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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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Fans Uptight Over Seaver... but for How Long?
New York Daily News, June 16, 1977
Dick Young has finally run Tom Seaver out of town. The fans are upset, but he figures we'll get over it soon.
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Ron Swoboda
Born: June 30, 1944
at Baltimore, Md.
Swoboda
Years with Mets: 1965 - 1970

737 games. 69 hr, 304 rbi, 0.242
246 runs, 20 stolen bases


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
1986 Game Results
05/16 Dodgers 4, Mets 3 Orosco (L, 0-1)
05/17 Dodgers 6, Mets 2 Fernandez (L, 4-1)
05/18 Mets 8, Dodgers 4 Niemann (W, 1-2)
05/27 Mets 8, Dodgers 1 Darling (W, 6-0)
05/28 Mets 4, Dodgers 2 Gooden (W, 6-2)
05/29 Mets 5, Dodgers 2 Fernandez (W, 5-1)
08/18 Mets 5, Dodgers 4 Ojeda (W, 13-4)
08/19 Mets 6, Dodgers 4 Darling (W, 12-4)
08/20 Mets 7, Dodgers 5 Fernandez (W, 14-4)
08/29 Mets 2, Dodgers 1 Ojeda (W, 15-4)
08/30 Mets 6, Dodgers 3 Aguilera (W, 7-6)
08/31 Dodgers 7, Mets 4 Darling (L, 12-5)
1986 totals: 9 wins, 3 losses



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