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My '63 Mets are 34-45 as of June 30, playing a bit better ball by going 13-15. Still, we are somewhat safely in 9th, as the last place team, the Reds, is a godawful 27-52.
We were really active on the market. I was kind of impatient with 20-year old Tommie Agee and shopped him around. Imagine my surprise when the Dodgers offered 26-year old Don Drysdale!!! I even got the Dodgers to tack on a lefty reliever, Joe Hoerner. Fans were happy.
But I did end up trading away two other starting pitchers: the popular but way overpriced Billy Pierce, and the Mudcat Grant. Both went in package deals to get some outfield bats that I needed to replace due to injury.
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