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Break Up the Matz!
New York Daily News (June 29, 2015)

NYB Buff
February 18, 2024
This article covers the greatest major league debut of all-time. The details on the left show just how special it was. Steven Matz simply did it all both on the mound and at the plate that day. He made the designated hitter look like the worthless piece of trash that it really is.

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Some Harsh Sentences for a Season
Newsday (October 1, 1978)

Hot Foot
February 12, 2024
If the Mets could have signed John Travolta for the 1978 season, that would have been something.

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How About the Queens' Boro?
Newsday (April 7, 1979)

Glenrock
February 12, 2024
The mule should've been named M. Donald Grant, who was a REAL ass!

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Some Harsh Sentences for a Season
Newsday (October 1, 1978)

Glenrock
February 7, 2024
Paul Siebert said it best about 1978. It was a wasted season (like many others in Mets history.) It was also a waste of newspaper space. Couldn't the article have just described the details of the Mets' season-closing win over the Cubs and leave it at that? A very dreary page of Newsday to look through.

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Another Chance For Ron, Ed
New York Daily News (February 12, 1971)

Vinson Massif
February 6, 2024
Ron Swoboda owns up to the mistakes he made with his production and his attitude towards Gil Hodges in this 1971 article. He also gives the impression that these things were in the past and he intended to do better. Seven weeks later, Swoboda was traded to the Montreal Expos. I guess his old habits and relationship with Hodges didn't change much during spring training.

Also, standings for the ABA are included amid the side story on lady umpire Bernice Gera. Does anyone remember that old colorful basketball league?

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Former major leaguer, Moosic native dies
Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) (July 14, 2019)

Glenrock
February 5, 2024
That's strange. This story on Joe Grzenda's death doesn't mention anything about his being a pitcher for the Mets. However, it does state that he was with a Yankees minor league affiliate at the end of his career. So why was this article posted on this site?