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Michael
June 29, 2011
This game just goes to show just how much the Mets and Cardinals hated each other during this era. With the division title already clinched and this game meaningless, Whitey Herzog has his pitcher intentionally walk HoJo in the 9th inning with a runner on base; this way HoJo doesn't have a chance at his 100th RBI of the season. He didn't get it the next day either, as he finished with 99 on the season.

Michael
November 17, 2023
Forgotten now, but the big news before this game was that Davey Johnson submitted to the Mets and the media that the following season in 1988 would be his last season managing the Mets, as he would then move upstairs into a front office role. Frank Cashen gave an interview stating that he hoped the next man for the job would also come from one of the farm clubs in the system but he would look outside the organization as well.

As we know now, none of that ever happened, Davey ended up staying the manager until he was fired in late May 1990, but still an interesting footnote in Mets history on this day as the Mets and Cards were playing the final days of the season.



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