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New York Mets claimed Daryl Boston on waivers from the Chicago White Sox on April 30, 1990.

New York Mets signed free agent Val Pascucci on April 30, 2008.

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On The Path Of Hodges
Newsday, June 1, 1990
New Mets manager Bud Harrelson sees Gil Hodges as the role model for the kind of manager he'd like to be. Newsday's Steve Jacobsen looks back at Hodges, and speculates how Harrelson might handle a player like Darryl Strawberry differently than Davey Johnson did.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Keith Hernandez, Gil Hodges, Davey Johnson, Darryl Strawberry.


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John Gibbons
Born: June 8, 1962
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Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1987 Game Results
06/08 Cubs 4, Mets 2 Sisk (L, 1-1)
06/09 Cubs 6, Mets 5 Myers (L, 0-2)
06/10 Mets 13, Cubs 2 Gooden (W, 2-0)
06/23 Cubs 4, Mets 1 Darling (L, 2-5)
06/24 Mets 2, Cubs 1 McDowell (W, 4-2)
06/25 Mets 8, Cubs 2 Gooden (W, 4-1)
08/06 Mets 7, Cubs 6 McDowell (W, 7-3)
08/07 Mets 7, Cubs 1 Darling (W, 8-7)
08/08 Cubs 5, Mets 3 Schulze (L, 1-2)
08/09 Cubs 6, Mets 3 Gooden (L, 9-4)
08/13 Cubs 7, Mets 5 McDowell (L, 7-4)
08/14 Cubs 6, Mets 1 Mitchell (L, 3-5)
08/15 Cubs 7, Mets 3 Leach (L, 10-1)
08/16 Mets 23, Cubs 10 Darling (W, 10-7)
09/14 Mets 6, Cubs 5 Aguilera (W, 9-2)
09/15 Mets 12, Cubs 4 Fernandez (W, 11-8)
09/21 Mets 7, Cubs 1 Gooden (W, 15-6)
09/22 Cubs 6, Mets 2 Cone (L, 5-5)
1987 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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