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NEW YORK (AP) — Jerry Grote, the catcher who helped transform the New York Mets from a perennial loser into the 1969 World Series champion, died Sunday. He was 81. Grote had suffered from heart issues and died in Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, Texas, Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz […]

Grote helped transform the New York Mets from perennial losers into the 1969 World Series champions.

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A two-time All-Star, Grote played 16 major league seasons and batted .252 with 39 homers and 404 RBIs.

Pat Zachry, who won a share of the 1976 National League Rookie of the Year for the World Series champion Cincinnati Reds and was traded to the New York Mets the following year for Tom Seaver, has died. Zachry died Thursday at son Josh's home in Austin, Texas, following a lengthy illness, Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Saturday. Zachry would have turned 72 on April 24.

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Darryl Strawberry, a former star of the New York Mets and Yankees, suffered a heart attack and is currently recovering at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital.

Staff at a Virginia wildlife center pretend to be red foxes as they care for an orphaned kit