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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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Mets Get 16 Hits Off Marichal but Giants Win, 9-5
New York Daily News, June 16, 1968
In 1968, Juan Marichal pitched a complete-game win over the Mets, giving up 16 hits while doing so. This was clearly an era before pitch counts. At the time the Mets were approaching a .500 record for the first time in their history, and Bill Gallo has a strange cartoon of Gil Hodges wearing a hideous necktie.
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Curtis Granderson
Born: March 16, 1981
at Blue Island, Ill.
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Years with Mets: 2014 - 2017

573 games. 95 hr, 247 rbi, 0.239
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Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1997 Game Results
04/04 Giants 6, Mets 4 Jordan (L, 0-2)
04/05 Giants 2, Mets 0 Manuel (L, 0-1)
04/06 Mets 4, Giants 2 Bohanon (W, 1-0)
04/13 Giants 5, Mets 1 Clark (L, 0-1)
04/13 Giants 7, Mets 6 Jones (L, 2-1)
04/14 Giants 3, Mets 2 McMichael (L, 0-1)
07/29 Giants 5, Mets 2 McMichael (L, 7-8)
07/30 Mets 5, Giants 2 Reed (W, 9-4)
08/25 Giants 7, Mets 1 Jones (L, 13-8)
08/26 Giants 6, Mets 2 Reed (L, 10-8)
08/27 Mets 15, Giants 6 Isringhausen (W, 1-0)
1997 totals: 3 wins, 8 losses



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