This Day in Mets History

[metirish]

July 16, 1967
Ed Kranepool hits a home run in each game of a doubleheader at St. Louis.

July 16, 1971
Cleon Jones grounds into a triple play during a 9-4 loss to Houston.

July 16, 1977
Steve Henderson blasts his third game-winning home run in less than a month as the Mets top Pittsburgh, 5-3.

July 16, 1984
Sid Fernandez wins his Major League debut, 13-3, at Houston.

July 16, 1994
John Franco eclipses Jesse Orosco's club mark with his 118th Mets save in a 5-4 win vs. San Diego.

July 16, 1997
Steve Philips is named the club's new general manager.

July 16, 1999
Rickey Henderson swipes three bases, collects three hits and scores three runs in a 9-7 win at Tampa Bay.

July 16, 2006
The Mets tie a Major League record by hitting two grand slams in one inning when Cliff Floyd and Carlos Beltran go deep in the sixth. The Mets score a franchise-record 11 runs in the sixth in New York's 13-7 win over the Cubs.


always amazes me how long Franco served the club,yet seems oddly placed in the minds of most Mets fans.

[G-Fafif]

That 1977 game was Old Timers Day when Willie, Mickey, Joe D and the Duke emerged from the CF gate and inspired Terry Cashman to lop Joe D off and compose a

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[seawolf17]

Hey now, 70s Photoshop.