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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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Voice of the Mets Didn't Hide Awful Truth
Newsday, April 12, 1962
An early review of the Mets three-man broadcast booth, but Newsday Sports Television Critic Jack Mann. He dismissively refers to Bob Murphy as a "mop-up announcer".
Tags: Ralph Kiner, Bob Murphy, Lindsey Nelson.


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Richie Ashburn
Born: March 19, 1927
at Tilden, Neb.
Died: September 9, 1997 at New York, N.Y.
Ashburn
Years with Mets: 1962

135 games. 7 hr, 28 rbi, 0.306
60 runs, 12 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1964 Game Results
05/01 Reds 4, Mets 3 Stallard (L, 1-3)
05/02 Mets 3, Reds 0 Jackson (W, 2-3)
05/03 Reds 6, Mets 5 Bauta (L, 0-2)
05/03 Reds 6, Mets 3 Hook (L, 0-1)
05/06 Reds 12, Mets 4 Wakefield (L, 0-1)
05/07 Mets 3, Reds 2 Jackson (W, 3-3)
07/12 Mets 1, Reds 0 Cisco (W, 4-11)
07/12 Mets 5, Reds 1 Lary (W, 1-3)
07/21 Mets 4, Reds 2 Wakefield (W, 3-3)
07/22 Mets 4, Reds 3 Hunter (W, 1-1)
07/23 Reds 5, Mets 4 Sutherland (L, 0-3)
08/25 Reds 7, Mets 2 Jackson (L, 7-13)
08/26 Mets 3, Reds 1 Stallard (W, 8-16)
09/25 Reds 3, Mets 0 Jackson (L, 10-16)
09/25 Reds 4, Mets 1 Fisher (L, 10-17)
09/26 Reds 6, Mets 1 Ribant (L, 1-5)
09/27 Reds 4, Mets 1 Stallard (L, 10-20)
09/27 Reds 3, Mets 1 Cisco (L, 6-18)
1964 totals: 7 wins, 11 losses



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