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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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City Welcomes Mets; Debut at PG Today
New York Daily News, April 13, 1962
The day before their first home game at the Polo Grounds, the Mets were honored with a ticker-tape parade in lower Manhattan's Canyon of Heroes.
Tags: Casey Stengel.


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Bobby Klaus
Born: December 27, 1937
at Spring Grove, Ill.
Klaus
Years with Mets: 1964, 1965

175 games. 4 hr, 23 rbi, 0.213
55 runs, 4 stolen bases


Mets vs. Cincinnati Reds
1970 Game Results
06/05 Reds 5, Mets 4 Ryan (L, 4-4)
06/06 Reds 5, Mets 1 Sadecki (L, 4-1)
06/07 Reds 10, Mets 2 Gentry (L, 5-4)
06/16 Mets 8, Reds 1 McAndrew (W, 3-4)
06/17 Reds 7, Mets 4 Taylor (L, 1-3)
08/11 Reds 8, Mets 1 McAndrew (L, 6-11)
08/12 Mets 2, Reds 1 Gentry (W, 8-6)
08/13 Reds 6, Mets 1 Sadecki (L, 7-4)
08/21 Mets 4, Reds 1 Koosman (W, 8-6)
08/22 Reds 3, Mets 2 McGraw (L, 2-4)
08/23 Mets 5, Reds 4 Taylor (W, 5-4)
08/23 Reds 7, Mets 5 Seaver (L, 17-9)
1970 totals: 4 wins, 8 losses



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