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KeyWords:: SPORTS-OLD-TIMERS-DAY- SURPRISE- METS-RETIRE-1-NY5 SPORTS OLD TIMERS DAY SURPRISE METS RETIRE 1 NY5 NY POST OUT. ()Before the Old Timers’ Day game, team broadcaster Howie Rose announced in a pregame speech that Willie Mays’ No. 24 will be retired. No Met will ever wear the number again, which was always a dream of Joan Payson, the team’ s original owner who was instrumental in bringing Mays back to New York in a trade with the San Francisco Giants. Mays’ number will hang next to those of...
Originally published at Tribune News Service