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A very Happy Birthday in Mets Heaven to Brooklyn guy and 62 Met Joe Pignatano. Also coached for many years, including 69. Piggy also has the distinction of hitting into a triple play his last MLB AB in 62. @mets #mets #LGM

The New York Mets lineup card for August 4, 1968 signed by the late, legendary Gil Hodges. For the record: The Mets were one-hit by the Los Angeles Dodgers and lost 2-0. Still, a cool artifact from #MetsHistory! #LGM

August 4, 2012: Mike Baxter sets a team record and ties a National League mark when he walks five times in a nine-inning game in the Mets' 6-2 win over San Diego Padres. Only five of the 25 pitches thrown to Baxter were strikes. #LGM

August 4, 1963: New York Mets pitcher Roger Craig suffers his 20th loss of the season when the @Met lose to the Milwaukee Atlanta Braves at County Stadium, 2-1. It’s Craig’s 18th consecutive loss, tying a NL record. #LGM #Mets ... but that jersey is still 🔥🔥🔥

August 4, 1982: Joel Youngblood became the first player in MLB history to get a base hit for two different teams in two different cities in the same day. He started the day as a Met and ended the day in a Montreal Expos uni. #LGM #Mets #MetsHistory

August 4, 2016: Bartolo Colon becomes the first pitcher in the history of the Subway Series to record a win as a member of both New York teams. Colon and the New York Mets beat the New York Yankees, 4-1. Colon beat the Mets in 2011 at Citi Field. #LGM #Mets

Best and Worst of August: When the New York Mets win big in August, they win big in the postseason. Coincidence? Maybe. But it's true ... metsrewind.substack.com/p/best-and-wor…

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August 5, 1985: Tom Seaver records his 300th career win as a member of the @WhiteSox. How appropriate was it that Lindsey Nelson was calling the game? It should have happened in a New York Mets uniform. At least it was in NY. #LGM #MetsRewind

August 5, 1979: Willie Mays and Hack Wilson are inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Warren Giles, who served as the president of the National League from 1951 to 1969, is also inducted during the Cooperstown ceremony. #LGM #MetsRewind

August 5, 2007: Tom Glavine wins his 300th career game as a member of the New York New York Mets, an 8-3 victory against the Chicago Chicago Cubs. #LGM #Mets

August 5, 1998: The New York Mets turned a triple play -- John Olerud (3) to Rey Ordóñez (6) to Todd Pratt (2) - marking the eighth time the team accomplished the feat in history. The New York Mets have now turned 11 triple plays. The most recent? 08.24.2014. #LGM #Mets

August 5, 1985: Darryl Strawberry becomes the fourth New York Mets player in franchise history to hit 3 HR in game. Strawberry goes 4-for-4 with 5 RBI at Wrigley Field in a 7-2 win. #LGM #Mets

August 6, 2006: David Wright signed the dotted line on a 6yr., $55 million contract extension just three days after Jose Reyes inked a long term deal worth $23.25 million over the four years. #LGM #MetsRewind #Mets

August 6, 2013: On the anniversary he was signed by the New York Mets and his birthday, Wilmer Flores made his MLB debut vs. Colorado Rockies. He went 0-for-4. He recorded his first hit the next night, going 2-for-4 with a double and three RBI. #LGM

August 6, 1988: Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Jim Gott balks three times in the eighth inning, two of which allow a runner to score from third base, as the New York Mets beat the Bucs 5-3 at Three Rivers Stadium: bit.ly/33ehkXM

One of 108 regular season wins. The 1986 World Series champion New York New York Mets. #LGM #MetsRewind

Social Media Card of the Day: Ron Gardenhire. #LGM #Mets

Getting run support as a New York Mets starting pitcher in the 70s was not easy: “I always felt like I was doing it by the skin of my teeth. I had to work for it, every pitch, every out, all the way down the line.” - Jon Matlack