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Mets retire Willie Mays' number in Old-Timers' Day surprise
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Baseball great Willie Mays waves to a crowd as the San Francisco
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MLB analysis: Willie Mays as a New York Met and the 1973 World
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Bruce's Journal: The New York Mets Retire Willie Mays' #24
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I just thought that was the right thing to do” - New York Mets
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Mets retire Willie Mays' number in Old-Timers' Day surprise
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METS TO RETIRE #18 and #16. For Darryl Strawberry and Dwight
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Mets retire Willie Mays' No. 24 as Old-Timers' Day returns
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Mets retiring Willie Mays number 24
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Mets retire Willie Mays' No. 24 in surprise moment at Old Timers
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NY Mets decision to retire 16 and 18 wasn't the Wright one to make
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MLB analysis: Willie Mays as a New York Met and the 1973 World