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Mets season and future altered by the Rey Ordonez injury in 2000

Fansided | May 29, 2020

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New York Mets' Rey Ordonez and his teammates warm up before a pre-season match with Japan's Seibu Lions at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan 27 March, 2000. The Mets will play the first-ever official Major League Baseball game in Japan scheduled for a two-game season-opening series against the Chicago Cubs set for 29-30 March. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) AFP PHOTO/Kazuhiro NOGI (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP) (Photo by KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images)

The 2000 New York Mets needed to head in a different direction following the Rey Ordonez injury. In doing so, they altered the course of their season and the immediate future.

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