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New York Mets signed free agent Mike Birkbeck on January 2, 1992.

Boston Red Sox signed Frank Viola of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 2, 1992.

Chicago White Sox signed Barry Jones of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 2, 1993.

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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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Randomly selected Met Player

Jerry May
Born: December 14, 1943
at Staunton, Va.
Died: June 30, 1996 at Swoope, Va.
May
Years with Mets: 1973

4 games. 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0.250
0 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1979 Game Results
06/04 Mets 6, Reds 2 Swan (W, 5-4)
06/05 Reds 6, Mets 1 Kobel (L, 2-1)
06/06 Mets 5, Reds 3 Murray (W, 3-5)
06/11 Mets 3, Reds 2 Twitchell (W, 1-0)
06/12 Mets 12, Reds 6 Murray (W, 4-5)
06/13 Reds 4, Mets 1 Hausman (L, 0-1)
08/17 Reds 4, Mets 3 Murray (L, 4-7)
08/18 Reds 4, Mets 3 Allen (L, 4-6)
08/19 Reds 6, Mets 5 Murray (L, 4-8)
08/24 Reds 1, Mets 0 Allen (L, 4-7)
08/25 Reds 8, Mets 4 Reardon (L, 1-1)
08/26 Reds 8, Mets 0 Falcone (L, 5-10)
1979 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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