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New York Mets released Clem Labine on May 1, 1962.

New York Mets released Joe Ginsberg on May 1, 1962.

New York Yankees signed Casey Fossum of the New York Mets as a free agent on May 1, 2009.

New York Mets sold Zack Short to the Boston Red Sox on May 1, 2024.

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Mets pick a Strawberry in draft
New York Daily News, June 4, 1980
Darryl Strawberry is selected by the Mets in the first round of the 1980 amateur free-agent draft. (Plus Billy Beane and John Gibbons.)
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Mets vs. Washington Nationals
2008 Game Results
04/15 Mets 6, Nationals 0 Pelfrey (W, 2-0)
04/16 Mets 5, Nationals 2 Maine (W, 1-1)
04/17 Mets 3, Nationals 2 Sosa (W, 2-1)
04/23 Mets 7, Nationals 2 Santana (W, 3-2)
04/24 Nationals 10, Mets 5 Perez (L, 2-1)
05/12 Nationals 10, Mets 4 Figueroa (L, 2-3)
05/13 Mets 6, Nationals 3 Maine (W, 5-2)
05/14 Nationals 5, Mets 3 Vargas (L, 0-1)
05/15 Nationals 1, Mets 0 Pelfrey (L, 2-4)
08/12 Mets 4, Nationals 3 Santana (W, 10-7)
08/13 Mets 12, Nationals 0 Maine (W, 10-7)
08/14 Mets 9, Nationals 3 Perez (W, 9-7)
09/09 Mets 10, Nationals 8 Smith (W, 4-3)
09/10 Mets 13, Nationals 10 Smith (W, 5-3)
09/15 Nationals 7, Mets 2 Martinez (L, 5-5)
09/16 Nationals 1, Mets 0 Pelfrey (L, 13-10)
09/17 Mets 9, Nationals 7 Knight (W, 1-0)
09/18 Mets 7, Nationals 2 Santana (W, 14-7)
2008 totals: 12 wins, 6 losses



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