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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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This Rich Ball Fan Can Afford a Diamond
Newsday, June 22, 1959
A profile of Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson (the article doesn't even mention her first name, Joan) as she prepares to work with William A. Shea to bring a team to New York to replace the Dodgers and Giants.
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David Wright
Born: December 20, 1982
at Norfolk, Va.
Wright
Years with Mets: 2004 - 2016, 2018

1585 games. 242 hr, 970 rbi, 0.296
949 runs, 196 stolen bases


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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