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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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Pirates Ship Taveras to Mets, Acquire Foli: Tanner Seeking to Bolster Buc Defense
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, April 20, 1979
The Tim Foli/Frank Taveras trade, as reported from Pittsburgh. From this perspective, Taveras is a poor defensive player who was just "peddled" to the Mets.
Tags: Tim Foli, Frank Taveras.


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Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1997 Game Results
04/25 Expos 4, Mets 1 Jones (L, 3-2)
04/26 Expos 8, Mets 1 Mlicki (L, 0-2)
04/27 Mets 5, Expos 3 McMichael (W, 1-2)
05/26 Mets 4, Expos 3 Lidle (W, 3-0)
05/27 Expos 5, Mets 4 Clark (L, 5-3)
05/28 Mets 7, Expos 0 Jones (W, 9-2)
06/02 Expos 10, Mets 0 Clark (L, 5-4)
06/03 Mets 2, Expos 1 Jones (W, 10-2)
09/11 Mets 9, Expos 5 Reed (W, 12-8)
09/12 Expos 3, Mets 2 Crawford (L, 2-2)
09/13 Mets 9, Expos 6 Franco (W, 5-3)
09/14 Mets 1, Expos 0 Mlicki (W, 8-11)
1997 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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