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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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Thin Pitching Key to Hernandez Deal
St. Louis Post Dispatch, June 16, 1983
Coverage from St. Louis of the trade that sent Keith Hernandez to the Mets. Columnist Kevin Horrigan: "Hernandez Trade Is Ridiculous, But It Makes Sense" and also, "Keith Expected Trade -- But Later".
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Joe Christopher
Born: December 13, 1935
at Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands
Died: October 3, 2023 at Edgewood, Md.
Christopher
Years with Mets: 1962 - 1965

485 games. 28 hr, 156 rbi, 0.265
171 runs, 22 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Diego Padres
1988 Game Results
05/16 Mets 7, Padres 4 Gooden (W, 7-0)
05/17 Mets 1, Padres 0 Cone (W, 5-0)
05/18 Mets 5, Padres 2 Ojeda (W, 4-2)
05/19 Mets 9, Padres 4 Darling (W, 4-3)
05/27 Padres 2, Mets 0 Fernandez (L, 2-4)
05/28 Mets 5, Padres 1 Cone (W, 7-0)
05/29 Padres 6, Mets 3 Ojeda (L, 4-4)
08/19 Padres 3, Mets 2 Myers (L, 5-3)
08/21 Padres 1, Mets 0 Darling (L, 12-9)
08/29 Mets 6, Padres 0 Cone (W, 14-3)
08/30 Mets 1, Padres 0 Ojeda (W, 9-12)
08/31 Padres 6, Mets 3 Leach (L, 6-2)
1988 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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