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Today is May 17

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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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Unsettling News for the Matlacks
Newsday, December 10, 1977
Newsday columnist Bill Nack checks in with Jon Matlack and his wife after the pitcher was traded by the Mets to the Texas Rangers.
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Randomly selected Met Player

Phil Linz
Born: June 4, 1939
at Baltimore, Md.
Died: December 9, 2020 at Leesburg, Va.
Linz
Years with Mets: 1967, 1968

102 games. 0 hr, 18 rbi, 0.209
27 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1979 Game Results
06/04 Mets 6, Reds 2 Swan (W, 5-4)
06/05 Reds 6, Mets 1 Kobel (L, 2-1)
06/06 Mets 5, Reds 3 Murray (W, 3-5)
06/11 Mets 3, Reds 2 Twitchell (W, 1-0)
06/12 Mets 12, Reds 6 Murray (W, 4-5)
06/13 Reds 4, Mets 1 Hausman (L, 0-1)
08/17 Reds 4, Mets 3 Murray (L, 4-7)
08/18 Reds 4, Mets 3 Allen (L, 4-6)
08/19 Reds 6, Mets 5 Murray (L, 4-8)
08/24 Reds 1, Mets 0 Allen (L, 4-7)
08/25 Reds 8, Mets 4 Reardon (L, 1-1)
08/26 Reds 8, Mets 0 Falcone (L, 5-10)
1979 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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