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How a team of MLB rejects achieved baseball immortality — as Bill Murray served the beers - The Athletic
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Pirates vs Mets (7-30-1995)
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MLB Scores: Mets 7, Pirates 3—Sweep - Amazin' Avenue
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Pirates vs Mets (6-5-1987)
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1987-09-25 Pirates at Mets
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Walker, Vogelbach lead Mets over Pirates 4-3 for 91st win
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The Mets and Braves celebrated July 4 by playing one of the craziest games in MLB history
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Pirates vs Mets (6-5-1987)
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stocknet-code/res/vocab.txt at master · yumoxu/stocknet-code · GitHub
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BASEBALL; Mets Shut Out Pirates Again - The New York Times