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Baseball: Mets get Nixon; Trot Nixon, acquired by [Derived headline]

Burlington County Times | June 15, 2008 | Copyright

Baseball: Mets get Nixon

Trot Nixon , acquired by the New York Mets in a trade the previous night with Arizona, arrived about 25 minutes before the scheduled first pitch last night and was activated for the game against the Texas Rangers.

The 34-year-old outfielder was delayed arriving from Triple-A Tucson, where he had been toiling with the Diamondbacks' minor league club since failing to make the big league roster out of spring training.

Nixon is expected to fill the void left by Moises Alou , who went back on the disabled list Friday with a lingering calf strain,…

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