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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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Newsday's TV sports columnist Stan Isaacs on the 1982 Mets broadcast team of Ralph Kiner and Lorn Brown. It was a one-year failed experiment. Fortunately, the Mets noticed and the booth became much livelier in 1983.
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Dan Boitano
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Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1987 Game Results
05/05 Reds 2, Mets 0 Fernandez (L, 4-2)
05/06 Mets 3, Reds 2 Aguilera (W, 3-1)
05/11 Reds 12, Mets 2 Aguilera (L, 3-2)
05/12 Mets 6, Reds 2 Cone (W, 1-2)
07/02 Mets 5, Reds 0 Leach (W, 7-0)
07/03 Reds 8, Mets 3 Darling (L, 2-6)
07/04 Reds 7, Mets 3 Mitchell (L, 1-2)
07/05 Reds 7, Mets 5 Gooden (L, 5-2)
07/16 Mets 9, Reds 0 Gooden (W, 7-2)
07/17 Reds 5, Mets 2 Darling (L, 4-7)
07/18 Reds 7, Mets 3 Fernandez (L, 9-6)
07/19 Mets 6, Reds 5 Orosco (W, 2-6)
1987 totals: 5 wins, 7 losses



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