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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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Wayne Garrett, by Bruce Stark
New York Daily News, September 29, 1969
One in a series of portraits of the 1969 Mets by cartoonist Bruce Stark for the Daily News.
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Tom Grieve
Born: March 4, 1948
at Pittsfield, Mass.
Grieve
Years with Mets: 1978

54 games. 2 hr, 8 rbi, 0.208
5 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Boston Red Sox
1999 Game Results
06/11 Red Sox 3, Mets 2 Franco (L, 0-2)
06/12 Mets 4, Red Sox 2 Leiter (W, 4-5)
06/13 Mets 5, Red Sox 4 Hershiser (W, 6-5)
1999 totals: 2 wins, 1 loss



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