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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, November 24, 1964
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Charlie Neal
Born: January 30, 1931
at Longview, Tex.
Died: November 16, 1996 at Dallas, Tex.
Neal
Years with Mets: 1962, 1963

208 games. 14 hr, 76 rbi, 0.248
85 runs, 3 stolen bases


Mets vs. Montreal Expos
1996 Game Results
04/29 Mets 3, Expos 2 Harnisch (W, 2-2)
05/01 Expos 4, Mets 0 Clark (L, 1-3)
05/01 Mets 6, Expos 0 Isringhausen (W, 2-2)
07/04 Mets 4, Expos 0 Person (W, 2-3)
07/05 Mets 9, Expos 6 Dipoto (W, 3-1)
07/06 Mets 11, Expos 3 Jones (W, 8-5)
07/07 Expos 4, Mets 3 Harnisch (L, 4-6)
07/18 Expos 7, Mets 3 Harnisch (L, 5-7)
07/19 Expos 5, Mets 4 Isringhausen (L, 4-11)
07/20 Mets 4, Expos 1 Wilson (W, 4-5)
07/21 Expos 4, Mets 3 Clark (L, 10-7)
09/17 Expos 7, Mets 1 Isringhausen (L, 6-14)
09/18 Expos 4, Mets 3 Mlicki (L, 6-7)
1996 totals: 6 wins, 7 losses



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