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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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Mets' farm team hires Harrelson
Citizen Register (Ossining, NY), June 7, 1984
Bud Harrelson gets his first managing gig, with Little Falls of the Single-A New York-Penn League.
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Joe Hicks
Born: April 7, 1933
at Ivy, Va.
Died: December 2, 2023 at Charlottesville, Va.
Hicks
Years with Mets: 1963

56 games. 5 hr, 22 rbi, 0.226
16 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
1978 Game Results
05/01 Braves 6, Mets 5 Lockwood (L, 0-1)
05/02 Braves 5, Mets 4 Myrick (L, 0-3)
05/04 Mets 8, Braves 2 Koosman (W, 2-3)
05/17 Braves 2, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 2-4)
05/17 Mets 3, Braves 1 Espinosa (W, 3-2)
05/18 Mets 8, Braves 7 Lockwood (W, 2-3)
07/17 Braves 3, Mets 0 Espinosa (L, 7-8)
07/17 Mets 7, Braves 4 Hausman (W, 1-0)
07/18 Braves 4, Mets 3 Koosman (L, 3-10)
07/21 Mets 12, Braves 3 Espinosa (W, 8-8)
07/22 Mets 2, Braves 0 Hausman (W, 2-0)
07/23 Braves 3, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 3-11)
1978 totals: 6 wins, 6 losses



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