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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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Moses Offers the Dodgers Site in Queens for Stadium
New York Daily News, April 19, 1957
Walter O'Malley already had his sites set on Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, but New York City made a last-ditch effort to keep the Dodgers, offering them the site where Shea Stadium would one day be built.


Randomly selected Met Player

Bill Spiers
Born: June 5, 1966
at Orangeburg, S.C.
Spiers
Years with Mets: 1995

63 games. 0 hr, 11 rbi, 0.208
5 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. San Francisco Giants
1998 Game Results
05/15 Giants 3, Mets 2 McMichael (L, 1-2)
05/16 Mets 4, Giants 1 Reed (W, 4-2)
05/17 Giants 4, Mets 2 Leiter (L, 3-3)
08/04 Mets 7, Giants 6 Cook (W, 7-4)
08/05 Giants 6, Mets 4 Jones (L, 7-7)
08/06 Mets 9, Giants 8 Wendell (W, 4-0)
08/25 Giants 7, Mets 3 Reed (L, 15-8)
08/26 Mets 4, Giants 1 Nomo (W, 4-4)
08/27 Giants 11, Mets 3 Reynoso (L, 5-1)
1998 totals: 4 wins, 5 losses



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