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New York Mets traded Toby Borland to the Boston Red Sox for Ricky Trlicek on May 12, 1997.

New York Mets traded Lindsay Gulin to the Seattle Mariners for Rick Wilkins on May 12, 1998.

New York Mets signed free agent Tom Wilson on May 12, 2004.

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Pete Rose: A Professional Player All the Way
New York Daily News, October 11, 1973
After the legendary dustup between Bud Harrelson and Pete Rose, M. Donald Grant of the Mets and Bob Howsam of the Reds tried to arrange a home-plate handshake between the two players. Harrelson reluctantly agreed, but Rose nixed the idea.
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Ron Hodges
Born: June 22, 1949
at Rocky Mount, Va.
Died: November 24, 2023 at Roanoke, Va.
Hodges
Years with Mets: 1973 - 1984

666 games. 19 hr, 147 rbi, 0.240
119 runs, 10 stolen bases


Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
1985 Game Results
05/07 Mets 5, Braves 3 Darling (W, 2-1)
05/08 Mets 4, Braves 0 Lynch (W, 2-1)
05/13 Braves 1, Mets 0 Lynch (L, 2-2)
05/14 Mets 3, Braves 1 McDowell (W, 3-1)
07/04 Mets 16, Braves 13 Gorman (W, 4-3)
07/05 Mets 6, Braves 1 Aguilera (W, 2-2)
07/07 Mets 4, Braves 0 Fernandez (W, 3-5)
07/07 Mets 8, Braves 5 Darling (W, 8-2)
07/18 Mets 7, Braves 6 Darling (W, 10-2)
07/19 Braves 1, Mets 0 Aguilera (L, 3-3)
07/20 Mets 16, Braves 4 Gooden (W, 14-3)
07/21 Mets 15, Braves 10 Leach (W, 1-0)
1985 totals: 10 wins, 2 losses



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