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Christopher Flexen was born July 1st, 1994, in Newark, California. The six three right hander played football where he was quarterback as well as pitched earning him the nickname "the Flexman".  He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 14th round of the 2012 MLB draft. In 2013 he impressed at Kingsport with an 8-1 record. In 2016 he was at St. Lucie where he went 10-9 with a 3.25 ERA in 25 starts. In 2017 he was promoted up to a AA Binghamton going 6-1 with a 1.66 ERA. That was enough for the Mets to have him skip AAA & go right to the big-league club, who's staff was struggling. Mets Career: Flexen made his MLB debut on July 27th, 2017, with a start in San Diego. He was the first Mets pitcher since Mike Pelfrey in 2006, to go from AA straight to the Mets & make a start. The Padres got him for four runs on five hits, in three innings of work, taking his first career loss. Trivia: Flexen became the fifth Met pitcher in team history to serve up a HR to h...

Norman Craig Anderson was born July 1, 1938, in Washington D.C. The six-foot right-handed pitcher attended Lehigh University, where he became the school's star pitcher. Anderson struck out 289 batters in 189 innings and pitched a no hitter there as well. He became the first player to make it to the big leagues from Lehigh University, when he was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1960.   He briefly pitched in the minor leagues at AA Tulsa, posting a 1.68 ERA, getting brought up to the majors that same year. Cardinals Career: He debuted on June 23rd, pitching three scoreless innings in relief of Ernie Broglio, while earning his first career victory against the San Francisco Giants. In that game he got a hit scored a run & benefited from a grand slam by Stan the Man Musial. He would go 4-3 with a save & posting a 3.26 ERA with St. Louis in his rookie season.  Mets Career: In October of 1961 he became an original New York Met when he was the 16th selection ...

Frank Daryl Tanana was born on July 3, 1953, in Detroit, Michigan. The left-handed fast ball pitcher was a 1971 first round draft pick for the California Angels, the 13th pick overall.  In 1973 he was 33-12 with a 2.70 ERA at two levels of minor league ball, getting promoted to the big-league staff by the end of the year. In 1974 Tanana teamed up with Nolan Ryan making them one of the best one & two combos in baseball. The saying went in Anaheim was “Tanana, Ryan & two days of crying’” during those mid-seventies hey days.  In his first full season, 1974 he was given the start on the second game of the season in Chicago against the White Sox. Although he pitched well into the 7th inning allowing just two runs, he got no decision. He then won his next two starts beating Texas & the White Sox at home.  In May he lost four straight starts going 2-4 in the month, although his ERA was just at 2.88. From the end of June on,...

Friday June 30th, 1978: Joe Torre's fifth place Mets (33-45) were in Pittsburgh at Three Rivers Stadium to play Chuck Tanner's fourth place Pirates (35-38) for a weekend series in the Steel City. A nice crowd of 31,947 came out as the Mets pitcher Nino Espinosa (6-7) went up against Pirate rookie hurler Don Robinson (4-2). Trivia: Nino Espinosa would lead the 1978 Mets staff with eleven wins (11-15) & also tie for most losses. Nino pitched 203 innings but struck out just 76 batters while walking 75. In the top of the 3rd inning, Mets pitcher Nino Espinosa doubled, Len Randle singled & Tim Foli brought in the first run with a sac fly. The two pitchers both pitched well as the game stayed 1-0 until the 5th inning. In the Pirates 5th, Phil Garner doubled & stole third. He scored on Frank Taveras base hit to tie the game. In the home 7th, the Garner doubled again. Ken Macha then doubled & shortstop Frank Taveras singled again to make it 3-1 Pirates....

   2024  Subway Series Sweep -  NYM: by J-Maz (the Giant)  edited by centerfieldmaz  The first half of the subway series just concluded & the Grimace magic continues to prove effective for the Miracle Mets. The A.L. New York team arrived at Citi Field with two straight series losses to the Baltimore Orioles & Atlanta Braves. The Mets came home after winning their last two series against the former World Series champion Texas Rangers & Chicago Cubs. Before the game the Mets paid tribute to Willie Mays who passed away earlier that week. Willie's son Michale threw out the ceremonial first pitch with former Met Cleon Jones on hand with other guests as well. Tuesday June 25th:  The opening crosstown matchup saw the Mets David Peterson coming off a great start in Texas go up against Gerrit Cole. He was starting for the second time since returning from injury.  The game saw both teams loading the bases in the 1st inning. The AL...