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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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Big Deal! Mets Trade 4 for Fregosi; Angels Get Ryan, 3 Prospects
New York Daily News, December 11, 1971
At the time it looked like it was the "Jim Fregosi trade" but history now knows it as the "Nolan Ryan trade". One hundred years from now, this will still probably be among the worst trades in Mets history.
Tags: Jim Fregosi, Nolan Ryan.


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Travis d'Arnaud
Born: February 10, 1989
at Long Beach, Cal.
d'Arnaud
Years with Mets: 2013 - 2019

407 games. 47 hr, 164 rbi, 0.242
152 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
1998 Game Results
05/04 Diamondbacks 4, Mets 2 Bohanon (L, 0-1)
05/05 Mets 9, Diamondbacks 1 Mlicki (W, 1-3)
05/06 Mets 8, Diamondbacks 2 Rojas (W, 2-0)
08/14 Mets 3, Diamondbacks 2 Reed (W, 14-7)
08/15 Mets 5, Diamondbacks 4 Reynoso (W, 4-0)
08/16 Diamondbacks 6, Mets 1 Nomo (L, 3-3)
08/22 Mets 9, Diamondbacks 4 Jones (W, 9-7)
08/23 Diamondbacks 4, Mets 3 Leiter (L, 12-5)
08/24 Diamondbacks 9, Mets 5 Yoshii (L, 5-7)
1998 totals: 5 wins, 4 losses



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