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New York Mets signed free agent Eric Gunderson on May 5, 1994.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Lagares on May 5, 2006.

New York Mets released Ben Johnson on May 5, 2008.

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Moses Offers the Dodgers Site in Queens for Stadium
New York Daily News, April 19, 1957
Walter O'Malley already had his sites set on Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, but New York City made a last-ditch effort to keep the Dodgers, offering them the site where Shea Stadium would one day be built.


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Dennis Ribant
Born: September 20, 1941
at Detroit, Mich.
Died: April 24, 2023 at Newport Coast, Cal.
Ribant
Years with Mets: 1964 - 1966

72 games. 13 - 17, 3.68
132 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1993 Game Results
04/27 Dodgers 4, Mets 1 Gooden (L, 2-3)
05/04 Dodgers 8, Mets 4 Tanana (L, 2-1)
05/05 Dodgers 6, Mets 5 Maddux (L, 0-3)
07/08 Dodgers 11, Mets 8 Telgheder (L, 3-1)
07/08 Mets 6, Dodgers 3 Innis (W, 1-2)
07/09 Dodgers 6, Mets 2 Tanana (L, 4-8)
07/10 Mets 7, Dodgers 6 Saberhagen (W, 5-7)
07/11 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Gooden (L, 8-9)
07/22 Mets 10, Dodgers 5 Saberhagen (W, 6-7)
07/23 Dodgers 5, Mets 2 Tanana (L, 5-9)
07/24 Dodgers 5, Mets 4 Young (L, 0-13)
07/25 Mets 4, Dodgers 0 Hillman (W, 1-4)
1993 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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