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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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Shea's New 3d Loop Is 'The Continental'
New York Daily News, July 28, 1959
An earlier tactic of Bill Shea in his effort to bring a new team to New York was to form a third Major League, known as the Continental League. This was a significant step in the eventual birth of the Mets.
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John Sullivan
Born: January 3, 1941
at Somerville, N.J.
Died: June 1, 2023 at Wayland, N.Y.
Sullivan
Years with Mets: 1967

65 games. 0 hr, 6 rbi, 0.218
4 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals
1980 Game Results
05/26 Cardinals 8, Mets 5 Falcone (L, 3-3)
05/27 Mets 9, Cardinals 5 Bomback (W, 3-0)
05/28 Mets 6, Cardinals 5 Kobel (W, 1-4)
06/03 Cardinals 8, Mets 1 Burris (L, 3-4)
06/04 Cardinals 1, Mets 0 Allen (L, 2-4)
06/05 Mets 2, Cardinals 1 Swan (W, 4-4)
07/12 Cardinals 8, Mets 6 Glynn (L, 3-2)
07/13 Mets 7, Cardinals 4 Falcone (W, 5-5)
07/13 Mets 10, Cardinals 4 Bomback (W, 6-2)
08/08 Mets 3, Cardinals 2 Reardon (W, 7-6)
08/09 Cardinals 9, Mets 6 Hausman (L, 4-3)
08/10 Mets 4, Cardinals 1 Bomback (W, 9-3)
09/26 Cardinals 5, Mets 1 Allen (L, 7-10)
09/27 Cardinals 4, Mets 2 Bomback (L, 9-8)
09/28 Mets 8, Cardinals 0 Scott (W, 1-1)
10/03 Cardinals 6, Mets 4 Jackson (L, 1-7)
10/04 Mets 5, Cardinals 2 Bomback (W, 10-8)
10/05 Cardinals 3, Mets 2 Falcone (L, 7-10)
1980 totals: 9 wins, 9 losses



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