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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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Mets Vote, Reject Giants Game
Newsday, June 7, 1968
Giants owner Horace Stoneham wanted to play, but the Mets voted to cancel a scheduled game in San Francisco to honor the memory of recently assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
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Dick Selma
Born: November 4, 1943
at Santa Ana, Cal.
Died: August 29, 2001 at Clovis, Cal.
Selma
Years with Mets: 1965 - 1968

105 games. 17 - 21, 3.16
253 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Montreal Expos
2003 Game Results
04/04 Mets 4, Expos 0 Cone (W, 1-0)
04/05 Mets 3, Expos 1 Glavine (W, 1-1)
04/06 Expos 8, Mets 5 Benitez (L, 0-1)
04/11 Expos 10, Mets 0 Cone (L, 1-1)
04/12 Expos 5, Mets 4 Seo (L, 0-1)
04/13 Expos 2, Mets 1 Stanton (L, 0-2)
04/14 Expos 5, Mets 3 Strickland (L, 0-1)
06/30 Mets 3, Expos 1 Trachsel (W, 7-5)
07/01 Mets 7, Expos 6 Benitez (W, 2-3)
07/02 Expos 11, Mets 4 Seo (L, 5-4)
07/23 Expos 5, Mets 2 Seo (L, 5-7)
07/24 Expos 5, Mets 1 Glavine (L, 6-11)
09/12 Expos 7, Mets 4 Leiter (L, 14-8)
09/13 Mets 5, Expos 4 Trachsel (W, 15-9)
09/14 Expos 7, Mets 3 Glavine (L, 9-13)
09/18 Expos 1, Mets 0 Trachsel (L, 15-10)
09/19 Expos 7, Mets 1 Glavine (L, 9-14)
09/20 Expos 4, Mets 3 Stanton (L, 2-7)
09/21 Expos 4, Mets 2 Roberts (L, 0-2)
2003 totals: 5 wins, 14 losses



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