Why June 15 is a mixed karma day for Mets fans
On June 15, 1977, the Mets traded Tom Seaver to the Reds for Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson and Dan Norman.
But on June 15, 1983, the Mets acquired Keith Hernandez from the Cardinals for Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey.
BTW, June 15 is also the anniversary of the day the Giants cut Phil Simms in 1994.
Oh,and in 1957 the Yankees traded Billy Martin (and Ralph Terry, Woodie Held and Bob Martyn) to the Kansas City Athletics for Ryne Duren, Jim Pisoni and Suitcase Simpson, but that doesn't count because the A's were operating as a Yankees farm team at the time.
Comments (3)
Not sure if it happened on June 15...but Jiim Bunning pitched a perfect game against the Mets on Fathers Day.
Oops...was on June 21.
Poppy: If you're using the Holiday Calendar (as opposed to Julian, Lunar, Hebrew or Gregorian), you're dead on.