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Today is January 9

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New York Mets selected Rusty Tillman in 10th round of free agent draft on January 9, 1979.

New York Mets signed free agent Darren Bragg on January 9, 2001.

New York Mets signed free agent Joe DePastino on January 9, 2002.

Cleveland Indians signed Chin-lung Hu of the New York Mets as a free agent on January 9, 2012.

New York Mets signed free agent Ryan Cordell of the Chicago White Sox on January 9, 2020.

New York Mets signed free agent Johneshwy Fargas on January 9, 2020.

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01/09/2002
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Mets' Owner Is a Diamond's Best Friend
Newsday, April 12, 1962
A profile of Joan Payson from Newsday's "Paging Women" feature, a section of the paper for news deemed of interest to women. As we saw with an earlier Newsday profile (from 1959), Newsday refers to her as "Mrs. Charles Shipman Payson" and never mentions her actual name, Joan.
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Randomly selected Met Player

Mike Cubbage
Born: July 21, 1950
at Charlottesville, Va.
Died: August 10, 2024 at Sunset, S.C.
Cubbage
Years with Mets: 1981

67 games. 1 hr, 4 rbi, 0.212
9 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Diego Padres
1988 Game Results
05/16 Mets 7, Padres 4 Gooden (W, 7-0)
05/17 Mets 1, Padres 0 Cone (W, 5-0)
05/18 Mets 5, Padres 2 Ojeda (W, 4-2)
05/19 Mets 9, Padres 4 Darling (W, 4-3)
05/27 Padres 2, Mets 0 Fernandez (L, 2-4)
05/28 Mets 5, Padres 1 Cone (W, 7-0)
05/29 Padres 6, Mets 3 Ojeda (L, 4-4)
08/19 Padres 3, Mets 2 Myers (L, 5-3)
08/21 Padres 1, Mets 0 Darling (L, 12-9)
08/29 Mets 6, Padres 0 Cone (W, 14-3)
08/30 Mets 1, Padres 0 Ojeda (W, 9-12)
08/31 Padres 6, Mets 3 Leach (L, 6-2)
1988 totals: 7 wins, 5 losses



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