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New York Mets released Yogi Berra on May 17, 1965.

New York Mets released Raul Gonzalez on May 17, 2004.

New York Mets released Frank Catalanotto on May 17, 2010.

Houston Astros signed Kyle Farnsworth of the New York Mets as a free agent on May 17, 2014.

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METS SOLD: Record $21.1 million paid by Doubleday-Pickett group
New York Daily News, January 25, 1980
The Mets are sold for the first time in their history. Plus, "Mets present a big task for Doubleday".
Tags: Lorinda de Roulet, Nelson Doubleday.


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Glendon Rusch
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Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
1964 Game Results
04/23 Cubs 5, Mets 1 Stallard (L, 0-2)
05/26 Mets 19, Cubs 1 Fisher (W, 2-3)
05/27 Cubs 7, Mets 1 Jackson (L, 3-6)
05/28 Cubs 2, Mets 0 Cisco (L, 2-4)
06/09 Mets 6, Cubs 5 Bearnarth (W, 4-3)
06/09 Cubs 5, Mets 2 Cisco (L, 3-6)
06/10 Mets 8, Cubs 3 Fisher (W, 4-4)
06/11 Cubs 6, Mets 3 Wakefield (L, 1-2)
07/14 Cubs 4, Mets 2 Jackson (L, 5-11)
07/15 Cubs 3, Mets 2 Fisher (L, 5-9)
07/16 Cubs 11, Mets 1 Stallard (L, 5-12)
08/21 Mets 7, Cubs 0 Fisher (W, 9-15)
08/22 Cubs 3, Mets 2 Kroll (L, 0-1)
08/23 Mets 2, Cubs 1 Hunter (W, 2-1)
08/23 Mets 5, Cubs 4 Hunter (W, 3-1)
08/28 Mets 12, Cubs 10 Jackson (W, 8-13)
08/29 Cubs 4, Mets 3 Cisco (L, 5-14)
08/30 Cubs 7, Mets 3 Ribant (L, 1-2)
1964 totals: 7 wins, 11 losses



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