Tag: Gil Hodges

News Update:The White Sox set the record in 1962, and the Mets “would not want” it.

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This story was excerpted from Anthony DiComo’s Mets Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.   PHOENIX — Shortly after the 1961 season, Reds pitcher Jay Hook was driving around Illinois in his Austin-Healey when he heard on the radio that he’d been selected […]

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Mets General manager hold another special ceremony to pay tribute to the 1969 champions.

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NEW YORK — Fifteen members of the 1969 Mets had a day that they will never forget. On Saturday afternoon, almost 50 years after upsetting the Orioles in the World Series, members of that Miracle Mets team were given a parade at the team’s new address, 41 Seaver Way, and then given the keys to […]

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