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New York Mets released Ray Sadecki on May 2, 1977.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Castillo on May 2, 1988.

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Mets Vote, Reject Giants Game
Newsday, June 7, 1968
Giants owner Horace Stoneham wanted to play, but the Mets voted to cancel a scheduled game in San Francisco to honor the memory of recently assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Tags: Ed Charles, M. Donald Grant, Gil Hodges, Ed Kranepool.


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Charley Smith
Born: September 15, 1937
at Charleston, S.C.
Died: November 29, 1994 at Reno, Nev.
Smith
Years with Mets: 1964, 1965

262 games. 36 hr, 120 rbi, 0.242
93 runs, 4 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Diego Padres
1971 Game Results
05/29 Mets 5, Padres 1 Seaver (W, 6-2)
05/29 Mets 2, Padres 1 Ryan (W, 6-1)
05/30 Padres 4, Mets 2 Sadecki (L, 2-1)
06/08 Mets 6, Padres 4 Gentry (W, 5-4)
06/09 Mets 4, Padres 2 Seaver (W, 8-2)
06/10 Padres 4, Mets 2 Ryan (L, 6-3)
08/10 Mets 6, Padres 4 McGraw (W, 8-3)
08/11 Padres 1, Mets 0 Frisella (L, 5-3)
08/12 Padres 3, Mets 0 Ryan (L, 9-10)
08/20 Padres 3, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 4-8)
08/21 Mets 2, Padres 1 Seaver (W, 14-8)
08/22 Mets 4, Padres 2 Gentry (W, 10-9)
1971 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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