Born Under A Bad, Good or Neutral Sign

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New Mets in 2007 and what their future employer did the day they were born:

Moises Alou: Mets split a doubleheader with Uncle Matty's Pirates, July 3, 1966 as the elder Alou collects a pinch-hit in the Bucs' 8-7 win in the opener and goes 0-for-3 in the Mets' 9-8 nightcap victory. No relation to any Alou, but Eddie Bressoud hits a grand slam in the first game.

Joe Smith: Born during spring training, March 22, 1984. Whatever happened didn't count.

David Newhan: Another twinbill baby, another split. Kooz shuts out Carlton and the Phils, Sept. 3, 1973, but a debuting Craig Swan isn't so fortunate, taking a 6-3 loss.

Scott Schoeneweis: One day after the Mets clinch on the Monday after the final Sunday of the season, Scott shows up: October 2, 1973. Yogi's setting his postseason roster while Schoeneweis presumably needs changing.

Ambiorix Burgos: The Mets score two in the bottom of the eighth to take reliever Craig Swan (in for kid Doc) off the hook and beat the Expos 7-6 when the bouncing baby Burgos makes his debut on April 19, 1984.

Aaron Sele: Infant Aaron picks June 25, 1970, a fine time to be born by my reckoning. Jerry Koosman beats Ken Holtzman and the Cubs 8-3 at Wrigley to complete a five-game sweep. Why my reckoning? I'm very fond of this game and have written about it twice.

Damion Easley: Misses the World Series by a month, November 11, 1969.

Chan Ho Park: 0-1 as a Met, 1-0 when he was born, June 30, 1973, Mets over the Cubs 2-1 at Wrigley, Matlack and Hooton both go the distance...or several innings longer than Chan Ho Park was a Met.

Ruben Gotay: Merry Christmas, son. There's no game for you under the tree this December 25, 1982.

Jorge Sosa: Born April 28, 1977...Mets were idle.

Lino Urdaneta: Natural or chemically enhanced birth? Don't know. Do know the Mets weren't playing on November 20, 1979.

Carlos Gomez: So excited about the Mets' prospects for 1986, that he raced right out of the womb on December 4, 1985.

Jason Vargas: An early arrival for pitchers and catchers under George Bamberger, February 2, 1983.

Ben Johnson: The doctor slapped him on June 18, 1981 and little Ben cried, "You mean I waited nine months and all I got was this lousy players' strike?"

Sandy Alomar: While Sandy's dad hones his skills in the Braves' system, Bob Friend is no-decisioned in his Mets debut while his new team goes down to the Reds at Crosley, 5-4, despite 3-for-5 performances from Ron Hunt and Ken Boyer. Ooh child, things are gonna get easier for both Alomars.

Chip Ambres: He would grow to deliver a clutch base hit, but his mom delivered him between seasons, December 19, 1979.

Jon Adkins: The Adkins(es) brought their kid into the world to see our kids on August 30, 1977. The kids they saw lost 6-2 in Houston, behind starter Bob Myrick and relievers Rick Baldwin, Bob Apodaca and Paul Siebert. Joe Niekro, no kid, got the win.

Luis Castillo: Li'l Luis first popped up, so to speak, September 12, 1975, same day Lynn McGlothlen induced 27 outs from Jon Matlack and the Mets to win 5-1 at Busch, same day Roy Staiger made his Met debut. Roy put the ball in the air four times to no avail. Luis napped through it.

Brian Lawrence: On May 14, 1976, miscast Met Mickey Lolich struck out eight but surrendered a sixth-inning three-run blast to Johnny Bench at Riverfront, falling to the Reds 5-1. Brian Lawrence wasn't involved in the decision, but he was born.

Mets record when new 2007 Mets were born: 5-6. The last four born on days the Mets played were all born on days the Mets lost.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

]David Newhan: Another twinbill baby, another split. Kooz shuts out Carlton and the Phils, Sept. 3, 1973, but a debuting Craig Swan isn't so fortunate, taking a 6-3 loss.

My sig line is about David Newhan's birthday! (Actually, Swan's dynamite interview in Amazin' -- the highlight of that crappy book, in which he recalls his big league debut and Donald Grant's reactiion to it: "Send the fat kid back to Tidewater."

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Awesome research, Greg!