That Crazy Day in Queens: May 7

Born on this date:
Billy Murphy (1944)
Manny Hernandez (1961)
Brook Fordyce (1970)

Died on this date:
Gus Bell (1995)

Transactions:
- Mets traded Tom Hall to the Kansas City Royals for Bryan in 1976.
- Mets claimed Chico Walker on waivers from the Chicago Cubs in 1992.

Games and Events:
1940 - The Brooklyn Dodgers become the first National League team to fly when they travel by air to Chicago from St. Louis.

1970 - At Shea Stadium, Wes Parker hits a triple off Jim McAndrew to beat the Mets in the tenth inning, 7-4. The three-bagger completes the cycle for the Dodger first baseman.

1991 - Darryl Strawberry returns to New York as a Dodger with mixed results. A crowd of 49,118 mostly booing fans watches him hit a two-run home run, and they cheer when he makes the last out of the game with the potential tying and winning runs on base in the 6-5 Mets victory.

2010 - Lance Orton and Duane Jackson, who were instrumental foiling a terrorist‘s attempt to set off a car bomb in Times Square, are honored at Citi Field prior to the Mets game against San Francisco. The two street vendors alerted the police after they observed a parked car on 45th Street had started to fill with smoke and was making was popping sounds.

2011 - Appearing in his familar chef's whites, the Soup Nazi, played by actor Larry Thomas, makes an appearance at Citi Field. Although he mouths the infamous phrase, "No soup for you!", when shown on the scoreboard screen, the character from the Seinfeld show generously gives away DVD prizes to Met fans who correctly answer trivia questions about the sitcom.

2011 - After a first-inning walk in the Dodgers' 4-2 loss to the Mets, Andre Ethier goes 0-for-4 ending his 30-game hitting streak. The L.A. outfielder falls one game short of the franchise record set in 1969 by Willie Davis, who enjoyed a 31-game hitting streak that season.