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  1.                                                                                 MILESTONES, Page 65
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  5.     DIED. William Shea, 84, politically savvy New York City
  6. attorney who helped bring National League baseball back to the
  7. city in 1962 and was honored by having the Mets' stadium named
  8. for him; in New York City. When the New York Giants and the
  9. Brooklyn Dodgers departed for California in 1957, Shea called
  10. it the "most flagrant violation of loyalty to one's fans I've
  11. ever seen." Mayor Robert Wagner appointed Shea head of a
  12. committee to lure a National League franchise to New York. By
  13. helping to create the Continental League, Shea frightened the
  14. barons of major-league baseball into agreeing to expand the
  15. National League to include a New York team in 1962, which was
  16. christened the Mets.
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