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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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Fearless in End
New York Daily News, June 15, 2017
Obituary of Jimmy Piersall, author of Fear Strikes Out and the Met who celebrated his 100th home run by running backwards around the bases. (He still went counter-clockwise, but he was facing in the opposite direction.)
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Jose Bautista
Born: October 19, 1980
at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bautista
Years with Mets: 2018

83 games. 9 hr, 37 rbi, 0.204
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Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1994 Game Results
05/09 Mets 5, Expos 4 Mason (W, 1-0)
05/10 Mets 3, Expos 2 Linton (W, 4-0)
05/11 Expos 4, Mets 3 Smith (L, 2-4)
06/09 Expos 9, Mets 0 Gooden (L, 2-2)
06/10 Expos 6, Mets 4 Jones (L, 6-5)
06/11 Expos 7, Mets 4 Gozzo (L, 2-3)
06/12 Mets 5, Expos 4 Manzanillo (W, 1-1)
1994 totals: 3 wins, 4 losses



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