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New York Mets traded Tim Foli and Greg Field to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Frank Taveras on April 19, 1979.

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Moses Offers the Dodgers Site in Queens for Stadium
New York Daily News, April 19, 1957
Walter O'Malley already had his sites set on Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, but New York City made a last-ditch effort to keep the Dodgers, offering them the site where Shea Stadium would one day be built.


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Pete Falcone
Born: October 1, 1953
at Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1975 Game Results
04/11 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Baldwin (L, 0-1)
04/13 Pirates 5, Mets 3 Seaver (L, 1-1)
05/06 Pirates 2, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 3-3)
05/07 Pirates 6, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 2-3)
05/08 Pirates 4, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 2-1)
06/20 Pirates 5, Mets 1 Hall (L, 1-1)
06/21 Pirates 7, Mets 3 Parker (L, 2-3)
06/22 Pirates 2, Mets 0 Tate (L, 2-6)
07/31 Mets 6, Pirates 2 Koosman (W, 10-8)
08/01 Mets 4, Pirates 2 Stone (W, 3-2)
08/02 Mets 6, Pirates 0 Matlack (W, 13-8)
08/03 Pirates 5, Mets 4 Apodaca (L, 1-2)
08/03 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Webb (L, 3-4)
09/01 Mets 3, Pirates 0 Seaver (W, 20-7)
09/02 Pirates 8, Mets 4 Koosman (L, 11-12)
09/03 Pirates 3, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 16-9)
09/10 Pirates 8, Mets 4 Seaver (L, 21-8)
09/11 Mets 7, Pirates 0 Koosman (W, 12-13)
1975 totals: 5 wins, 13 losses



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