Tuesday, August 11, 2009

This Day in Mets History

1988- After going 225 at bats, Gary Carter finally gets his 300th homerun as the Mets beat the Cubs 6-4

1999- The Mets claimed Jeff Tam off waivers from the Indians

2004- During the memorial service at St. Patrick's Cathedral in front of pews packed with Mets fans, team owner Fred Wilpon and former broadcaster partner Gary Thorne deliver eulogies remembering the late Hall of Famer Bob Murphy. At age of 79, ‘Murph’ who supplied 42 years of Happy Recaps for the Mets and spent a half of a century broadcasting big league games, lost his battle with lung cancer.

2005-Mets outfielders Carlos Beltran and Mike Cameron running at full speed in an attempt to catch Padres David Ross’ seventh-inning short fly to short right-center dive head-first into each other in one of the horrific collisions in baseball history. Right fielder Cameron, who suffers a broken nose and multiple fractures of both cheekbones, will undergo facial surgery in San Diego and his teammate, center fielder Carlos Beltran, fares a bit better suffering a concussion and a small fracture in his cheekbone. (www.nationalpastime.com)

Mets Birthdays-
  • Bob Sheffing: 96
  • Bill Monbouquette: 73
  • Al Pedrique: 49
  • John Mitchell: 44

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