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Feat Fan
March 22, 2004
Game 3 of the 1973 World Series, the last game Willie Mays played.

At age 42, Mays was well past his prime, but he started Game 1 and played in the field in Game 2. His final appearance was as a pinch-hitter, stepping in for reliever Tug McGraw. He grounded into a forceout and never played again in the series, quietly ending one of the greatest careers of all.

Still the best ballplayer that I've ever seen and I'm sure that he never needed a steroid!

Donald Stokes
January 17, 2006
Met catcher Jerry Grote dropped the third strike from Harry Parker in the top of the 10th inning which lead to Oakland scoring the lead run.

paul
October 5, 2006
Wasn't there but what coulda been. Without the Grote passed ball, maybe the Mets win the game and the series in 5 (as they won the next two). That arguably would have gone down as the biggest WS upset after the Miracle Mets 69 win.

Bob (Diehard Mets fan)
February 9, 2009
Game 3 of the 1973 World Series was my very first World Series game that I attended. Shea Stadium was rocking. I can still see all the great highlights of the game. Wayne Garrett's first inning home run. Tom Seaver striking out Reggie Jackson three times and Willie Mays batting for the last time in his career. Even though the Mets lost the game being at a Mets World Series game is the greatest.



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Newspaper covers for this game
Seaver Didn't, Grote Couldn't, Campy Could, and the A's Did

Seaver Didn't, Grote Couldn't, Campy Could, and the A's Did

Newsday
October 17, 1973
A's NIP METS, 3-2, IN THE 11th

A's NIP METS, 3-2, IN THE 11th

New York Daily News
October 17, 1973




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