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New York Mets signed free agent Cleon Jones on July 5, 1962.

New York Mets claimed Chris Schwinden on waivers from the New York Yankees on July 5, 2012.

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Cubs Top Mets in 2 Games; Brock HR Hits Bleachers
New York Daily News, June 18, 1962
On the surface, it looks like just another pair of losses for the 1962 Mets, but one of these games has become the stuff of Mets lore: It's when Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple but was called out for failing to touch first base.
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Bill Sudakis
Born: March 27, 1946
at Joliet, Ill.
Died: September 15, 2021 at Palm Springs, Cal.
Sudakis
Years with Mets: 1972

18 games. 1 hr, 7 rbi, 0.143
3 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Colorado Rockies
2011 Game Results
04/11 Rockies 7, Mets 6 Parnell (L, 0-1)
04/13 Rockies 5, Mets 4 Niese (L, 0-2)
04/14 Rockies 6, Mets 5 Dickey (L, 1-2)
04/14 Rockies 9, Mets 4 Capuano (L, 1-1)
05/09 Rockies 2, Mets 1 Capuano (L, 2-4)
05/10 Mets 4, Rockies 3 Pelfrey (W, 3-3)
05/12 Mets 9, Rockies 5 Niese (W, 2-4)
2011 totals: 2 wins, 5 losses



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