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Today is April 17

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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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Says Grant: Seaver Is Forcing Me To Trade Him
New York Daily News, May 8, 1977
Daily News columnist Dick Young firmly sided with the team in its dispute with Tom Seaver in 1977, and played a big part in Seaver's decision to ask to be traded. We see one of his anti-Seaver columns here, plus a typically bizarre Basement Bertha cartoon by Bill Gallo and an article about manager Joe Frazier's many attempts to find a productive lineup.
Tags: Tom Seaver.


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Jim Hickman
Born: May 10, 1937
at Henning, Tenn.
Died: June 25, 2016 at Jackson, Tenn.
Hickman
Years with Mets: 1962 - 1966

624 games. 60 hr, 210 rbi, 0.241
202 runs, 9 stolen bases


Mets vs. Houston Astros
2002 Game Results
05/03 Mets 11, Astros 3 Astacio (W, 5-1)
05/04 Astros 3, Mets 1 D'Amico (L, 2-2)
05/05 Astros 12, Mets 1 Leiter (L, 3-2)
07/30 Astros 16, Mets 3 D'Amico (L, 5-9)
07/31 Mets 10, Astros 0 Estes (W, 4-8)
08/01 Astros 3, Mets 1 Astacio (L, 10-4)
2002 totals: 2 wins, 4 losses



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