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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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Foli Makes His Pick: Baseball Over Football
Newsday, June 28, 1968
The Mets have signed their first-round draft pick, Tim Foli, a high-school player out of Sherman Oaks, California.
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Kelly Shoppach
Born: April 29, 1980
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Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1965 Game Results
05/26 Cubs 8, Mets 6 Ribant (L, 1-3)
05/27 Mets 8, Cubs 5 Kroll (W, 3-2)
05/31 Mets 5, Cubs 2 Fisher (W, 4-4)
05/31 Mets 3, Cubs 3
06/01 Mets 10, Cubs 5 Bearnarth (W, 1-1)
07/05 Mets 3, Cubs 2 Bearnarth (W, 3-1)
07/05 Mets 3, Cubs 0 Parsons (W, 1-4)
07/07 Cubs 8, Mets 3 Jackson (L, 4-11)
07/27 Cubs 6, Mets 3 Fisher (L, 7-12)
07/28 Cubs 7, Mets 2 Parsons (L, 1-7)
07/28 Cubs 9, Mets 0 McGraw (L, 0-2)
07/29 Mets 14, Cubs 0 Cisco (W, 3-6)
07/29 Cubs 2, Mets 1 Bearnarth (L, 3-3)
08/06 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Parsons (L, 1-9)
08/07 Cubs 7, Mets 1 Cisco (L, 3-8)
08/08 Cubs 7, Mets 6 Fisher (L, 7-14)
08/08 Cubs 14, Mets 10 Parsons (L, 1-10)
09/18 Cubs 4, Mets 3 McGraw (L, 2-6)
09/19 Mets 8, Cubs 6 Sutherland (W, 2-1)
1965 totals: 7 wins, 11 losses, 1 tie



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