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- Managers & Coaches The men who have led the Mets, and the men who helped them.
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  Interactively search for the happiest and saddest endings to Mets games.
- Postseason Games How the Mets have fared in the games that count the most!
- No-Hitters & One-Hitters See a list of every no-hitter and one-hitter pitched by the Mets, or against them. One of these categories was frustratingly empty for over fifty years, but not anymore!
- All-Star Games Mets who have appeared in baseball's Mid-Summer Classic
- Opponents & Ballparks See the Mets won-lost record against every team, and in every ballpark in which they've played!
- Daily Standings What was the Mets' pennant outlook on any given day in past seasons?
- Yearly Finishes The heights and the depths: the Mets won-lost record at the end of each season.
- Mayor's Trophy Games A look back at the long-ago annual series between the Mets and their Bronx rivals.

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The Ultimate Mets Scrapbook, a website within a website, presents the history of the Mets as it was originally reported. The games, the trades, the people, the places. The good news and the bad news. The hard news, and the soft news. We have examples of all of that here.

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	ERA Title 'Saves the Year' for Swan Newsday, September 27, 1978 The Mets didn't have many highlights in the late 1970s, but Craig Swan winning the N.L. ERA title was one of them.
Tags: Craig Swan.

	Some Harsh Sentences for a Season Newsday, October 1, 1978 At the end of the 1978 season, Newsday asked each Met for a brief comment. Elliott Maddox and Sergio Ferrer are among those who made notable remarks.
Tags: Sergio Ferrer, Jerry Koosman, Ed Kranepool, Elliott Maddox, Willie Montanez, Paul Siebert.

	Mets Ax Grant, Eye Rose New York Daily News, November 9, 1978 The Mets fire the much-loathed M. Donald Grant and then hint that they might sign free agent Pete Rose.
Tags: Lorinda de Roulet, M. Donald Grant.

	Koosman to Twins; Carew deal stalled New York Daily News, December 9, 1978 The trade that sent Jerry Koosman to Minnesota was originally intended to be part of a three-team trade that would have sent Rod Carew to the Giants.
Tags: Jerry Koosman.

	Kooz last link to past New York Daily News, December 10, 1978 Phil Pepe shares some thoughts on the dismantling of the 1969 World Champs, as Jerry Koosman departs for Minnesota.
Tags: Jerry Koosman.

	Mets get a reliever, completing Kooz deal New York Daily News, February 8, 1979 Jesse Orosco is the player-to-be-named-later in the trade that sent Jerry Koosman to the Twins. The man who was on the mound for the last out of the 1969 World Series was traded for his 1986 counterpart.
Tags: Jerry Koosman, Jesse Orosco.

	Foli is cool as Joe goes to Chapman New York Daily News, March 3, 1979 It's spring training 1979, and a "mature" Tim Foli is about to lose his starting shortstop job to Kelvin Chapman. Foli would be dealt to Pittsburgh in the coming weeks.
Tags: Kelvin Chapman, Tim Foli, Joe Torre.

	Mets Land Hebner: Espinosa to Phils for lefty slugger New York Daily News, March 28, 1979 The Mets feel they have acquired the productive hitter they were seeking.
Tags: Nino Espinosa, Richie Hebner.

	Hebner's bat fits like a glove New York Daily News, March 29, 1979 Dick Young on the Mets' newest trade acquisition, Richie Hebner.
Tags: Richie Hebner.

	How About the Queens' Boro? Newsday, April 7, 1979 Newsday's Steve Jacobson on the as-yet unnamed Mets mule.

	Orosco, the Rookie, Is a Precious Met Newsday, April 7, 1979 A profile of 21-year-old rookie Jesse Orosco, who made an earlier-than-expected major league debut.
Tags: Jesse Orosco.

	Mets get Pirates' Taveras for Foli New York Daily News, April 20, 1979 An exchange of shortstops between the Mets and the Pirates. The Mets get Frank Taveras, the Pirates get Tim Foli.
Tags: Tim Foli, Frank Taveras.

	Pirates Ship Taveras to Mets, Acquire Foli: Tanner Seeking to Bolster Buc Defense Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 20, 1979 The Tim Foli/Frank Taveras trade, as reported from Pittsburgh. From this perspective, Taveras is a poor defensive player who was just "peddled" to the Mets.
Tags: Tim Foli, Frank Taveras.

	Torre: Fine performance, lousy script New York Daily News, June 15, 1979 The final years of the Mets under the Payson ownership were bleak, and here Mike Lupica lets them have it. Plus, Bud Harrelson settles in as a Phillie and the Mets are not likely to pull off a deadline deal for a pitcher.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Joe Torre.

	Mule Name Nettles Mets' Fans Daily Record (Morris County, NJ), July 9, 1979 Sports columnist Steve Caulk reacts to the announcement that the Mets' mule mascot will be named "Mettle".

	All-Star pick Mazzilli: I should be starting New York Daily News, July 11, 1979 Lee Mazzilli is a 1979 All-Star (he would, in fact, become the first Met to homer in the All-Star game that year) but feels he should be in the starting lineup.
Tags: Lee Mazzilli.

	Hebner dealt to Tigers for .211, .222 hitters New York Daily News, November 1, 1979
Tags: Richie Hebner.

	METS SOLD: Record $21.1 million paid by Doubleday-Pickett group New York Daily News, January 25, 1980 The Mets are sold for the first time in their history. Plus, "Mets present a big task for Doubleday".
Tags: Lorinda de Roulet, Nelson Doubleday.

	Mets: Series in '80s: 'Do anything to bring fans winner,' vows Wilpon New York Daily News, January 26, 1980 The new Mets owners make a bold promise, one that they fulfilled. Plus, "New Met boss Wilpon grew up a Dodger fan" and "Met players cautiously optimistic".
Tags: Lorinda de Roulet, Nelson Doubleday, Fred Wilpon.

	The owners who give Mets Midas touch; Martin as manager could solve Mets problems New York Daily News, January 27, 1980 Profiles of the new Mets leadership. Phil Pepe of the Daily News suggests Billy Martin for Mets manager.
Tags: Nelson Doubleday, Fred Wilpon.