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New York Mets signed free agent Scott Copeland on April 17, 2018.

New York Mets claimed Michael Tonkin on waivers from the Minnesota Twins on April 17, 2024.

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Mets' Owner Is a Diamond's Best Friend
Newsday, April 12, 1962
A profile of Joan Payson from Newsday's "Paging Women" feature, a section of the paper for news deemed of interest to women. As we saw with an earlier Newsday profile (from 1959), Newsday refers to her as "Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson" and never mentions her actual name, Joan.
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Ed Bouchee
Born: March 7, 1933
at Livingston, Mont.
Died: January 23, 2013 at Phoenix, Ariz.
Bouchee
Years with Mets: 1962

50 games. 3 hr, 10 rbi, 0.161
7 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1972 Game Results
04/18 Expos 7, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 0-1)
05/15 Mets 5, Expos 3 Matlack (W, 4-0)
05/16 Mets 7, Expos 3 Seaver (W, 6-1)
05/17 Mets 12, Expos 2 Gentry (W, 3-1)
05/18 Mets 2, Expos 1 McAndrew (W, 2-1)
06/30 Mets 7, Expos 3 Matlack (W, 8-4)
07/01 Mets 2, Expos 0 Koosman (W, 6-3)
07/02 Expos 4, Mets 3 Rauch (L, 0-1)
07/29 Expos 6, Mets 3 Gentry (L, 5-7)
07/30 Mets 3, Expos 1 McGraw (W, 4-4)
07/31 Mets 4, Expos 2 Frisella (W, 4-5)
09/06 Expos 7, Mets 3 Strom (L, 0-3)
09/07 Expos 4, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 8-11)
10/02 Expos 7, Mets 0 McAndrew (L, 11-8)
10/02 Mets 2, Expos 1 McGraw (W, 8-6)
10/03 Mets 5, Expos 2 Seaver (W, 21-12)
10/03 Mets 4, Expos 3 Frisella (W, 5-8)
10/04 Mets 3, Expos 1 Matlack (W, 15-10)
1972 totals: 12 wins, 6 losses



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