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Today is May 17

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New York Mets released Yogi Berra on May 17, 1965.

New York Mets released Raul Gonzalez on May 17, 2004.

New York Mets released Frank Catalanotto on May 17, 2010.

Houston Astros signed Kyle Farnsworth of the New York Mets as a free agent on May 17, 2014.

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Portrait of a Ballclub
New York Daily News, August 5, 1962
A 1962 Bill Gallo cartoon honors Mets star Frank Thomas.
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Norm Sherry
Born: July 16, 1931
at New York, N.Y.
Died: March 8, 2021 at San Juan Capistrano, Cal.
Sherry
Years with Mets: 1963

63 games. 2 hr, 11 rbi, 0.136
6 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1973 Game Results
05/02 Reds 6, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 2-3)
05/03 Reds 6, Mets 5 Matlack (L, 2-4)
06/04 Reds 5, Mets 0 Matlack (L, 2-8)
06/05 Reds 6, Mets 5 Hennigan (L, 0-3)
07/13 Reds 2, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 9-5)
07/13 Mets 7, Reds 5 Sadecki (W, 1-0)
07/14 Mets 5, Reds 2 Stone (W, 5-3)
07/15 Reds 3, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 7-11)
08/17 Reds 2, Mets 1 Parker (L, 7-3)
08/18 Mets 12, Reds 1 Matlack (W, 10-15)
08/19 Mets 2, Reds 1 Koosman (W, 9-14)
08/20 Reds 8, Mets 3 McGraw (L, 0-6)
1973 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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