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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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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Little Buddy Could Make Big Difference
Newsday, May 31, 1990
As Bud Harrelson takes the helm as Mets manager, Newsday columnist Joe Gergen looks back at how Buddy got to where he is, and also at what may lie ahead. Gergen points out that Bud is the only one of Gil Hodges' Mets players to become a manager.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Gil Hodges.


Randomly selected Met Player

Ron Swoboda
Born: June 30, 1944
at Baltimore, Md.
Swoboda
Years with Mets: 1965 - 1970

737 games. 69 hr, 304 rbi, 0.242
246 runs, 20 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1989 Game Results
05/19 Mets 3, Giants 2 Myers (W, 4-1)
05/20 Giants 3, Mets 0 Ojeda (L, 1-5)
05/21 Giants 10, Mets 6 McDowell (L, 1-3)
05/29 Giants 3, Mets 2 Darling (L, 3-4)
05/30 Giants 10, Mets 3 Cone (L, 3-4)
05/31 Mets 3, Giants 1 Myers (W, 5-1)
08/21 Mets 4, Giants 1 Darling (W, 12-9)
08/22 Giants 5, Mets 0 Viola (L, 1-3)
08/23 Giants 5, Mets 0 Cone (L, 11-6)
09/01 Giants 7, Mets 1 Darling (L, 12-11)
09/02 Giants 6, Mets 2 Viola (L, 2-4)
09/03 Giants 4, Mets 0 Ojeda (L, 10-10)
1989 totals: 3 wins, 9 losses



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