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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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Little Buddy Could Make Big Difference
Newsday, May 31, 1990
As Bud Harrelson takes the helm as Mets manager, Newsday columnist Joe Gergen looks back at how Buddy got to where he is, and also at what may lie ahead. Gergen points out that Bud is the only one of Gil Hodges' Mets players to become a manager.
Tags: Bud Harrelson, Gil Hodges.


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Jon Niese
Born: October 27, 1986
at Defiance, O.
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Years with Mets: 2008 - 2016

188 games. 61 - 62, 3.99
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Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1995 Game Results
05/02 Expos 9, Mets 6 Jacome (L, 0-1)
05/03 Expos 3, Mets 1 Saberhagen (L, 0-1)
05/04 Mets 5, Expos 1 Franco (W, 1-0)
05/12 Expos 9, Mets 6 Jacome (L, 0-3)
05/13 Expos 6, Mets 1 Manzanillo (L, 0-2)
05/14 Expos 3, Mets 2 Dipoto (L, 0-1)
05/15 Mets 5, Expos 3 Manzanillo (W, 1-2)
08/15 Expos 3, Mets 1 Isringhausen (L, 2-2)
08/16 Mets 1, Expos 0 Pulsipher (W, 4-6)
09/08 Mets 5, Expos 0 Jones (W, 8-8)
09/09 Mets 6, Expos 5 Byrd (W, 2-0)
09/10 Mets 6, Expos 2 Isringhausen (W, 6-2)
09/11 Expos 5, Mets 0 Pulsipher (L, 5-7)
1995 totals: 6 wins, 7 losses



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