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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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Mule Name Nettles Mets' Fans
Daily Record (Morris County, NJ), July 9, 1979
Sports columnist Steve Caulk reacts to the announcement that the Mets' mule mascot will be named "Mettle".


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Jerry Grote
Born: October 6, 1942
at San Antonio, Tex.
Died: April 7, 2024 at Austin, Tex.
Grote
Years with Mets: 1966 - 1977

1235 games. 35 hr, 357 rbi, 0.256
314 runs, 14 stolen bases


Mets vs. Chicago Cubs
2016 Game Results
06/30 Mets 4, Cubs 3 Goeddel (W, 1-0)
07/01 Mets 10, Cubs 2 deGrom (W, 4-4)
07/02 Mets 4, Cubs 3 Colon (W, 7-4)
07/03 Mets 14, Cubs 3 Syndergaard (W, 9-3)
07/18 Cubs 5, Mets 1 Matz (L, 7-6)
07/19 Mets 2, Cubs 1 Robles (W, 4-3)
07/20 Cubs 6, Mets 2 Colon (L, 8-5)
2016 totals: 5 wins, 2 losses



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