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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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This Rich Ball Fan Can Afford a Diamond
Newsday, June 22, 1959
A profile of Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson (the article doesn't even mention her first name, Joan) as she prepares to work with William A. Shea to bring a team to New York to replace the Dodgers and Giants.
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Joe Foy
Born: February 21, 1943
at New York, N.Y.
Died: October 12, 1989 at Bronx, N.Y.
Foy
Years with Mets: 1970

99 games. 6 hr, 37 rbi, 0.236
39 runs, 22 stolen bases


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
2000 Game Results
05/26 Mets 5, Cardinals 2 Hampton (W, 6-4)
05/27 Mets 12, Cardinals 8 Cook (W, 4-2)
05/28 Mets 6, Cardinals 2 Rusch (W, 2-4)
07/28 Mets 3, Cardinals 2 Leiter (W, 11-4)
07/29 Mets 4, Cardinals 3 White (W, 1-0)
07/30 Mets 4, Cardinals 2 Jones (W, 5-5)
09/01 Cardinals 6, Mets 5 Mahomes (L, 4-3)
09/02 Cardinals 2, Mets 1 Hampton (L, 13-8)
09/03 Cardinals 4, Mets 3 White (L, 2-2)
2000 totals: 6 wins, 3 losses



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