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On one-year anniversary, Wilmer Flores reflects on tears
- Updated: July 29, 2016
6:11 PM ET
NEW YORK — On the one-year anniversary of his on-field tears, New York Mets infielder Wilmer Flores preferred to think of a happier anniversary that is still two days away.
“I try to forget that moment,” Flores said before Friday’s game against the Colorado Rockies. “…The day that I like to talk about is the 31st.”
The Mets believed they had a deal to send Flores and Zack Wheeler to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Carlos Gomez on July 29, 2015.
Wilmer Flores struggled to contain his emotions after thinking he’d been traded during a game on July 29, 2015. Mike Stobe/Getty Images
Then-Brewers GM Doug Melvin had even contacted Gomez on the team’s charter flight back from the West Coast to inform the outfielder he was headed to the Mets.
As word leaked out and then hit social media, Flores learned about the deal while still playing in …
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