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New York Mets traded Tim Foli and Greg Field to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Frank Taveras on April 19, 1979.

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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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Mike Matthews
Born: October 24, 1973
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Mets vs. Houston Astros
1986 Game Results
05/06 Mets 4, Astros 0 Gooden (W, 5-0)
05/07 Mets 3, Astros 2 Fernandez (W, 4-0)
05/14 Astros 6, Mets 2 Ojeda (L, 5-1)
05/15 Mets 6, Astros 2 Darling (W, 4-0)
07/03 Mets 6, Astros 5 Orosco (W, 4-4)
07/04 Mets 2, Astros 1 Gooden (W, 10-3)
07/05 Astros 2, Mets 1 McDowell (L, 7-1)
07/06 Mets 5, Astros 3 Fernandez (W, 11-2)
07/17 Mets 13, Astros 2 Ojeda (W, 11-2)
07/18 Astros 3, Mets 0 Darling (L, 9-3)
07/19 Astros 5, Mets 4 McDowell (L, 7-3)
07/20 Astros 9, Mets 8 McDowell (L, 7-4)
1986 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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