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| 1995 | Free agent Lance Johnson agrees to a two-year pact with the Mets reportedly worth more than five million dollars. Ol' One-Dog, who led the American League in hits last season with 186 playing with the White Sox, will repeat the feat in his first season in the Senior Circuit with 227 hits, becoming the first player to lead both circuits in hits during back-to-back seasons. |
| 2001 | The A's trade southpaw reliever Mark Guthrie and minor league right-hander Tyler Yates to the Mets for David Justice, hoping to fill the void left by Jason Giambi's departure to the Yankees. A week ago, the Mets acquired the designated hitter-outfielder in a deal that sent third baseman Robin Ventura to the Yankees. |
| 2007 | The Rangers invite Edgardo Alfonzo, a career .284 hitter, to spring training. The 34-year-old former All-Star infielder, formerly with the Mets, Giants, Angels, and Blue Jays, spent last season in the independent Atlantic League playing with the Long Island Ducks. |
| 2013 |
The Mets and Bartolo Colon agree to a two-year, $20 million free-agent pact. The 40-year-old All-Star right-handed starter, slated to replace the innings the team will need as Matt Harvey recovers from Tommy John surgery, compiled an 18-6 record and a 2.65 ERA in 30 starts for the A's last season.
 Bartolo Colon (Old Timers' Day, 2022) |
| 2014 |
"Mr. Rose has not presented credible evidence of a reconfigured life either by an honest acceptance by him of his wrongdoing, so clearly established by the Dowd Report, or by a rigorous, self-aware and sustained program of avoidance by him of the circumstances that led to his permanent eligibility in 1989. Absent such credible evidence, allowing him to work in the game presents an unacceptable risk of a future violation by him of Rule 21, and thus to the integrity of our sport. I, therefore, must reject Mr. Rose's application for reinstatement."- COMMISSIONER MANFRED, stating his case for denying Pete Rose's request for reinstatement. Rob Manfred, in one of his first major actions as commissioner, will deny Pete Rose's application for reinstatement to baseball, citing that reversing the lifetime ban would risk the sport's integrity. The four-page decision concludes the career hits leader had continued to gamble legally on horse racing and professional sports, including baseball, disregarding all the circumstances that led to his permanent ineligibility in 1989. |