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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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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Says Grant: Seaver Is Forcing Me To Trade Him
New York Daily News, May 8, 1977
Daily News columnist Dick Young firmly sided with the team in its dispute with Tom Seaver in 1977, and played a big part in Seaver's decision to ask to be traded. We see one of his anti-Seaver columns here, plus a typically bizarre Basement Bertha cartoon by Bill Gallo and an article about manager Joe Frazier's many attempts to find a productive lineup.
Tags: Tom Seaver.


Randomly selected Met Player

Richie Ashburn
Born: March 19, 1927
at Tilden, Neb.
Died: September 9, 1997 at New York, N.Y.
Ashburn
Years with Mets: 1962

135 games. 7 hr, 28 rbi, 0.306
60 runs, 12 stolen bases


Mets Records vs. Opponents in 1989
Opponent W L T Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies 12 6 0 .667
St. Louis Cardinals 10 8 0 .556
Atlanta Braves 10 2 0 .833
Pittsburgh Pirates 9 9 0 .500
Montreal Expos 9 9 0 .500
Chicago Cubs 8 10 0 .444
Cincinnati Reds 8 4 0 .667
Los Angeles Dodgers 7 5 0 .583
Houston Astros 6 6 0 .500
San Diego Padres 5 7 0 .417
San Francisco Giants 3 9 0 .250



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