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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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Tom-foolery lets Chisox nab Seaver
New York Daily News, January 21, 1984
Tom Seaver's reunion with the Mets would prove to be short-lived, as a strategic blunder allows him to be plucked away by the Chicago White Sox.
Tags: Frank Cashen, Tom Seaver.


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Shawon Dunston
Born: March 21, 1963
at Brooklyn, N.Y.
Dunston
Years with Mets: 1999

42 games. 0 hr, 16 rbi, 0.344
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Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1977 Game Results
05/20 Reds 6, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 4-3)
05/21 Reds 8, Mets 7 Apodaca (L, 0-2)
05/22 Reds 8, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 3-5)
05/22 Mets 4, Reds 3 Todd (W, 2-0)
06/07 Mets 8, Reds 0 Seaver (W, 6-3)
06/08 Reds 5, Mets 0 Koosman (L, 4-6)
08/19 Reds 4, Mets 1 Matlack (L, 6-14)
08/19 Reds 4, Mets 3 Espinosa (L, 6-10)
08/20 Reds 8, Mets 2 Swan (L, 8-8)
08/21 Reds 5, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 8-16)
08/24 Reds 11, Mets 4 Matlack (L, 6-15)
08/25 Reds 3, Mets 2 Apodaca (L, 3-6)
1977 totals: 2 wins, 10 losses



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