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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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Random Article from the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

Mule Name Nettles Mets' Fans
Daily Record (Morris County, NJ), July 9, 1979
Sports columnist Steve Caulk reacts to the announcement that the Mets' mule mascot will be named "Mettle".


Randomly selected Met Player

Sammy Drake
Born: October 7, 1934
at Little Rock, Ark.
Died: January 27, 2010 at Los Angeles, Cal.
Drake
Years with Mets: 1962

25 games. 0 hr, 7 rbi, 0.192
2 runs, 0 stolen bases


Mets vs. Pittsburgh Pirates
1997 Game Results
06/19 Mets 7, Pirates 6 Franco (W, 1-1)
06/20 Mets 1, Pirates 0 Jones (W, 12-3)
06/21 Mets 3, Pirates 2 Mlicki (W, 4-5)
06/22 Mets 12, Pirates 9 Kashiwada (W, 2-0)
06/27 Pirates 6, Mets 1 Mlicki (L, 4-6)
06/28 Mets 8, Pirates 3 Reynoso (W, 6-1)
06/29 Mets 10, Pirates 8 Jordan (W, 1-2)
07/14 Pirates 5, Mets 4 McMichael (L, 6-7)
07/15 Pirates 4, Mets 3 Acevedo (L, 1-1)
09/23 Pirates 5, Mets 4 Lidle (L, 7-2)
09/24 Mets 7, Pirates 5 Crawford (W, 3-3)
1997 totals: 7 wins, 4 losses



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