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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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St. Louis Weather Menaces Mets' Ticker-Tape Hoopla
New York Daily News, April 12, 1962
The Mets have a ticker-tape parade scheduled for the day before their first home game in New York, but the potential for rain in St. Louis may force the Mets to remain in that city for a makeup game against the Cardinals.


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Hideo Nomo
Born: August 31, 1968
at Osaka, Japan
Nomo
Years with Mets: 1998

17 games. 4 - 5, 4.82
94 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1985 Game Results
05/24 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Lynch (L, 2-3)
05/25 Dodgers 6, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 6-3)
05/26 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 McDowell (W, 5-1)
05/27 Mets 8, Dodgers 1 Darling (W, 4-1)
06/03 Dodgers 5, Mets 4 Sisk (L, 1-3)
06/04 Mets 4, Dodgers 1 Gooden (W, 8-3)
06/05 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 1-2)
08/26 Dodgers 6, Mets 1 Lynch (L, 10-7)
08/27 Dodgers 2, Mets 1 Fernandez (L, 5-8)
09/06 Mets 2, Dodgers 0 Orosco (W, 5-4)
09/07 Dodgers 7, Mets 6 Leach (L, 2-3)
09/08 Mets 4, Dodgers 3 Sisk (W, 4-5)
1985 totals: 5 wins, 7 losses



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