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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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Viewing the Mets in a New Light
Newsday, August 31, 1982
Newsday's TV sports columnist Stan Isaacs on the 1982 Mets broadcast team of Ralph Kiner and Lorn Brown. It was a one-year failed experiment. Fortunately, the Mets noticed and the booth became much livelier in 1983.
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Billy Murphy
Born: May 7, 1944
at Pineville, La.
Died: May 13, 2024 at Tacoma, Wash.
Murphy
Years with Mets: 1966

84 games. 3 hr, 13 rbi, 0.230
15 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Houston Astros
2012 Game Results
04/30 Astros 4, Mets 3 Acosta (L, 0-2)
05/01 Astros 6, Mets 3 Niese (L, 2-1)
05/02 Astros 8, Mets 1 Schwinden (L, 0-1)
08/24 Astros 3, Mets 1 Niese (L, 10-7)
08/25 Mets 3, Astros 1 Dickey (W, 16-4)
08/26 Mets 2, Astros 1 Parnell (W, 3-3)
2012 totals: 2 wins, 4 losses



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