Lorinda de Roulet, the first woman to oversee day-to-day operations of a major league team when she chaired the Mets board of directors in the 1970s, died on Oct. 26, according to club historian Jay Horwitz. She was 95. In November 1978, de Roulet succeeded M. Donald Grant in running the Mets’ daily operations. She remained in the role for one season before the team was sold. Her involvement with the Mets began in 1975 when she became team president upon the death of her mother, Joan Whitney