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Today is May 7

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New York Mets traded Tom Hall to the Kansas City Royals for Bryan Jones on May 7, 1976.

New York Mets claimed Chico Walker on waivers from the Chicago Cubs on May 7, 1992.

New York Mets claimed Tom Milone on waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers on May 7, 2017.

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Pete Rose: A Professional Player All the Way
New York Daily News, October 11, 1973
After the legendary dustup between Bud Harrelson and Pete Rose, M. Donald Grant of the Mets and Bob Howsam of the Reds tried to arrange a home-plate handshake between the two players. Harrelson reluctantly agreed, but Rose nixed the idea.
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Bill Sudakis
Born: March 27, 1946
at Joliet, Ill.
Died: September 15, 2021 at Palm Springs, Cal.
Sudakis
Years with Mets: 1972

18 games. 1 hr, 7 rbi, 0.143
3 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1973 Game Results
04/17 Cubs 1, Mets 0 Seaver (L, 2-1)
04/18 Cubs 1, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 1-2)
04/19 Mets 3, Cubs 1 Koosman (W, 2-0)
04/19 Cubs 7, Mets 0 McAndrew (L, 0-2)
05/15 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Koosman (L, 5-1)
06/25 Cubs 3, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 4-10)
06/26 Cubs 5, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 6-6)
06/29 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Capra (L, 0-2)
06/30 Mets 2, Cubs 1 Matlack (W, 5-10)
07/01 Mets 6, Cubs 5 Koosman (W, 7-6)
07/01 Cubs 6, Mets 5 McGraw (L, 0-3)
09/15 Mets 5, Cubs 1 Stone (W, 11-3)
09/15 Cubs 7, Mets 0 Sadecki (L, 4-4)
09/16 Mets 4, Cubs 3 McGraw (W, 4-6)
09/30 Cubs 1, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 14-16)
09/30 Mets 9, Cubs 2 Koosman (W, 14-15)
10/01 Mets 6, Cubs 4 Seaver (W, 19-10)
1973 totals: 7 wins, 10 losses



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