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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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Fearless in End
New York Daily News, June 15, 2017
Obituary of Jimmy Piersall, author of Fear Strikes Out and the Met who celebrated his 100th home run by running backwards around the bases. (He still went counter-clockwise, but he was facing in the opposite direction.)
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Bobby Smith
Born: May 28, 1934
at Hood River, Ore.
Died: November 24, 2015 at Hood River, Ore.
Smith
Years with Mets: 1962

8 games. 0 hr, 2 rbi, 0.136
1 runs, 0 stolen bases


All-Time Mets Leaders
Games Started
1. Tom Seaver 395 Seaver
2. Jerry Koosman 346
3. Dwight Gooden 303
4. Sid Fernandez 250
5. Ron Darling 241
6. Al Leiter 213 Koosman
7. Jacob deGrom 209
8. Jon Matlack 199
9. Bobby Jones 190
10. Craig Swan 184



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