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| 1962 |
Commissioner Ford Frick fines Casey Stengel $500 for appearing in uniform for a beer advertisement, which shows the Mets manager ready to bunt. Kathy Kersh, holding the ball in the Rheingold ad, will later become better known as Cornelia, one of the Joker's women in the 1960s Batman television series.
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| 1965 | Casey Stengel wins his 3,000th game as a manager when his Amazin' Mets score three runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat the Giants at Candlestick Park, 7-6. The 'Old Perfessor,' the former Dodgers, Braves, and Yankees skipper won over a third of his games (1,149) during his 12-year tenure with the Bronx Bombers. |
| 2012 | For the first time in major league history, four different pitchers combine to walk four consecutive batters when the Marlins hurlers load the bases and then force in a run in a 2-1 loss against the Mets. The only Miami walks given up in the Citi Field contest include Josh Johnson walking Lucas Duda, Randy Choate's free pass to Justin Turner, Steve Cishek's base-on-balls to Scott Hairston, with Mike Dunn throwing to force home Josh Thole with the tying run. |
| 2019 |
With his eighth-inning swipe of second base in the Braves' 2-1 victory over the Mets at Citi Field, 22-year-old Ronald Acuña Jr. becomes the second-youngest player to reach the 30–30 club mark. The Atlanta outfielder surpassed only by Angels' outfielder Mike Trout, who accomplished the feat when he was 20, is the fourth Brave to reach the plateau, joining Hank Aaron (1963), Dale Murphy (1983), and Ron Gant (1990, 1991).
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