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New York Mets signed free agent Eric Gunderson on May 5, 1994.

New York Mets signed free agent Juan Lagares on May 5, 2006.

New York Mets released Ben Johnson on May 5, 2008.

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Mets' Bud Harrelson A Lover, Not a Fighter
The Times (Munster, Indiana), July 9, 1970
Three years before the now legendary fight with Pete Rose, Bud Harrelson took a few steps towards the mound and had to be restrained when he felt that Cardinals pitcher Jerry Reuss was throwing at him.
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Tim Burke
Born: February 19, 1959
at Omaha, Neb.
Burke
Years with Mets: 1991, 1992

50 games. 4 - 5, 3.41
41 strikeouts, 1 saves


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1989 Game Results
05/19 Mets 3, Giants 2 Myers (W, 4-1)
05/20 Giants 3, Mets 0 Ojeda (L, 1-5)
05/21 Giants 10, Mets 6 McDowell (L, 1-3)
05/29 Giants 3, Mets 2 Darling (L, 3-4)
05/30 Giants 10, Mets 3 Cone (L, 3-4)
05/31 Mets 3, Giants 1 Myers (W, 5-1)
08/21 Mets 4, Giants 1 Darling (W, 12-9)
08/22 Giants 5, Mets 0 Viola (L, 1-3)
08/23 Giants 5, Mets 0 Cone (L, 11-6)
09/01 Giants 7, Mets 1 Darling (L, 12-11)
09/02 Giants 6, Mets 2 Viola (L, 2-4)
09/03 Giants 4, Mets 0 Ojeda (L, 10-10)
1989 totals: 3 wins, 9 losses



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