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The wind is howling, the snow is accumulating, the temperatures are dropping, and my mind wanders towards the beauty of San Diego. The Mets and Padres have had their share of impactful trades with beloved (and not so beloved players). December 20, 1973. Mets trade RHP Jim McAndrew for RHP Steve Simpson. Trading a solid, if unspectacular, pitcher for someone who never pitched a game for the Mets may not be impactful, but McAndrew threw for six seasons on the Mets, two of tho

Back in 1986, the Mets were so big, so loud, so unapologetically Mets that even 20/20—the same show that once spent an hour investigating whether your salad bar was trying to kill you—decided to devote a full segment to them. And why not? On Thursday night, August 21st, 1986, ABC rolled out the red carpet for the Amazin’s, even as the competition (Trapper John, M.D. on one channel and Hill Street Blues on another) politely stepped aside and let the Mets suck all the oxygen ou

The 1982 season that began with much optimism ended in another disastrous finish: the sixth consecutive season that the team finished...

In 1982, the Mets decided to let George do it.                Two of them, actually.                And neither one did.               ...

A lot of good things happened to the Mets in 1980. Almost none of them occurred on the field. The team lost 95 games and finished in...