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Moises Alou Steals Home!
Published 5/7/2008 by NY Sports Dog at NY Sports Dog
... player to ever do it? Let's look it up! Posted by NY Sports Dog at 11:14 PM   [image] Labels: Mets , Moises Alou , New York 0 comments: Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Your Ad Here [image] NY Sports Dog Right to Your Email In-Box Enter your email address: [image] Who Should Bat #2? [image] New York Mets News Beltran out of lineup Marking Strawberry's silver anniversary Figueroa must shake off rust Perez dropped ...

The Hungry Years
Published 5/9/2008 by Greg at Faith and Fear in Flushing
... Seaver didn't help attendance. Strawberry debuted on May 6 to hype unmatched before or since for any Met rookie. Not 16,000 showed up at Shea to see him. When Hernandez, whose acquisition from St. Louis was greeted by universal acclaim throughout New York, appeared in a home uniform for the first time at Shea Stadium, in a June 20 doubleheader (against his old team, no less), the crowd was 16,668. Another twinbill, compensating for April rain, commenced two days later. Seaver started the opener. All of 18,792 bought tickets. ...