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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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St. Louis Weather Menaces Mets' Ticker-Tape Hoopla
New York Daily News, April 12, 1962
The Mets have a ticker-tape parade scheduled for the day before their first home game in New York, but the potential for rain in St. Louis may force the Mets to remain in that city for a makeup game against the Cardinals.


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Jim Fregosi
Born: April 4, 1942
at San Francisco, Cal.
Died: February 14, 2014 at Miami, Fla.
Fregosi
Years with Mets: 1972, 1973

146 games. 5 hr, 43 rbi, 0.233
38 runs, 1 stolen bases


Mets vs. Atlanta Braves
1968 Game Results
05/17 Braves 3, Mets 1 Frisella (L, 0-2)
05/18 Mets 5, Braves 2 Selma (W, 3-0)
05/19 Braves 3, Mets 2 Ryan (L, 4-3)
05/19 Braves 2, Mets 0 Jackson (L, 0-2)
05/24 Braves 4, Mets 2 Ryan (L, 4-4)
05/25 Mets 9, Braves 1 Koosman (W, 7-2)
05/26 Braves 2, Mets 1 Seaver (L, 2-4)
07/22 Mets 5, Braves 2 Cardwell (W, 4-9)
07/23 Mets 2, Braves 1 Seaver (W, 9-6)
07/24 Braves 3, Mets 2 Connors (L, 0-1)
07/25 Braves 4, Mets 2 Selma (L, 8-6)
07/31 Braves 3, Mets 2 Koosman (L, 14-6)
08/01 Braves 4, Mets 2 Cardwell (L, 5-10)
09/02 Braves 3, Mets 1 Koosman (L, 16-10)
09/02 Mets 2, Braves 2
09/03 Mets 4, Braves 3 Seaver (W, 14-9)
09/03 Braves 7, Mets 6 Jackson (L, 3-7)
09/24 Braves 7, Mets 4 Koosman (L, 18-12)
09/25 Mets 3, Braves 0 Seaver (W, 16-11)
1968 totals: 6 wins, 12 losses, 1 tie



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