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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Mets Acquire Trot Nixon from D'Backs
The Mets acquired Trot Nixon from the Diamondbacks for cash or a player to be named. He had been hitting .309 with 10 homers at Triple A Tucson and will be in uniform in time for tomorrow's game.
Injuries to Moises Alou and Ryan Church left the Mets thin in the outfield, so Nixon should significant playing tisee me.
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