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> The following excerpts are from "The Year the Mets Lost Last Place" by
> Paul Zimmerman and Dick Schaap (Signet Books, 1969):

> 4:00 p.m.

> Frank Graddock is settled comfortably before the TV set at his home in
> the Ridgewood section of Queens, not far from Shea Stadium. He is
> watching the Mets, and, according to later police reports, he has been
> drinking during the telecast. His wife, Margaret, walks over to the set
> and switches the channel away from the Met game. It is time for one of
> her favorite daytime serials, "Dark Shadows," and today she will find
> out whether Quentin, who carries the curse of the werewolf, will be able
> to keep the mummy's hand he has pursued through the last few episodes.
> Frank Graddock doesn't care about Quentin, his curse or the mummy's
> hand. He wants to see the ninth inning of the ball game, he and his wife
> begin to argue over the Mets and the monsters.

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> 4:13 p.m.

> Frank Graddock is watching the Mets on his television set. His wife,
> Margaret, is lying in bed, nursing the injuries she allegedly suffered
> trying to get to see "Dark Shadows." Her husband concentrates upon the
> game, unaware that she is fatally hurt, unaware that he will be charged
> the following day, with first-degree murder.

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