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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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Lenny rolls the dice: Unlikely heroes, Dykstra and Backman
New York Daily News, October 12, 1986
Lenny Dykstra and Wally Backman have sparked the Mets to a big win in Game 3 of the 1986 NLCS.
Tags: Wally Backman, Lenny Dykstra.


Randomly selected Met Player

Rusty Tillman
Born: August 29, 1960
at Jacksonville, Fla.
Tillman
Years with Mets: 1982

12 games. 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0.154
4 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1983 Game Results
05/23 Mets 4, Giants 3 Orosco (W, 3-0)
05/24 Giants 6, Mets 2 Lynch (L, 2-2)
05/25 Giants 7, Mets 6 Allen (L, 2-5)
05/30 Giants 5, Mets 0 Allen (L, 2-6)
05/31 Giants 2, Mets 1 Holman (L, 0-3)
06/01 Giants 4, Mets 2 Seaver (L, 3-5)
08/19 Mets 7, Giants 6 Orosco (W, 11-5)
08/20 Mets 7, Giants 2 Lynch (W, 9-7)
08/21 Mets 4, Giants 3 Torrez (W, 7-14)
08/26 Giants 12, Mets 1 Lynch (L, 9-8)
08/27 Mets 6, Giants 3 Torrez (W, 8-14)
08/28 Giants 7, Mets 2 Swan (L, 2-8)
1983 totals: 5 wins, 7 losses



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