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New York Mets traded Chris DeWitt to the Chicago Cubs for Matt Franco on April 8, 1996.

Cleveland Indians claimed Jason Anderson of the New York Mets on waivers on April 8, 2004.

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Cubs Top Mets in 2 Games; Brock HR Hits Bleachers
New York Daily News, June 18, 1962
On the surface, it looks like just another pair of losses for the 1962 Mets, but one of these games has become the stuff of Mets lore: It's when Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple but was called out for failing to touch first base.
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Al Weis
Born: April 2, 1938
at Franklin Square, N.Y.
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Years with Mets: 1968 - 1971

279 games. 4 hr, 49 rbi, 0.191
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Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1999 Game Results
04/08 Expos 5, Mets 1 Hershiser (L, 0-1)
04/09 Mets 10, Expos 3 Yoshii (W, 1-0)
04/10 Mets 4, Expos 3 Cook (W, 1-0)
04/11 Mets 6, Expos 3 Watson (W, 1-0)
04/16 Expos 6, Mets 4 Leiter (L, 0-2)
04/17 Mets 3, Expos 2 Jones (W, 3-0)
04/18 Expos 4, Mets 2 Watson (L, 1-1)
07/05 Mets 2, Expos 1 Wendell (W, 2-0)
07/06 Mets 10, Expos 0 Hershiser (W, 9-5)
07/07 Expos 3, Mets 1 Wendell (L, 2-1)
07/08 Expos 4, Mets 3 Cook (L, 7-2)
07/21 Mets 7, Expos 3 Reed (W, 8-3)
07/22 Mets 7, Expos 4 Hershiser (W, 10-7)
1999 totals: 8 wins, 5 losses



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