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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

Met Star Turns Singer: Bud Harrelson Doesn't Do Anything Halfway
Kingsport Times-News (Kingsport, TN), December 26, 1971
Bud Harrelson performs at a country-western bar in Woodridge, New Jersey. The article includes a photo of Buddy strumming on a guitar. (This explains why Bruce Stark later pictured Bud playing shortstop with a guitar on his back in his full-color caricature in the Daily News Sunday comic section.)
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Randomly selected Met Player

Ron Herbel
Born: January 16, 1938
at Denver, Colo.
Died: January 20, 2000 at Tacoma, Wash.
Herbel
Years with Mets: 1970

12 games. 2 - 2, 1.38
8 strikeouts, 1 saves


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
2001 Game Results
05/11 Giants 3, Mets 2 Wall (L, 0-3)
05/12 Giants 10, Mets 3 Gonzalez (L, 1-1)
05/13 Giants 6, Mets 3 Appier (L, 2-4)
08/24 Mets 4, Giants 3 Chen (W, 2-1)
08/25 Mets 3, Giants 2 Riggan (W, 2-2)
08/26 Mets 6, Giants 5 Leiter (W, 9-10)
08/27 Giants 6, Mets 5 White (L, 3-5)
2001 totals: 3 wins, 4 losses



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