785F9
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| 1974 | Sep 13, 1974 - For all those anxious wives and mothers who telephoned Shea Stadium in the early morning hours yesterday, asking if there was a curfew on a baseball game, the answer--as they probably know by now--is no. At least, not for the team that Casey Stengel used to call "my amazing Mets." ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70A15FC355C1A7A93C1A81782D85F408785F9
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| 1975 | Aug 7, 1975 - New York baseball was struck by its second blockbuster of the week yesterday when Yogi Berra was dismissed as manager of the Mets and replaced by one of his coaches, Roy McMillan. The switch was announced in the same room in Shea Stadium where the Yankees made similar news five days ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70616FE355E157493C5A91783D85F418785F9
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| 1976 | Sep 21, 1976 - The sky fell down on the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday at Shea Stadium. Seconds after Lee Mazzilli had belted a two-run homer with two out in the last of the ninth inning that lifted the Mets to a 5-4 victory, the Pirates seemed to have cement in their baseball shoes as they trudged off ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30816F83858167493C3AB1782D85F428785F9
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| 1977 | Jun 16, 1977 - ATLANTA, June 15 The Mets won a ball game tonight, but they lost Tom Seaver. After beating the Atlanta Braves, 6-5, the Mets learned that their star pitcher had been traded to the Cincinnati Reds for four players. The New York Times Tom Seaver, Mets' pitcher, clowning during workout in ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00A1EFC3A5B167493C4A8178DD85F438785F9
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| 1978 | Jul 26, 1978 - Pete Rose broke one of baseball's most glamorous records last night in Shea Stadium when he lined a single to left field in his second time at bat and stretched his hitting streak to 38 games. The pitches= was Craig Swan of the Mets, tlie count was one ball and one strike and the game ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0E11FD3D5413728DDDAF0A94DF405B888BF1D3
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| 1980 | Nov 16, 1980 - DAVE WINFIELD...Don Sutton...Rusty Staub. Their very names conjure up vi sions of grandeur, of victory, of packed stadiums on sun-swept afternoons. These were three of the lo players of skills and varying talents who were drafted by the New York Mets Thursday morning in major league ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60810F6385D11728DDDAF0994D9415B8084F1D3
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