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New York Mets claimed Junior Noboa on waivers from the Montreal Expos on October 8, 1991.

New York Mets released Satoru Komiyama on October 8, 2002.

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Wes Counts on Young Bud To Blossom Into Star SS
New York Daily News, March 1, 1967
As 1967 spring training gets underway, there's going to be a competition for the starting shortstop job. Veteran Roy McMillan is still in the mix, but manager Wes Westrum is touting young Bud Harrelson who, he says, could be another Maury Wills.
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