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[MFS62]

OK. So you're sitting there, minding your own business. Suddenly, the name of an obscure Met from long ago pops into your mind (for no good reason).
You know. Those names that make you go "OOOOH".
Yesterday, I thought of Bill Hepler.

Anybody else have that happen to you?
Who was the player?

Later

[Guest cooby]

Well, last week I was playing bingo with my daughter when I noticed the only number she still needed was Mike Jorgenson.

I'm sure there have been a few # 22's since him.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I remember Jorgensen as 16...

For 22 I think of Donn Clendennon, Ray Knight, and Al Leiter. And with a little further thought, Kevin McReynolds and Kevin Plawecki.

[dgwphotography]

Bullet Bob Hayes

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

I'm reading a book that mentions Bruce Berenyi who I never remember seeing pitch for the Mets (Baseball Reference says that he appeared in 17 games total in 1985 & 1986 when I was most avidly watching the Mets) but ALWAYS ended up with multiples of his baseball card.

[Guest 41Forever]

I returned to the airport parking lot late on Monday night to find one of my tires very low on air. The airport had a staffer come out with a compressor, and he was so prompt, nice and helpful that I wanted to send a note to the airport singing his praises. I asked for his name, and he said "Doug."

How am I going to remember that, I thought. Doug Sisk popped into my head. It worked!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Mets Willets Point wrote: I'm reading a book that mentions Bruce Berenyi who I never remember seeing pitch for the Mets (Baseball Reference says that he appeared in 17 games total in 1985 & 1986 when I was most avidly watching the Mets) but ALWAYS ended up with multiples of his baseball card.

I was a big Berenyi fan. What book?

[Guest Mets Willets Point]

Greed and Glory by Sean Deveney.

[Centerfield]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I remember Jorgensen as 16... For 22 I think of Donn Clendennon, Ray Knight, and Al Leiter. And with a little further thought, Kevin McReynolds and Kevin Plawecki.

Stream of conscious:

1. Mookie. Duh.
2. Jose Oquendo
3. Vance Wilson (this one is weird)
4. Dykstra
5. Wright. For a long time it was Olerud.
6. Backman
7. Reyes. For a long time it was Hubie.
8. Carter
9. Hundley
10. Ordonez
11. Teufel
12. Darling
13. Lee Mazzili
14. No one comes to mind
15. Beltran
16. Doc
17. Keith
18. Strawberry
19. Gardenhire
20. HoJo
21. Delgado
22. Knight
23. No one
24. Rickey
25. Kaz
26. No one.
27. Zeile.
28. No one
29. No one
30. No one
31. Piazza.
32. No one
33. No one
34. Noah
35. Rick Reed
36. no one
37. No one
38. No one
39. No one
40. No one
41. Duh
42. Huskey
43. No one
44. Cone. Also Darling. This one's kinda split.
45. Franco
46. No one
47. Jesse
48. deGrom
49. Armando
50. Sid
...
99. Wendell

On Edit: Forgot 13! Corrected now.

Edited November 29, 2018 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

I guess you're too young to remember Gil Hodges.

For me:

1. Mookie
2. Lute Barnes. (I know, it should be Bobby Valentine, but it's Lute Barnes.)
3. Harrelson
4. Staub
5. Wright
6. Backman
7. Reyes
8. Carter
9. Torre
10. Duffy Dyer
11. Wayne Garrett
12. Ken Boswell
13. Edgardo Alfonzo
14. Hodges
15. Grote
16. Gooden
17. Hernandez
18. Strawberry
19. Ojeda
20. HoJo
21. Cleon Jones
22. Clendennon
23. Mike Vail
24. Willie Mays
25. Del Unser
26. Kingman
27. Swan
28. Milner
29. Viola
30. Gentry
31. Piazza
32. Matlack
33. Sadecki
34. Apodaca
35. Nobody
36. Koosman
37. Stengel
38. Nobody
39. Sisk
40. Zachry
41. Seaver
42. Ron Hodges
43. Jim McAndrew
44. Darling
45. McGraw
46. Neil Allen
47. Orosco
48. deGrom
49. Nobody
50. Sid Fernandez

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

1 mookie
2 bobby vee, saiger
3 harrelson, everett
4 staub
5 wright, also beauchamp
6 backman
7 brooks
8 carter
9 neiuewenhuis
10 dyer
11 garrett or tucker ashford
12 boswell
13 alfonzo
14 hodges

[Guest cooby]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I remember Jorgensen as 16... For 22 I think of Donn Clendennon, Ray Knight, and Al Leiter. And with a little further thought, Kevin McReynolds and Kevin Plawecki.

That's funny! I never think of Jorgensen as anything but 22

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I guess you're too young to remember Gil Hodges. For me: 1. Mookie 2. Lute Barnes. (I know, it should be Bobby Valentine, but it's Lute Barnes.) 3. Harrelson 4. Staub 5. Wright 6. Backman 7. Reyes 8. Carter 9. Torre 10. Duffy Dyer 11. Wayne Garrett 12. Ken Boswell 13. Edgardo Alfonzo 14. Hodges 15. Grote 16. Gooden 17. Hernandez 18. Strawberry 19. Ojeda 20. HoJo 21. Cleon Jones 22. Clendennon 23. Mike Vail 24. Willie Mays 25. Del Unser 26. Kingman 27. Swan 28. Milner 29. Viola 30. Gentry 31. Piazza 32. Matlack 33. Sadecki 34. Apodaca 35. Nobody 36. Koosman 37. Stengel 38. Nobody 39. Sisk 40. Zachry 41. Seaver 42. Ron Hodges 43. Jim McAndrew 44. Darling 45. McGraw 46. Neil Allen 47. Orosco 48. deGrom 49. Nobody 50. Sid Fernandez

Gentry was 39, not 30 -- and the starting pitcher for the Mets in the first game I attended. Nolan Ryan wore 30 during those years. Lute Barnes ... interesting.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Jorgensen's 16 to me. I have no memory of him as 22. You could definitely tell a person's age from these ppsts.

[RealityChuck]

I don't remember a lot, and many are from back in the 60s/70s when I watched more games.

0. Ordonez
1. Mookie
3. Bud Harrelson
4. Swoboda
5. Wright (I only just recently realized that Wright's number is the same as the box score number for a third baseman. )
7. Kranepool
8. Yogi
10. Ordonez (mostly because he changed it from zero).
14. Hodges
15. Grote
16. Gooden
21. Cleon
24. Mays
30. Conforto
31. Piazza
33. Harvey
34. [crossout:3j6b4p6j]Cal Koonce[/crossout:3j6b4p6j] Thor
41. Some guy
42. Ron Hodges
45. Tug McGraw
50. Sid Fernandez
57. [crossout:3j6b4p6j]Heinz[/crossout:3j6b4p6j] Santana
99. Turk Wendell

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

My stream-of-consiousness post got cut off somehow and now I can't re-stream-it or it won't ring true

Oh well. At least the Mets are discussing trading the top draft pick for a 36 year old redundant 2Bman and a fucking relief pitcher.

I wonder if Omar is involved somehow?

[batmagadanleadoff]

I just tried doing this list mentally, and when I got to 31, the first Met I thought of was Bruce Berenyi, not Miks Piazza. Was that because of the other thread from today with the Berenyi references?

[MFS62]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: My stream-of-consiousness post got cut off somehow and now I can't re-stream-it or it won't ring true Oh well. At least the Mets are discussing trading the top draft pick for a 36 year old redundant 2Bman and a fucking relief pitcher. I wonder if Omar is involved somehow?

It wasn't meant to be a stream of consciousness thread.
I meant it to be a one name that suddenly flashes into your mind thread without any thought or association with anything else - randomly.
But if that's where you want to take it ...

Later

[Zvon]

MFS62 wrote: OK. So you're sitting there, minding your own business. Suddenly, the name of an obscure Met from long ago pops into your mind (for no good reason). You know. Those names that make you go "OOOOH". Yesterday, I thought of Bill Hepler. Anybody else have that happen to you? Who was the player? Later

All the time. Triggered by all kinds of things.

[seawolf17]

This list of "who's your number X" voting sort of thing would be a good off-season project, but I don't have the time or energy to organize it. I'm going to go off the top of my head too:

1 Mookie
2 Elster
3 Santana
4 Dykstra
5 Davey
6 Backman
7 Pratt
8 Carter
9 Jefferies
10 Hundley
11 Teufel
12 Darling
13 Mazzilli
14 Hodges
15 Aguilera
16 Doc
17 Mex
18 Straw
19 BobbyO
20 HoJo
21 Delgado
22 McReynolds
23 ?
24 Torve
25 Bonilla
26 Leach
27 Harnisch
28 Bill Robinson
29 Trax
30 Cliff
31 Piazza
32 Matz
33 Lyons
34 Syndergaard
35 Reed
36 ?
37 Casey
38 ?
39 Blevins
40 Seo
41 Seaver
42 McDowell
43 Dickey
44 Cone
45 Carreon
46 Perez
47 Orosco
48 Heilman
49 Niese
50 Sid
51 Rojas
52 Greg Pavlick
53 ?
54 Mark Clark
55 Hershiser
56 ?
57 Johan

[MFS62]

Somebody call the Air Marshall.

Later

[DocTee]

Number 4 will always be Bruce Armand Boisclair.

[batmagadanleadoff]

1 Mookie
2 Fregosi
3 Harrelson
4 Staub
5 Henderson
6 Weis
7 Kranepool
8 Berra
9 Martin
10 Dyer
11 Garrett
12 Boswell
13 Mazzilli
14 Hodges
15 Grote
16 Gooden
17 Hsrnandez
18 Strawberry
19 Foli
20 Agee
21 Jones
22 Clendenon
23 Stanton
24 Mays
25 Bonilla
26 Kingman
27 Cardwell
28 Milner
29 Singleton
30 Ryan
31 Berenyi
32 Matlack
33 Sadecki
34
35 Williams
36 Koosman
37 Stengel
38 Capra
39 Gentry
40 Stone
41 Seaver
42 Taylor
43 Mcandrew
44
45 McGraw
46
47 Orosco
48 deGrom
49
50 Fernandez

[Guest cooby]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Jorgensen's 16 to me. I have no memory of him as 22. You could definitely tell a person's age from these ppsts.

I know!