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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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Moses Offers the Dodgers Site in Queens for Stadium
New York Daily News, April 19, 1957
Walter O'Malley already had his sites set on Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, but New York City made a last-ditch effort to keep the Dodgers, offering them the site where Shea Stadium would one day be built.


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Rob Gardner
Born: December 19, 1944
at Binghamton, N.Y.
Died: October 21, 2023 at Binghamton, N.Y.
Gardner
Years with Mets: 1965, 1966

46 games. 4 - 10, 4.79
93 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
2015 Game Results
05/11 Cubs 4, Mets 3 deGrom (L, 3-4)
05/12 Cubs 6, Mets 1 Syndergaard (L, 0-1)
05/13 Cubs 2, Mets 1 Torres (L, 1-2)
05/14 Cubs 6, Mets 5 Niese (L, 3-3)
06/30 Cubs 1, Mets 0 Niese (L, 3-8)
07/01 Cubs 2, Mets 0 Torres (L, 2-4)
07/02 Cubs 6, Mets 1 deGrom (L, 8-6)
2015 totals: 0 wins, 7 losses



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