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Our recaps of This Week in Baseball '77 continue as Mel Allen lobbies for The Bird, Cleveland has a premature celebration, and the Mets singlehandedly destroy baserunning.

Clocking in as the 48th best Met ever is Joel Youngblood, a man for whom versatility was a curse.

Dave Winfield commits murder doing a game, Bonds hits No. 755, A-Rod hits No. 500, Nolan Ryan owns Robin Ventura, and an amputee plays in a game.

Another look at Underappreciated Giants from years gone by.

At MetsGeek, Mike Newman presents the case against Francisco Rodriguez, arguing that the Mets find themselves with a high payroll but relatively few bad contracts, and extending six years and...

Originally selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 1970 amateur draft, Joel Youngblood was traded to the Mets by the Cardinals on June 15, 1977, in exchange for middle...