Mets Suck And I'm Glad They Traded Me

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Says Dwight Bernard in a candid 1979 interview



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My goofing around the Kingman thread below got me into a kind of rabbit hole where I'm trying to de-conflate Dwight Bernard with Mark Bomback (who were traded for one another), with Mike Birkbeck and Mark Bruhert (and also, Scott Holman)

[seawolf17]

I wonder why they sucked, Mister 1.804 WHIP.



(Although, interestingly, he faced 14 batters in four postseason appearances in 1981 and 1982 and retired all 14. Neat.)

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I think the game in Montreal he references must have been this one where that no-talent hack Ed Glynn got the save in relief of washed-up celebrity soft-tosser Dock Ellis.



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[A Boy Named Seo]

I broke my eyes trying to read that, but there was some good stuff in there. Poor guy had to work in the grain elevator in the offseason.

[MFS62]

I remember when the player was called Mark Boom Boom Bomback.

Later

[G-Fafif]

The Mets had no confidence in me.

They weren't the only ones.

[Edgy MD]

Such a beardy staff they had in 1979. It was like long hair was to the 2016 pitching squad.