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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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NL Votes Return to Gotham in '62: Houston Also Included in Expansion
New York Daily News, October 18, 1960
This serves as the official birth announcement of the New York Mets. (And also the Houston Astros.)


Randomly selected Met Player

Bill Sudakis
Born: March 27, 1946
at Joliet, Ill.
Died: September 15, 2021 at Palm Springs, Cal.
Sudakis
Years with Mets: 1972

18 games. 1 hr, 7 rbi, 0.143
3 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1996 Game Results
04/05 Pirates 7, Mets 5 Mlicki (L, 0-1)
04/06 Pirates 5, Mets 0 Clark (L, 0-1)
04/26 Pirates 10, Mets 6 Isringhausen (L, 1-2)
04/27 Mets 7, Pirates 4 Mlicki (W, 1-2)
04/28 Mets 7, Pirates 5 Jones (W, 1-1)
06/17 Mets 7, Pirates 6 Mlicki (W, 2-3)
06/19 Pirates 6, Mets 5 Isringhausen (L, 3-9)
06/19 Mets 5, Pirates 3 Mlicki (W, 3-3)
07/29 Mets 5, Pirates 0 Harnisch (W, 6-7)
07/30 Mets 5, Pirates 4 Isringhausen (W, 5-11)
07/30 Mets 4, Pirates 3 Franco (W, 3-2)
07/31 Mets 3, Pirates 2 Dipoto (W, 5-1)
08/01 Pirates 13, Mets 9 Mlicki (L, 5-5)
1996 totals: 8 wins, 5 losses



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