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Today is May 5

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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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His Swing Wasn't Rusty
New York Daily News, May 15, 1972
News photo of Rusty Staub being met at the plate by his teammates after hitting a grand slam.
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Barry Lyons
Born: June 3, 1960
at Biloxi, Miss.
Lyons
Years with Mets: 1986 - 1990

212 games. 9 hr, 71 rbi, 0.240
44 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
2002 Game Results
04/30 Mets 10, Diamondbacks 1 Leiter (W, 3-1)
05/01 Mets 7, Diamondbacks 1 Trachsel (W, 2-3)
05/02 Diamondbacks 7, Mets 3 Estes (L, 1-3)
08/03 Diamondbacks 8, Mets 5 Strickland (L, 6-7)
08/03 Diamondbacks 9, Mets 2 Thomson (L, 0-1)
08/04 Diamondbacks 12, Mets 7 Guthrie (L, 5-1)
08/05 Diamondbacks 2, Mets 0 Estes (L, 4-9)
2002 totals: 2 wins, 5 losses



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