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New York Mets signed free agent Scott Copeland on April 17, 2018.

New York Mets claimed Michael Tonkin on waivers from the Minnesota Twins on April 17, 2024.

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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.
Tags: Ed Charles, M. Donald Grant, Gil Hodges, Ed Kranepool.


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Rusty Staub
Born: April 1, 1944
at New Orleans, La.
Died: March 29, 2018 at Palm Beach, Fla.
Staub
Years with Mets: 1972 - 1975, 1981 - 1985

942 games. 75 hr, 399 rbi, 0.276
296 runs, 6 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1973 Game Results
05/28 Giants 6, Mets 5 Moore (L, 0-1)
05/29 Mets 5, Giants 2 Seaver (W, 6-3)
05/30 Giants 3, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 2-7)
06/11 Giants 2, Mets 1 Stone (L, 1-2)
06/12 Mets 5, Giants 4 Parker (W, 5-0)
06/13 Mets 3, Giants 1 Seaver (W, 8-4)
08/10 Mets 7, Giants 1 Seaver (W, 14-6)
08/11 Giants 8, Mets 7 McGraw (L, 0-5)
08/12 Giants 4, Mets 1 Sadecki (L, 2-2)
08/24 Mets 1, Giants 0 Koosman (W, 10-14)
08/25 Giants 1, Mets 0 Seaver (L, 15-7)
08/26 Giants 5, Mets 4 Sadecki (L, 3-3)
1973 totals: 5 wins, 7 losses



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