Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1963: New York Mets released Jimmy Piersall. 1975: New York Mets released Cleon Jones. 1990: New York Mets traded Mike Marshall to the Boston Red Sox for Greg Hansell, Paul Williams and Ed Perozo. 2001: New York Mets traded Turk Wendell and Dennis Cook [...]