BERNARD GILKEY RUMORS
Mets Trades From The Past: Bernard Gilkey
When discussing the outstanding trades the Mets have made over the years, the acquisition of Bernard Gilkey from the Cardinals is usually forgotten. In part, this could be because Gilkey really had only one good year for the Mets – although it was a terrific one, and also because even with Gilkey, the 1996 Mets weren’t a very good team.
Yet, Gilkey remains possibly the only...
Mets Card of the Week: 1997 Bernard Gilkey
1997 TOPPS PRO SHOOTERS MARBLES BERNARD GILKEY
Back in the late ’90s when New York was still my home, I used to haunt the aisles of National Wholesale Liquidators a couple of times a month.
My wife liked to follow the rotation of some of the more esoteric food items, and I would head straight to the card section.
Their stock was generally a combination of the overproduced and...
Trades of the Past: Bobby Ojeda
Continuing this series of posts on the best trades the Mets ever made, if Bernard Gilkey was the only hitter to have a career year after being traded to the Mets, then Bob Ojeda was clearly the first, last, and only pitcher to similarly have a career year after coming to Flushing.
Ojeda had been a decent, if unspectacular starting pitcher for the Red Sox for a few seasons. The Mets...
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