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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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All-Star pick Mazzilli: I should be starting
New York Daily News, July 11, 1979
Lee Mazzilli is a 1979 All-Star (he would, in fact, become the first Met to homer in the All-Star game that year) but feels he should be in the starting lineup.
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Donn Clendenon
Born: July 15, 1935
at Neosho, Mo.
Died: September 17, 2005 at Sioux Falls, S.D.
Clendenon
Years with Mets: 1969 - 1971

281 games. 45 hr, 171 rbi, 0.267
125 runs, 8 stolen bases


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9. Doug Flynn 26
David Wright 26



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