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Al Weis: 1969 Mets World Series Hero (1968 - 1971)

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Albert John Weis was born April 2, 1938 in Franklin Square, New York on Long Island. He grew up in the town of Bethpage & attended Farmingdale high School. The Long Island boy then joined the Navy & while playing baseball there got signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent. The speedy six-foot switch-hitting speedy  infielder stole 42 bases in 1960 at the low level of the minor leagues. Al spent four years in the minor leagues peaking in 1962 at AAA Indianapolis batting .296 with 13 triples, 15 doubles & 31 stolen bases.   MLB Career: In September 1962 Weis got a call up playing behind the double play combo of Hall of Famers, Luis Aparicio & Nellie Fox. Weis debuted in Washington drawing a walk in his first game in a 3-1 loss to the Senators. He went just 1-12 during the month (.083). At the end of the season the White Sox traded away Luis Aparicio, Weis played his rookie year as a utility infielder behind Nellie Fox & Ron Hanse...
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Remembering Mets History (2019): Mets Win Epic Tying Club Record For Citi Field HRs

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Saturday April 6th 2019: After losing the home opener two days earlier, the rested Mets were ready for their eighth game of the year.  On this Saturday afternoon 35,156 fans came out to Citi Field for the second home game of the season. Mickey Callaway's Mets (6-2) hosted Dave Martinez's Washington Nationals (3-4).  Todays starters were Steven Matz taking on Partick Corbin. Trivia: That year the Nationals would go on to win the first World Series in franchise history which included the Montreal Expos before relocating.                                          The first three innings went scoreless. In the bottom of the 4th, the struggling J.D. Davis led off with a HR, the hardest HR yet hit in 2019 as per statcast. Davis had been put into the line up, batting clean up. A line up which had everyone wondering where the hot hitting Jeff McNeil was?  In Steven Matz...
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Daniel Murphy (Part Two) 2015 Post Season Record Setter

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2015: In the 2015 off season Daniel Murphy's name kept coming up in trade talks again, as the Mets continued to shop him.  They did not find a suitable buyer & it was back to Spring Training once again in a Mets uniform.  He continued to dodge the questions that came his way & went about his business as usual, like the true professional he was. No one expected the year that was ahead of Daniel Murphy.  Religious Views: During Spring Training Billy Bean was going around to baseball teams to promote Inclusion to MLB. Murphy a Religious man stated "I do disagree with the fact that Billy is a homosexual. That doesn’t mean I can’t still invest in him & get to know him. You can still accept him, but I do disagree with the lifestyle, 100%."   Due to the fact that some people didn't respect Murphy's beliefs they twisted it to make his comments controversial. Murph said he'll stick with baseball & not tell reporters about his religious beliefs anymo...
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