 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana June 18, 1989, pashure pomutambo weMetsPhillies, vaPhillies vakatengesa Samuel kuMets nokuda kwaMcDowell naLenny Dykstra. Dykstra aiva nebasa.278 hitter neMets uye akanga asina kuenzana mwaka wake wa1986 paakarova.295. Dykstra akabudirira muPhiladelphia uye akaenderera mberi kunzi matatu All-Star zvikwata mumwaka mitanhatu izere nePhillies, apedza ari pamusoro gumi muNational League Most Valuable Player kuvhota kaviri, uye kubatsira kutungamirira Phillies kuna 1993 National League pennant. McDowell akaponesa mitambo 45 yePhillies muzvikamu zvenguva nhatu uye akava mudiwa wevateveri. Kutengeserana kwacho kwakanga kusiri kweMets sezvo Samuel akarova chete.228 yeMets muna 1989 uye akatengeswa kuLos Angeles Dodgers mushure megore ra1989. Yakaratidza kukwira kwePhillies iyo yakaguma ne 1993 National League pennant uye kufa kweMets mukutanga kwema1990. Munyori we Sports Illustrated uye mutsigiri weMets David Vecsey anoona kutengeserana kwaDykstra seimwe yevashanu vakaipisisa munhoroondo yeMets, achinyora, Hazvina basa kuti Dykstra aive nani kupfuura Samuel, kutengeserana uku kwaiparadza vateveri veMets padanho remunhu. Nokuridza runhare kumwe chete, GM Joe McIlvaine akaparadza mwoyo wechikwata chacho. Kutengeserana kwacho kwakatungamirirawo kunguva yeropa rakashata pakati pemapoka acho maviri. 