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A No-Hitter’s Nameplate: Johan Santana
Johan Santana threw the first Mets no-hitter in franchise history during the team’s 50th anniversary season in 2012. The team preserved his locker nameplate from that memorable season. In a complete-g ...
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Celebrating 50 Years: 2012 Mets Yearbook
A golden anniversary for the ages! The Mets celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2012, a half-century of baseball that included two World Series titles, four NL pennants and some of the greatest playe ...
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Cuttin’ Up with the Captain
Howie Rose has been calling Mets games on the radio and television since 1987 and more than a few have called him a walking encyclopedia of team history. How much history do you think he discussed wit ...
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David Wright Breaks Franchise RBI Record
On April 25, 2012, David Wright slugged a two-run homer against Miami’s Mark Buehrle to break Darryl Strawberry’s franchise RBI record of 733. This is one of the bases that the Mets captain touched du ...
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David Wright Takes Over Mets Hits Record
On September 26, 2012, David Wright passed Ed Kranepool to take over the franchise record for hits with 1,419. Wright crossed this base as he set the record. He would end his professional career in 20 ...
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Jay Horwitz at Home with the Players
Jay Horwitz, head of the Mets public relations department for nearly 40 years, was right at home with the players during a spring training game in Port St. Lucie. David Wright later honored Horwitz by ...
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Johan Santana Signed No-Hitter Home Plate
Plenty of Cardinals walked up to home plate on June 1, 2012, but not a single one of them got to run across it. Johan Santana threw three strikes across this plate to strike out David Freese of the St ...
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Lineup Card From Lucas Duda’s Big Blast
The Mets picked up an always-important win within the division behind R.A. Dickey’s solid seven-inning effort against the Washington Nationals on the road. Lucas Duda’s two-run homer in the 5th provid ...
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Mets Team Autographed Gary Carter Jersey
Contemporary Mets signed a Gary Carter jersey as a nod to the former catcher who passed away before the 2012 season. The jersey featured a Mets 50th anniversary patch, as well as a black home plate pa ...
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No-Han’s No-Hit: Santana’s Pitching Rubber ...
For 8,019 games, Mets pitchers had toed the rubber diligently, expertly and even brilliantly. But no one who toed the rubber had ever thrown a no-hitter until Johan Santana. On June 1, 2012, Santana s ...