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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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New York Daily News, February 5, 1970
It's spring training, 1970 and Bud Harrelson is a defending World Champion shortstop. In Dick Young's column, Bud reflects on his recovery from knee surgery in 1968 and how, as a minor league player attending a Mets game in San Francisco, he gained confidence when he witnessed his future mentor Roy McMillan make an error.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Roy McMillan.


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Trot Nixon
Born: April 11, 1974
at Durham, N.C.
Nixon
Years with Mets: 2008

11 games. 1 hr, 1 rbi, 0.171
2 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Florida Marlins
2003 Game Results
04/08 Mets 4, Marlins 2 Leiter (W, 2-0)
04/09 Marlins 3, Mets 2 Stanton (L, 0-1)
04/10 Marlins 4, Mets 3 Benitez (L, 0-2)
04/18 Mets 6, Marlins 3 Weathers (W, 1-0)
04/19 Marlins 6, Mets 5 Benitez (L, 0-3)
04/20 Mets 7, Marlins 4 Glavine (W, 3-1)
06/16 Marlins 1, Mets 0 Glavine (L, 5-7)
06/17 Mets 5, Marlins 0 Seo (W, 5-2)
06/18 Mets 10, Marlins 5 Leiter (W, 8-3)
06/19 Marlins 5, Mets 1 Bacsik (L, 1-2)
06/24 Marlins 8, Mets 4 Leiter (L, 8-4)
06/25 Mets 6, Marlins 3 Trachsel (W, 6-5)
06/26 Marlins 6, Mets 1 Heilman (L, 0-1)
09/08 Marlins 5, Mets 0 Trachsel (L, 14-9)
09/09 Marlins 3, Mets 1 Weathers (L, 1-6)
09/10 Marlins 7, Mets 3 Seo (L, 8-11)
09/26 Marlins 4, Mets 3 Heilman (L, 2-7)
09/27 Mets 9, Marlins 3 Seo (W, 9-12)
09/28 Marlins 4, Mets 0 Griffiths (L, 1-4)
2003 totals: 7 wins, 12 losses



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