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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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Portrait of a Ballclub
New York Daily News, August 5, 1962
A 1962 Bill Gallo cartoon honors Mets star Frank Thomas.
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Vance Wilson
Born: March 17, 1973
at Mesa, Ariz.
Wilson
Years with Mets: 1999 - 2004

286 games. 17 hr, 92 rbi, 0.254
68 runs, 2 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1980 Game Results
06/13 Giants 3, Mets 1 Burris (L, 4-5)
06/14 Mets 7, Giants 6 Reardon (W, 4-2)
06/15 Giants 3, Mets 0 Zachry (L, 1-3)
06/18 Giants 8, Mets 5 Burris (L, 4-6)
06/19 Giants 4, Mets 3 Allen (L, 3-5)
08/19 Giants 5, Mets 4 Reardon (L, 7-7)
08/20 Giants 2, Mets 1 Bomback (L, 9-5)
08/21 Mets 5, Giants 1 Falcone (W, 6-7)
08/29 Giants 1, Mets 0 Zachry (L, 6-8)
08/30 Mets 9, Giants 5 Hausman (W, 6-4)
08/31 Giants 11, Mets 4 Falcone (L, 6-9)
08/31 Giants 9, Mets 4 Miller (L, 0-1)
1980 totals: 3 wins, 9 losses



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