On May 6, 1:47=A0pm, Tiomboni <brunotiomb...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On May 5, 4:11=A0pm, "kafka" <kafkaNOS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > do you remember when swan was traded to the california angels
> > for willie mays aikens and dickie thon but the trade was vetoed
> > by mets owner****p because they were selling the club or something
> > like that. =A0was that in 79?
>
> Why would the Mets veto that trade? =A0I always felt back then that the
> Mets were one or two players away from contending - remember in mid-
> August of 1980 they were only 7 1/2 behind Philly in first place when
> the Phils came in and swept the five game series from the Mets. =A0If we
> had those two back then who knows what might have happened. =A0We might
> be still be talking today about the NL East Division winners of 1980 -
> the New York Mets!
>
> (cross posted to see if any Philly fans remember that series...)
Here is that series, from baseball-almanac.com. Swan pitched
horribly, while ex-Met Nino Espinosa won the first game of that
series:
date score winner loser
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Thu, Aug 14 1-8 N Espinosa P Zachry
Fri, Aug 15 0-8 L Christenson M Bomback
Sat, Aug 16 6-11 B Walk C Swan
Sun, Aug 17 4-9 S Carlton R Burris
1-4 R Lerch R Jackson
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