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Texas Rangers signed Kenny Rogers of the New York Mets as a free agent on December 29, 1999.

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Old Friends Pay Their Respects
Newsday, September 19, 1963
The Polo Grounds, where so much history was made by the New York Giants, from John McGraw and Christy Mathewson to Willie Mays and Bobby Thompson, closes with little fanfare. The Mets go quietly against the Phillies and a chapter of baseball history comes to an end.


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Miguel Cairo
Born: May 4, 1974
at Anaco, Venezuela
Cairo
Years with Mets: 2005

100 games. 2 hr, 19 rbi, 0.251
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Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1974 Game Results
04/10 Mets 3, Cardinals 2 Koosman (W, 1-0)
04/11 Cardinals 8, Mets 7 Swan (L, 0-1)
04/11 Cardinals 4, Mets 3 Apodaca (L, 0-1)
05/13 Mets 5, Cardinals 3 Apodaca (W, 1-2)
05/15 Cardinals 10, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 4-1)
05/16 Mets 6, Cardinals 4 Stone (W, 1-3)
06/27 Cardinals 6, Mets 1 Sadecki (L, 4-3)
06/29 Mets 4, Cardinals 0 Matlack (W, 6-5)
06/30 Cardinals 5, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 8-5)
06/30 Cardinals 5, Mets 3 McGraw (L, 0-4)
07/25 Cardinals 4, Mets 3 Aker (L, 1-1)
07/25 Cardinals 4, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 9-7)
07/26 Mets 3, Cardinals 0 Seaver (W, 7-6)
09/06 Cardinals 3, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 13-9)
09/07 Cardinals 2, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 12-11)
09/08 Mets 5, Cardinals 3 Seaver (W, 10-8)
09/11 Cardinals 4, Mets 3 Webb (L, 0-1)
09/12 Cardinals 12, Mets 5 Matlack (L, 12-12)
1974 totals: 6 wins, 12 losses



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