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New York Mets traded Don Zimmer to the Cincinnati Reds for Bob Miller and Cliff Cook on May 6, 1962.

New York Mets traded Jim Marshall to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vinegar Bend Mizell on May 6, 1962.

New York Mets traded Neraldo Catalina to the Tampa Bay Rays for Wilmer Font on May 6, 2019.

New York Mets traded Pedro Quintana to the Milwaukee Braves for Billy McKinney on May 6, 2021.

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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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Kris Benson
Born: November 7, 1974
at Superior, Wis.
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Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1986 Game Results
05/20 Mets 2, Giants 1 Ojeda (W, 6-1)
05/21 Mets 7, Giants 4 Darling (W, 5-0)
05/22 Giants 10, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 5-2)
05/30 Mets 8, Giants 7 Orosco (W, 2-2)
05/31 Giants 7, Mets 3 Ojeda (L, 6-2)
06/01 Giants 7, Mets 3 Darling (L, 6-1)
08/22 Mets 5, Giants 3 Gooden (W, 13-4)
08/23 Mets 3, Giants 2 Ojeda (W, 14-4)
08/24 Giants 10, Mets 1 Aguilera (L, 6-6)
09/01 Mets 5, Giants 2 McDowell (W, 13-7)
09/02 Giants 4, Mets 3 Gooden (L, 13-5)
09/03 Mets 4, Giants 2 Ojeda (W, 16-4)
1986 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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