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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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Nick Willhite
Born: January 27, 1941
at Tulsa, Okla.
Died: December 14, 2008 at Alpine, Utah
Willhite
Years with Mets: 1967

4 games. 0 - 1, 8.64
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Mets vs. Washington Nationals
2008 Game Results
04/15 Mets 6, Nationals 0 Pelfrey (W, 2-0)
04/16 Mets 5, Nationals 2 Maine (W, 1-1)
04/17 Mets 3, Nationals 2 Sosa (W, 2-1)
04/23 Mets 7, Nationals 2 Santana (W, 3-2)
04/24 Nationals 10, Mets 5 Perez (L, 2-1)
05/12 Nationals 10, Mets 4 Figueroa (L, 2-3)
05/13 Mets 6, Nationals 3 Maine (W, 5-2)
05/14 Nationals 5, Mets 3 Vargas (L, 0-1)
05/15 Nationals 1, Mets 0 Pelfrey (L, 2-4)
08/12 Mets 4, Nationals 3 Santana (W, 10-7)
08/13 Mets 12, Nationals 0 Maine (W, 10-7)
08/14 Mets 9, Nationals 3 Perez (W, 9-7)
09/09 Mets 10, Nationals 8 Smith (W, 4-3)
09/10 Mets 13, Nationals 10 Smith (W, 5-3)
09/15 Nationals 7, Mets 2 Martinez (L, 5-5)
09/16 Nationals 1, Mets 0 Pelfrey (L, 13-10)
09/17 Mets 9, Nationals 7 Knight (W, 1-0)
09/18 Mets 7, Nationals 2 Santana (W, 14-7)
2008 totals: 12 wins, 6 losses



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