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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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After Slight Delay, Chilcott on Way
Memphis Press Scimitar, April 14, 1970
Reggie Jackson has established himself as a superstar, but Steve Chilcott, the player the Mets drafted instead of Reggie, is still hanging in there four years later, hoping to have a big league career.
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Gene Woodling
Born: August 16, 1922
at Akron, O.
Died: June 2, 2001 at Barberton, O.
Woodling
Years with Mets: 1962

81 games. 5 hr, 24 rbi, 0.274
18 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1989 Game Results
05/03 Reds 6, Mets 4 Fernandez (L, 3-1)
05/04 Mets 3, Reds 2 Myers (W, 2-1)
05/08 Reds 3, Mets 0 Ojeda (L, 1-4)
05/09 Mets 3, Reds 1 Fernandez (W, 4-1)
05/10 Mets 11, Reds 4 Darling (W, 2-3)
06/30 Mets 11, Reds 1 Darling (W, 6-5)
07/01 Reds 6, Mets 2 Gooden (L, 9-4)
07/02 Mets 7, Reds 2 Fernandez (W, 6-2)
07/06 Reds 10, Mets 2 West (L, 0-1)
07/07 Mets 7, Reds 1 Fernandez (W, 7-2)
07/08 Mets 8, Reds 3 Cone (W, 6-5)
07/09 Mets 6, Reds 3 Aguilera (W, 4-3)
1989 totals: 8 wins, 4 losses



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