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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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Ron Darling
Born: August 19, 1960
at Honolulu, Hawaii
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Mets vs. Montreal Expos
2002 Game Results
04/12 Mets 2, Expos 1 D'Amico (W, 1-0)
04/13 Expos 9, Mets 8 Strickland (L, 0-1)
04/14 Mets 6, Expos 4 Trachsel (W, 1-2)
04/18 Mets 1, Expos 0 Leiter (W, 2-0)
04/19 Expos 5, Mets 3 Trachsel (L, 1-3)
04/20 Expos 7, Mets 5 Estes (L, 0-2)
04/21 Expos 6, Mets 3 Astacio (L, 3-1)
07/17 Mets 9, Expos 6 Guthrie (W, 4-0)
07/18 Expos 2, Mets 1 Corey (L, 0-2)
07/22 Mets 5, Expos 2 Weathers (W, 4-3)
07/23 Mets 4, Expos 3 D'Amico (W, 5-8)
07/24 Expos 2, Mets 1 Estes (L, 3-8)
09/12 Mets 8, Expos 2 Middlebrook (W, 1-0)
09/13 Expos 11, Mets 8 Thomson (L, 2-4)
09/14 Expos 5, Mets 4 Bacsik (L, 3-2)
09/15 Expos 10, Mets 1 Astacio (L, 12-10)
09/20 Expos 6, Mets 1 Thomson (L, 2-5)
09/21 Mets 6, Expos 3 Benitez (W, 1-0)
09/22 Expos 5, Mets 1 Leiter (L, 13-12)
2002 totals: 8 wins, 11 losses



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