Mets Card of the Week: 1979 Pat Zachry

1979 TOPPS PAT ZACHRY In his 1978 card, Pat Zachry looked like a college kid. On the 1979 card pictured here, Zachry looks like a middle-aged man on a first-name basis with the clerk at the local liquor store. I wish I had a current photo of him. I’d like to think he still has [...]

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Mets Rewind: July 24

Here's what happened on this day in New York Mets history: 1967: New York Mets traded Hawk Taylor to the California Angels for Don Wallace. 1978: Pete Rose singles twice during the Reds' 5-3 win over the Mets, extending his hitting streak to thirty-seven games to tie the modern Major League record held by Tommy [...]

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