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Billy Cotton -- the plot thickens
I know this isn't quite the right forum for this, but since the discussion began here I thought it might be of interest -- maybe-he-is, maybe-he-isn't ghost Met Billy Cotton might be entitled to (or cursed with) his ghost status after all.
This research isn't mine, but from a friend of a friend who's a savant about Mets transactions. He confirmed the "recalled for next spring" article I found and shared, and says that was indeed the plan for Cotton. But he says that the Mets then started losing catchers and had to change their plans.
So below, left to right, we have the following:
1) Los Angeles Times baseball notes from Sept. 20 1972, announcing Jerry Grote's surgery and Mets' recall of Joe Nolan;
2) UPI story from Sept. 22, 1972 noting an injury to Duffy Dyer and Cotton's recall from Tidewater "for insurance"; and
3) Scorecard from Sept. 30, 1972 listing Cotton as on the roster.
Interesting!
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