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Today is April 7

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New York Mets signed free agent Clint Hurdle on April 7, 1983.

New York Mets signed free agent Bob Gibson on April 7, 1987.

Cincinnati Reds claimed Pete Schourek of the New York Mets on waivers on April 7, 1994.

Philadelphia Phillies claimed Nelson Figueroa of the New York Mets on waivers on April 7, 2010.

New York Mets purchased Adonis Medina from the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 7, 2022.

Los Angeles Dodgers signed Dellin Betances of the New York Mets as a free agent on April 7, 2022.

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After Slight Delay, Chilcott on Way
Memphis Press Scimitar, April 14, 1970
Reggie Jackson has established himself as a superstar, but Steve Chilcott, the player the Mets drafted instead of Reggie, is still hanging in there four years later, hoping to have a big league career.
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John Sullivan
Born: January 3, 1941
at Somerville, N.J.
Died: June 1, 2023 at Wayland, N.Y.
Sullivan
Years with Mets: 1967

65 games. 0 hr, 6 rbi, 0.218
4 runs, 0 stolen bases


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