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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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Newsday columnist Stan Isaacs is harshly critical of the Mets acquisition of Warren Spahn. The reference to Nikita Khrushchev in the headline may have made a lot more sense in 1964 than it does now.
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Mets vs. New York Yankees
2001 Game Results
06/15 Yankees 5, Mets 4 Leiter (L, 3-5)
06/16 Yankees 2, Mets 1 Appier (L, 4-6)
06/17 Mets 8, Yankees 7 Wendell (W, 2-2)
07/06 Yankees 8, Mets 3 Leiter (L, 4-8)
07/07 Mets 3, Yankees 0 Franco (W, 4-1)
07/08 Yankees 4, Mets 1 Wendell (L, 3-3)
2001 totals: 2 wins, 4 losses



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