| 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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| 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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| 1972 | May 12, 1972 - Willie Mays, a $165000-ayear folk-hero at the age of 41, was traded to the New York Mets yesterday by the San Francisco Giants after one of the most complex series of negotiations in baseball history. The deal was made after 10 :ears of preliminaries, One onth of bartering and four ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10715F63B591A7493C0A8178ED85F468785F9
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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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| 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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| 1980 | Nov 15, 1980 - Even before the Mets met Dave Winfield yesterday for initial postdraft negotiations, Claudell Washington jolted them, and many other teams, by quickly reaching agreement with the Atlanta Braves on a five-year contract ... providing him a guaranteed $3.5 mil. lion, ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E15F73D5E12728DDDAC0994D9415B8084F1D3
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| 1990 | Nov 9, 1990 - By JOSEPH DURSO. Darryl Strawberry completed his clamorous exit from New York's baseball stage yesterday when he left the Mets as a free agent and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for five years at $20.25 million. The contract is second only to the $23.5 million deal signed by Jose ... www.nytimes.com/1990/11/09/sports/baseball-taking-dodgers-20-million-strawberry-leaves-the-mets.html? pagewanted=all
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| 1998 | Oct 25, 1998 - By GEORGE VECSEY. THIS was in mid-September, when the Mets still had a chance at a wild-card berth. Nelson Doubleday liked that possibility, and he also liked the gossip coming out of the Mets' clubhouse. Mike Piazza, the rumor had it, was collaring all the other free agents on the ... www.nytimes.com/1998/10/25/sports/sports-of-the-times-mets-got-themselves-a-bargain.html
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| 1999 | Dec 15, 1999 - By MURRAY CHASS. Late Monday night, Ken Griffey Jr., the Seattle Mariner star who is generally considered to be the best player in baseball, used his veto rights to quash a possible trade to the Mets. But the talented center fielder might have been trying a Mets uniform on for size ... www.nytimes.com/1999/12/15/sports/baseball-griffey-may-have-been-a-met-but-says-team-lost-chance. html?pagewanted=all
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| 2000 | Oct 18, 2000 - By JACK CURRY. There was a misty rain pelting Yankee Stadium as dozens of hopeful fans gathered outside the players entrance yesterday afternoon. The first pitch was still four hours away, but the fans turned giddy when David Justice nodded to them; they were even excited that Luis ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F6081FFD3F5A0C7B8DDDA90994D8404482
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| 2001 | Sep 22, 2001 - By TYLER KEPNER. It was like the moment in a church service when members of the congregation shake hands with each other in peace. For a few moments last night, on the infield grass at Shea Stadium, the Mets and the Atlanta Braves were not bitter rivals about to begin a late-September ... www.nytimes.com/2001/09/22/sports/baseball-mets-magic-heralds-homecoming.html
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| 2002 | Jun 15, 2002 - NY YANKEES (0) VS NY METS (8) - FINAL NY YANKEES ab rh rbi bb so lob avg A Soriano 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .304 D Jeter ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .291 Ja Giambi 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 2 .316 B Williams cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 1 .308 J Posada c 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .264 R White lf 4 0 0 0 0 3 1 .256 R Coomer 3b 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 ... www.usatoday.com/sports/scores102/102166/20020615ML---NYMETS----0.htm
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| 2003 | Jul 2, 2003 - The Mets finally succeeded yesterday in shipping the underachieving second baseman Roberto Alomar out of New York, receiving three minor leaguers from the Chicago White Sox in return. Though Alomar hardly performed as expected during his season and a half with the Mets, many around the ... www.nytimes.com/2003/07/02/sports/baseball-mets-end-one-sad-story-with-a-trade-of-alomar.html?partner =rssnyt&emc=rss
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| 2004 | Dec 14, 2004 - By JACK CURRY; TYLER KEPNER, LEE JENKINS AND MURRAY CHASS CONTRIBUTED REPORTING FOR THIS ARTICLE. Before Red Sox General Manager Theo Epstein left baseball's winter meetings on Monday afternoon, he told executives from other teams that Boston had lost Pedro Martínez, its ''franchise ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0C13FA3D540C778DDDAB0994DC404482
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| 2005 | Jan 11, 2005 - By Hal Bock, AP. NEW YORK — Carlos Beltran joined what he called "the new Mets" on Tuesday, finalizing his $119 million, seven-year contract with New York. Slugger Carlos Beltran, with wife Jessica, says he's excited about the Mets' chances after he signed a $119 million, ... www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/mets/2005-01-11-beltran-intro_x.htm
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| 2006 | Oct 15, 2006 - By Jorge Arangure Jr. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 14 -- What to pick as the most embarrassing moment of a total debacle for the New York Mets in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Saturday against the St. Louis Cardinals? Was it the outing by Mets starter Steve Trachsel, ... www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/14/AR2006101401332.html
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