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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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Redmen Steal No-Hitter From Yale
Newsday, May 22, 1981
Some have called it the greatest pitching duel in the history of college baseball, and both pitches were future Mets: Frank Viola for St. John's and Ron Darling for Yale.
Tags: Ron Darling, Frank Viola.


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Kirk Nieuwenhuis
Born: August 7, 1987
at Ripon, Cal.
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Years with Mets: 2012 - 2015

263 games. 17 hr, 71 rbi, 0.235
83 runs, 12 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1986 Game Results
05/20 Mets 2, Giants 1 Ojeda (W, 6-1)
05/21 Mets 7, Giants 4 Darling (W, 5-0)
05/22 Giants 10, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 5-2)
05/30 Mets 8, Giants 7 Orosco (W, 2-2)
05/31 Giants 7, Mets 3 Ojeda (L, 6-2)
06/01 Giants 7, Mets 3 Darling (L, 6-1)
08/22 Mets 5, Giants 3 Gooden (W, 13-4)
08/23 Mets 3, Giants 2 Ojeda (W, 14-4)
08/24 Giants 10, Mets 1 Aguilera (L, 6-6)
09/01 Mets 5, Giants 2 McDowell (W, 13-7)
09/02 Giants 4, Mets 3 Gooden (L, 13-5)
09/03 Mets 4, Giants 2 Ojeda (W, 16-4)
1986 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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