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Today is June 3

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Jim Piersall (2017)

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New York Mets selected Butch Benton in first round (sixth pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1975.

New York Mets selected Darryl Strawberry in first round (first pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.

New York Mets selected Rick Ownbey in 13th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.

New York Mets selected Billy Beane in first round (23rd pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.

New York Mets selected Ronn Reynolds in fifth round of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.

New York Mets selected John Gibbons in first round (24th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.

New York Mets selected Gregg Jefferies in first round (20th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1985.

New York Mets selected Bill Pulsipher in second round of free agent draft on June 3, 1991.

New York Mets selected Jason Jacome in 12th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1991.

New York Mets selected Joe Crawford in 17th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1991.

New York Mets selected Jason Isringhausen in 44th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1991.

New York Mets selected Vance Wilson in 44th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1993.

New York Mets selected Benny Agbayani in 30th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1993.

New York Mets selected Tyler Walker in second round of free agent draft on June 3, 1997.

New York Mets selected Eric Cammack in 13th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1997.

New York Mets selected Jason Phillips in 24th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1997.

New York Mets selected Jason Roach in 20th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1997.

New York Mets selected Lastings Milledge in first round (12th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 2003.

New York Mets selected Brian Bannister in seventh round of free agent draft on June 3, 2003.

New York Mets selected Carlos Muniz in 13th round of free agent draft on June 3, 2003.

New York Mets released Chan Ho Park on June 3, 2007.

New York Mets selected Brett Baty in first round (12th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 2019.

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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Mets swap for Olerud; take time for Todd Talk
New York Daily News, December 21, 1996
John Olerud was seen by the Blue Jays as someone whose contract needed to be dumped, and the Mets were the team that took a chance. This one paid off; Olerud was productive in his three years at Shea. Also, the Mets are meeting with Todd Hundley, coming off a club-record 41 home-run season, to discuss a new contract.

Tags: Todd Hundley, John Olerud.

Randomly selected Met Player

Hisanori Takahashi Born: April 2, 1975 at Tokyo, Japan
Years with Mets: 2010 53 games. 10 - 6, 3.61 114 strikeouts, 8 saves

Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals 2000 Game Results
05/26	Mets 5, Cardinals 2	Hampton (W, 6-4)
05/27	Mets 12, Cardinals 8	Cook (W, 4-2)
05/28	Mets 6, Cardinals 2	Rusch (W, 2-4)
07/28	Mets 3, Cardinals 2	Leiter (W, 11-4)
07/29	Mets 4, Cardinals 3	White (W, 1-0)
07/30	Mets 4, Cardinals 2	Jones (W, 5-5)
09/01	Cardinals 6, Mets 5	Mahomes (L, 4-3)
09/02	Cardinals 2, Mets 1	Hampton (L, 13-8)
09/03	Cardinals 4, Mets 3	White (L, 2-2)
2000 totals: 6 wins, 3 losses