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In May 1984 the New York Mets were playing better baseball than they had in years. On their way to an eventual 90 win, second place finish, these Mets were a solid team.  Darryl Strawberry led the club in HRs (26) with George Foster right behind him (24). Keith Hernandez led the team in hitting (.311) & on base % (.409). While Mookie Wilson led in steals (46) & Wally Backman was second with (36). The pitching staff was led by Rookie phenom; Dwight Gooden (17-9 / 276 Ks / 2.60 ERA).  The Mets third baseman that year was Hubie Brooks, who had been with the club since 1980.  In 1984 he set a Mets record at the time with a 24 game hit streak.  May 1st: Brooks collected two hits in the Mets 8-1 win over the Cubs at Shea Stadium. In the Mets seven run 6th inning he collected his second hit of the game, a two run single helping in the win. The next night he collected an RBI double in the Mets 4-3 win over Chicago.  On May 4th as the Astros came to town,...

Tuesday May 26th, 1964: From 1964 thru 1966 the Mets put out their highest total of runs in a single game each year at the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field in Chicago. Today would be a historic day in early Mets history with 19 runs scored.  Trivia: In 1965 the Mets put up double figures twice in Chicago with a season high of 14 runs on July 29th. On August 8th they also put up ten runs against the Cubs at Shea Stadium, but they lost 14-10. In 1966 the Mets single game high was also 14 runs, they did at Wrigley Field & Candlestick Park in San Francisco.  The inconsistent Mets of the early to mid sixties also had games where they were shut out or put up just one at Wrigley as well.  Todays run production was a rare event for these Mets who had only put up double figures in wins 12 times up to now since their inception in 1962. On this day a small crowd of just 2,503 came to the ball park to see Casey Stengel's Mets (12-28) take on Bob Kennedy's Cubs (14-21).  ...

In the Mets series opener this week with Detroit at Citi Field, the exciting news was that the Mets were going to bring up one of their top prospects- A.J. Ewing to try to bring some life to a rather dormant team. The Mets were also suffering thru many injuries which made the decision to bring up Ewing even easier. A.J. Ewing: The former fourth round pick went from A ball to the majors in just three seasons. In 2025 he went thru A ball St. Lucie-A ball Brooklyn then to AA Binghamton where he hit .339 & stole 12 bases in 28 games. In 2026 he hit .349 at AA Binghamton in 18 games then was promoted to AAA Syracuse where he hit .326 with  five steals in 12 games. Now the big leagues. A good crowd of 36,382 came to Citi Field as the Mets (15-25) took on A.J. Hinch's Tigers (19-23). The starting pitchers were Freddy Peralta (2-3) who had lost his last two starts guving up five runs in 11.1 innings & an equally struggling Jack Flaherty (0-3). Things went quiet in the 1st inning. ...

Albert Bluford Walker was born on May 16, 1926, in Lenoir, North Carolina to Albert Sr. & Beulah Walker. Albert was the oldest of the three Walker brothers While working on his grandparents farm, Walker learned farming deeds as well as methods to cure meats.  In school Albert played football, baseball & was a wrestler. Rube Moniker:  While serving as a bat boy with a North Carolina State League team, his favorite player was the teams star named Rube Robinson. Soon Albert Walker became known as Rube Walker & the moniker stuck. In 1944  the six-foot left hand hitting catcher  signed as an amateur free agent with the Chicago Cubs.  Walker spent four years in the minor leagues. In 1947 he hit .331 with 105 RBIs at AA Nashville which was good enough for he Cubs to sign him for the next season. MLB Career: In the first two months of the 1948 season, he appeared mostly as pinch hitter, then on May 31st got his first start behind the plate....