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1973 Regular Season Game 35
May 19, 1973
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METS FANS SHARE THEIR MEMORIES OF THE MAY 19, 1973 GAME:

Michael Bothner
May 1, 2002
This was my first baseball game. I was 11 years old. I was a Pirates fan at Shea Stadium. Rusty Staub hit a homer around the fifth inning. That held up until the ninth when Bob Robertson hit a homer to tie it. Willie Stargell hit a 3 run homer in the tenth and the Pirates won. I also remember the planes flying over us and how good the hotdogs were.

Kerry McCaffrey
June 27, 2020
I lived in Hawthorne NY at the time. Our Little League (Sherman Park) sponsored a trip to Shea. I was with my dad, too. Sunny day, light breeze if I remember right. Our seats were in the middle of the stadium above third base. What I most remember about this game is the crazy looking mask that John Matlack (the Mets pitcher) wore. It was like a hockey goalieā€™s mask. Crazy! He had fractured his skull back around May 8 on a liner back to the mound hit by Marty Perez. Matlack was heroic and pitched well despite all he had to overcome in this game (the Mets lost on this day but he pitched well). John Matlack became my favorite Mets pitcher after this experience. He even won an All Star Game MVP a few years later and was Rookie of the year before this game. This game remains a lifetime memory for me!



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