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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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Moses Offers the Dodgers Site in Queens for Stadium
New York Daily News, April 19, 1957
Walter O'Malley already had his sites set on Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, but New York City made a last-ditch effort to keep the Dodgers, offering them the site where Shea Stadium would one day be built.


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Ben Gamel
Born: May 17, 1992
at Neptune Beach, Fla.
Gamel
Years with Mets: 2024

18 games. 0 hr, 0 rbi, 0.217
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Mets vs. San Diego Padres
1974 Game Results
04/23 Padres 10, Mets 2 Matlack (L, 1-1)
04/24 Padres 4, Mets 3 Apodaca (L, 0-2)
04/25 Mets 5, Padres 2 Koosman (W, 3-0)
05/04 Mets 6, Padres 3 Matlack (W, 3-1)
05/05 Padres 5, Mets 4 McGraw (L, 0-3)
05/05 Mets 6, Padres 4 Sadecki (W, 1-1)
07/08 Mets 2, Padres 1 Parker (W, 3-7)
07/09 Padres 5, Mets 4 Matlack (L, 7-6)
07/10 Padres 8, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 9-6)
07/19 Mets 4, Padres 2 Matlack (W, 9-6)
07/20 Mets 10, Padres 2 Koosman (W, 10-7)
07/21 Padres 7, Mets 3 Parker (L, 3-9)
1974 totals: 6 wins, 6 losses



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