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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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City Welcomes Mets; Debut at PG Today
New York Daily News, April 13, 1962
The day before their first home game at the Polo Grounds, the Mets were honored with a ticker-tape parade in lower Manhattan's Canyon of Heroes.
Tags: Casey Stengel.


Randomly selected Met Player

Mike Cubbage
Born: July 21, 1950
at Charlottesville, Va.
Died: August 10, 2024 at Sunset, S.C.
Cubbage
Years with Mets: 1981

67 games. 1 hr, 4 rbi, 0.212
9 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
2001 Game Results
05/18 Mets 8, Dodgers 0 Leiter (W, 1-3)
05/19 Dodgers 10, Mets 2 Appier (L, 2-5)
05/20 Mets 6, Dodgers 5 Benitez (W, 3-1)
08/17 Dodgers 8, Mets 3 Rusch (L, 6-8)
08/18 Mets 5, Dodgers 4 Riggan (W, 1-2)
08/19 Mets 6, Dodgers 5 Trachsel (W, 7-11)
2001 totals: 4 wins, 2 losses



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