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Legendary Ladies: Joan Payson
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Joan Payson – Society for American Baseball Research
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Women's History Month: Joan Payson, by New York Mets
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Remembering Mets Owner Joan Payson
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Bambino's, Billy Goats…and Joan Payson: Why the Mets are Cursed - Metsmerized Online
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The First Met's Owner & Woman Pioneeress: Joan Whitney Payson (1962-1975)
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Fate of Faltering Mets Is Tied to Payson Family Drama - The New York Times
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Joan Whitney Payson - Wikidata
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On This Date in Sport January 24, 1980: Sale of the Mets
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Mets retire Willie Mays' No. 24 as Old-Timers' Day returns - NBC Sports
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Studious Metsimus: The Thrill of Victory, The Agony of the Mets: Joan Whitney Payson
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New Era For The New York Mets May Have History On Its Side
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This Date In Mets History: February 5 — Joan Payson, The Real Mrs. Met, Is Born - Amazin' Avenue