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Today is May 17

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New York Mets released Yogi Berra on May 17, 1965.

New York Mets released Raul Gonzalez on May 17, 2004.

New York Mets released Frank Catalanotto on May 17, 2010.

Houston Astros signed Kyle Farnsworth of the New York Mets as a free agent on May 17, 2014.

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Mule Name Nettles Mets' Fans
Daily Record (Morris County, NJ), July 9, 1979
Sports columnist Steve Caulk reacts to the announcement that the Mets' mule mascot will be named "Mettle".


Randomly selected Met Player

Hobie Landrith
Born: March 16, 1930
at Decatur, Ill.
Died: April 6, 2023 at Sunnyvale, Cal.
Landrith
Years with Mets: 1962

23 games. 1 hr, 7 rbi, 0.289
6 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Milwaukee Brewers
2001 Game Results
04/24 Brewers 6, Mets 4 Wall (L, 0-2)
04/25 Brewers 7, Mets 2 Trachsel (L, 0-4)
04/26 Brewers 12, Mets 8 Hinchliffe (L, 0-1)
08/07 Mets 3, Brewers 0 Chen (W, 1-0)
08/08 Mets 5, Brewers 4 Trachsel (W, 6-10)
08/09 Mets 4, Brewers 3 Leiter (W, 7-9)
2001 totals: 3 wins, 3 losses



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