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Today is May 5

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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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St. Louis Weather Menaces Mets' Ticker-Tape Hoopla
New York Daily News, April 12, 1962
The Mets have a ticker-tape parade scheduled for the day before their first home game in New York, but the potential for rain in St. Louis may force the Mets to remain in that city for a makeup game against the Cardinals.


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Jim Henderson
Born: October 21, 1982
at Calgary, Alb., Canada
Henderson
Years with Mets: 2016

44 games. 2 - 2, 4.37
40 strikeouts, 0 saves


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1966 Game Results
05/13 Giants 5, Mets 4 Eilers (L, 0-1)
05/14 Mets 11, Giants 4 Fisher (W, 1-4)
05/15 Mets 6, Giants 1 Gardner (W, 2-0)
05/20 Mets 7, Giants 5 Selma (W, 3-1)
05/21 Giants 4, Mets 3 Gardner (L, 2-1)
05/22 Giants 5, Mets 0 Bearnarth (L, 1-1)
05/22 Mets 7, Giants 2 Hamilton (W, 4-3)
07/20 Mets 3, Giants 2 Fisher (W, 7-9)
07/21 Mets 14, Giants 3 Ribant (W, 5-4)
08/01 Giants 4, Mets 2 Friend (L, 4-2)
08/02 Giants 5, Mets 4 Hamilton (L, 5-11)
08/03 Giants 11, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 7-11)
08/04 Mets 8, Giants 6 Hamilton (W, 6-11)
08/31 Giants 2, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 9-12)
09/01 Mets 2, Giants 1 Ribant (W, 10-6)
09/15 Giants 10, Mets 4 Shaw (L, 9-9)
09/16 Mets 5, Giants 4 Sutherland (W, 2-0)
09/17 Giants 6, Mets 4 Miller (L, 0-2)
1966 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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