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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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Newsday, April 12, 1962
A profile of Joan Payson from Newsday's "Paging Women" feature, a section of the paper for news deemed of interest to women. As we saw with an earlier Newsday profile (from 1959), Newsday refers to her as "Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson" and never mentions her actual name, Joan.
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J.C. Martin
Born: December 13, 1936
at Axton, Va.
Martin
Years with Mets: 1968, 1969

144 games. 7 hr, 52 rbi, 0.219
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Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1966 Game Results
04/19 Cardinals 5, Mets 2 Fisher (L, 0-2)
04/21 Cardinals 5, Mets 4 Richardson (L, 0-1)
05/03 Cardinals 5, Mets 2 McGraw (L, 1-1)
05/04 Mets 8, Cardinals 0 Hamilton (W, 3-1)
06/13 Mets 5, Cardinals 2 Shaw (W, 1-0)
06/13 Cardinals 4, Mets 1 Hamilton (L, 4-7)
06/14 Cardinals 9, Mets 2 Rusteck (L, 1-1)
06/20 Cardinals 4, Mets 2 Selma (L, 3-3)
06/21 Mets 2, Cardinals 1 Shaw (W, 3-0)
06/22 Mets 2, Cardinals 0 Fisher (W, 5-6)
08/05 Cardinals 7, Mets 1 Shaw (L, 8-6)
08/06 Cardinals 10, Mets 8 Hamilton (L, 6-12)
08/07 Cardinals 4, Mets 1 Arrigo (L, 3-3)
08/07 Mets 4, Cardinals 1 Fisher (W, 8-11)
08/12 Mets 6, Cardinals 2 Fisher (W, 9-11)
08/13 Cardinals 9, Mets 6 Friend (L, 4-3)
08/14 Mets 5, Cardinals 4 Ribant (W, 8-5)
08/14 Cardinals 4, Mets 3 Hamilton (L, 6-13)
1966 totals: 7 wins, 11 losses



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