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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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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

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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Daniel Garcia
Born: April 12, 1980
at Riverside, Cal.
Garcia
Years with Mets: 2003, 2004

77 games. 5 hr, 23 rbi, 0.227
28 runs, 3 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1972 Game Results
06/06 Mets 3, Reds 2 McAndrew (W, 5-1)
06/07 Reds 6, Mets 3 Gentry (L, 3-4)
06/08 Reds 5, Mets 3 Seaver (L, 8-3)
06/16 Mets 2, Reds 1 Frisella (W, 2-1)
06/17 Reds 8, Mets 2 Gentry (L, 3-5)
06/18 Mets 2, Reds 1 Seaver (W, 9-3)
08/18 Reds 8, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 8-9)
08/19 Reds 5, Mets 0 Strom (L, 0-1)
08/20 Reds 8, Mets 1 McAndrew (L, 9-4)
08/28 Reds 5, Mets 2 Strom (L, 0-2)
08/29 Mets 3, Reds 0 McAndrew (W, 10-5)
08/30 Reds 4, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 11-8)
1972 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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