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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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Mule Name Nettles Mets' Fans
Daily Record (Morris County, NJ), July 9, 1979
Sports columnist Steve Caulk reacts to the announcement that the Mets' mule mascot will be named "Mettle".


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Ron Swoboda
Born: June 30, 1944
at Baltimore, Md.
Swoboda
Years with Mets: 1965 - 1970

737 games. 69 hr, 304 rbi, 0.242
246 runs, 20 stolen bases


Mets vs. Colorado Rockies
2002 Game Results
05/10 Rockies 9, Mets 5 D'Amico (L, 2-3)
05/11 Mets 4, Rockies 3 Leiter (W, 4-2)
05/12 Rockies 4, Mets 3 Davis (L, 1-1)
08/23 Rockies 10, Mets 4 Astacio (L, 11-7)
08/24 Mets 5, Rockies 2 Weathers (W, 5-3)
08/25 Mets 7, Rockies 4 Leiter (W, 11-10)
2002 totals: 3 wins, 3 losses



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