MetsRewind

Man lands on the Moon, but Mets grounded ... On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the Moon. The @Mets? They were stuck in an airport in Montreal. 1969 WS champion @ArtShamsky shares his memories: metsrewind.substack.com/man-on-the-moo…

July 20, 1975: Dave Kingman became the first @Mets player since Frank Thomas (1962) to hit 30+ HRs in a season, hitting a pair of long balls and collecting 6 RBI in a 10-9 win over the @Astros. #LGM  #MetsRewind

July 20, 1974: Rusty Staub, Cleon Jones, and George Theodore hit back-to-back-to-back home runs against the @Padres. The @Mets blowout San Diego, 10-2, at Jack Murphy Stadium. #LGM #MetsRewind

July 20, 1969: Man walks on the moon and ... #LGM #MetsRewind #Mets

July 20, 1985: Darryl Strawberry single-handedly dismantled the Atlanta @Braves, hitting a pair of HR's (grand slam and three-run HR), a triple and 7 RBI in the @Mets 16-4 win at Shea Stadium. #LGM #Mets #MetsRewind

July 19, 2015: The New York @Mets and St. Louis @Cardinals played to a scoreless tie through the first 12 innings before the Mets finally pulled it out in 18 innings. The two teams combined to go 1-for-34 with runners in scoring position (the Mets: 1-for-26 and the Cardinals: 0-for-8). Pete Kozma went 0-for-6, and Lucas Duda went 0-for-7, the only two starters to go hitless in the game. More here: metsrewind.substack.com/p/mets-cardina…

July 19, 2021: The @Mets beat the Reds 15-11 in a 11-inning slugfest. Six @Mets homer in the game: Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil, Michael Conforto, Dominic Smith, James McCann, and Kevin Pillar. #LGM #MetsRewind

July 19, 2025: David Wright's No. 5 is retired, entering the @Mets HOF. It now hangs in the rafters at Citi Field. #LGM #MetsRewind

July 19, 1986: Rick Aguilera, Ron Darling, Bob Ojeda, and Tim Teufel were arrested in Houston after an altercation with off-duty police officers working as security at a nightclub. Darling was initially charged with aggravated assault on a police officer. However, in January 1987, the charges were significantly reduced, and he and Teufel pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest. They were each placed on a year of probation and fined $200.

@MetsRewind Social Media Card of the Day: Josh Thole. #LGM📷#MetsRewind

"I'd trade my past for his future." - Sandy Koufax on Dwight Gooden (1985) #LGM

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July 19, 1980: Roy Lee Jackson retires last 19 batters he faces in @Mets 13-3 rout of @Reds at Riverfront Stadium. Listen to our exclusive podcast with the former Mets pitcher: metsrewind.substack.com/p/podcast-roy-… #LGM

July 18, 2006: Carlos Beltrán becomes the 23rd player in @MLB history to hit a grand slam in back-to-back games. #LGM

July 18, 2008: Billy Joel plays the last concert at Shea Stadium. He is joined on stage by Paul McCartney who played at Shea as a member of The Beatles in 1965. #LGM  #MetsRewind

@SuperSounds70s Ouch!

@metsrewind He also liked 8-balls

“The first time I saw Gooden he just starts popping the mitt with 95 MPH fastballs. Then he threw some curveballs, hitting the glove wherever it’s positioned ... At 17, Gooden was showing us all what he could do. In a word, he was special.” - Davey Johnson #LGM  #MetsRewind

“David Arthur Kingman is an unquestionable slugging talent with a puzzling psyche marked 'fragile' and sure to be handled with care. The past is his bane." - Columnist Brian Hewitt (Baseball Digest, July 1978) #MetsRewind