HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY FROM CARD OF THE WEEK A quick Columbus Day holiday greeting from COTW, in convenient card form... For those of you scoring at home, that would be NINo EspinosA Joe PIgNaTAno Johan SANTAna MARIo RAmirez Nino Espinosa Joe Pignatano Johan Santana Mario Ramirez
Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1962: New York Mets purchased Joe Pignatano from the San Francisco Giants. 1988: New York Mets signed free agent Bob McClure.