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New York Mets traded Hobie Landrith to the Baltimore Orioles for Marv Throneberry on May 9, 1962.

New York Mets released Craig Swan on May 9, 1984.

New York Mets claimed Mark Dewey on waivers from the San Francisco Giants on May 9, 1991.

New York Mets signed free agent Doug Linton on May 9, 2001.

New York Mets signed free agent Brian Lawrence on May 9, 2007.

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Moses Offers the Dodgers Site in Queens for Stadium
New York Daily News, April 19, 1957
Walter O'Malley already had his sites set on Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, but New York City made a last-ditch effort to keep the Dodgers, offering them the site where Shea Stadium would one day be built.


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Masato Yoshii
Born: April 20, 1965
at Osaka, Japan
Yoshii
Years with Mets: 1998, 1999

60 games. 18 - 16, 4.17
222 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Colorado Rockies
2007 Game Results
04/23 Mets 6, Rockies 1 Maine (W, 3-0)
04/24 Mets 2, Rockies 1 Smith (W, 1-0)
04/25 Rockies 11, Mets 5 Pelfrey (L, 0-2)
07/02 Rockies 6, Mets 2 Glavine (L, 7-6)
07/03 Rockies 11, Mets 3 Vargas (L, 0-1)
07/04 Rockies 17, Mets 7 Hernandez (L, 4-4)
2007 totals: 2 wins, 4 losses



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