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TWIB '77 reaches its finale with the hotly contested AL East battle and a look back on all the craziness of its first year.

Exactly six years to the day after the Mets first acquired Dave Kingman from the San Francisco Giants, they brought him back in a swap with the Cubs for Steve Henderson — the man who replaced Kingman in left field after he and Tom Seaver were traded.

In episode two of This Week in Baseball, Dennis Eckerskey is chased by a ghost (literally), the Mets kill Davey Johnson, and Mel Allen goes nuts for Fred Lynn.

Where does the hypothetical Jason Bay for Heath Bell and John Buck trade rank among terrible Mets deadline deals? Middle of the pack, sadly.

News, Signings, Etc. Daniel Murphy has a strained right hamstring and will skip winter ball in Puerto Rico (what will Nick Evans do now?). The Mets say they still plan to use him as an...