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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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Mets Fans Parade in All Their Unfurled Glory
Newsday, August 24, 1964
Newsday's Stan Issacs provides an appreciation of the Mets Banner Day tradition. Fun fact: One of the Wheatley High School students who carried the grand prize winner, Arthur Engoron, would, in 2023, preside over the civil fraud case against former President Donald Trump.


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Chuck Hiller
Born: October 1, 1934
at Johnsburg, Ill.
Died: October 20, 2004 at St. Pete Beach, Fla.
Hiller
Years with Mets: 1965 - 1967

233 games. 7 hr, 38 rbi, 0.242
49 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Colorado Rockies
2000 Game Results
04/28 Rockies 12, Mets 5 Hampton (L, 2-4)
04/29 Mets 13, Rockies 6 Reed (W, 3-0)
04/30 Mets 14, Rockies 11 Leiter (W, 2-0)
05/16 Rockies 4, Mets 3 Wendell (L, 2-2)
05/17 Mets 4, Rockies 2 Leiter (W, 5-0)
08/15 Mets 7, Rockies 5 Cook (W, 6-2)
08/15 Mets 4, Rockies 3 Jones (W, 8-5)
08/16 Rockies 7, Mets 5 Rusch (L, 8-10)
08/17 Mets 13, Rockies 2 Wendell (W, 5-4)
2000 totals: 6 wins, 3 losses



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