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Today is January 11

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New York Mets selected Jeff McKnight in second round of free agent draft on January 11, 1983.

Texas Rangers signed Pat Mahomes of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 11, 2001.

New York Mets traded Javier Ochoa to the Cleveland Indians for Tom Martin on January 11, 2001.

New York Mets signed free agent Joe DePastino on January 11, 2001.

New York Mets signed free agent Tsuyoshi Shinjo of the San Francisco Giants on January 11, 2003.

New York Mets signed free agent Carlos Beltran of the Houston Astros on January 11, 2005.

Houston Astros claimed Fernando Martinez of the New York Mets on waivers on January 11, 2012.

New York Mets signed free agent Hector Santiago of the Chicago White Sox on January 11, 2019.

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In 1968, Juan Marichal pitched a complete-game win over the Mets, giving up 16 hits while doing so. This was clearly an era before pitch counts. At the time the Mets were approaching a .500 record for the first time in their history, and Bill Gallo has a strange cartoon of Gil Hodges wearing a hideous necktie.
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Born: July 15, 1935
at Berwyn, Ill.
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