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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 25838632, member: 59677&quot;]Fair. </p><p><br /></p><p>Random things from childhood stand out and resonate even years and years later.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said, those were my guys. The young Mets were stocked with end-of-life players eaking out one or two more seasons in the bigs before retirement. And a bunch of young players that other teams gave up (reluctantly) in the drafts to stock the new team.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there were an endless parade of trades.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1968 the hapless Mets went 73-89 and finished (I had to look it up, still hurts, ninth in the NL). </p><p><br /></p><p>And in 1969 they won 100 games and the World Series. </p><p><br /></p><p>Tom Seaver. Yogi.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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