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MetPolice caught a happy 70th birthday tweet and Instagram post of the HOF entrance by Matlack's son as evidence of a forthcoming induction announcement.



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QaBlI0OZiks.ico Dan Matlack (@danmatlack) • Instagram photo

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67 likes, 8 comments - danmatlack on January 21, 2020: "Congrats to my pops who just turned 70 and also just got inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame :-) #JonMatlack #mets #nymets #metshalloffame #dad @mets".
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Was it a unanimous vote?


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saw him as a rookie, at the game where he took a line drive off his noggin. The impact sounded like a gunshot and he dropped like a box of rocks, so everybody started looking around for a shooter.

next year, he was a guest at our little league awards breakfast and i got an autograph. He was very tall (at least to 11-year old me) and looked like Herman Munster, which i thought was very cool.

congrats, Jonny!


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It's a little odd to me they are going back to that era to honor Matlack (for the Hall) and Koosman (for the number) rather than looking at the 1999-2000 and 2007-2008 teams. Not saying those honors aren't well-deserved, and it's always good to correct oversights.



But would love to see Bobby V, Wright and Alfonzo get their due for the Mets Hall, followed by Reyes, Beltran -- gonna have to wait a little on those, though.


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Why's that odd? Bobby V's guy's shouldn't have to wait more than 20 years but Yogi's guys have to wait an eternity? Maybe they should wait until Matlack and every single Met fan who ever saw him pitch for the Mets in real time are all dead before they put Matlack in their HOF. What's odd is that Koosman's number wasn't retired decades ago while #8 is in goddamn mothballs.


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Vic Sage wrote:

next year, he was a guest at our little league awards breakfast and i got an autograph. He was very tall (at least to 11-year old me) and looked like Herman Munster, which i thought was very cool.


Other people Jon Matlack looked like:



David Hartman. There's a Good Morning America episode where David Hartman interviewed Seaver, Koosman, and Matlack. Which I guess proves they're not actually the same person.

Alexander Solzhenitsyn. There's a Good Morning America episode where David Hartman interviewed Solzhenitsyn's wife Natalya. They talked about the Mets.

Bob Huff, a mathematician friend of my father's who also looked like Solzhenitsyn. He was never on Good Morning America.


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Some other interesting things about Matlack:



Middle name is Trumpbour. I'm assuming its a family name. Maybe Mom's maiden name?

He had 13 wins in 1974 -- with seven of them shutouts! That's deGrom-like run support.

Held the Reds to two hits in the 1973 playoffs Game 2 -- both of them by Andy Kosco.

Finished his career one loss under .500, at 125-126.



Can't think of anyone else from that era who they would put in the team Hall who isn't already in.


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Here's some cool stuff about Matlack that you may not know yet (preview of huge MBTN scoop):



Matlack was called up to the Mets in September of 1970 but never appeared in a game. But what number did he wear?



According to a September 3 Daily Snooze article, he was assigned #27

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But then there's this scorecard, from September 4 in Chicago, indicates he was wearing #50

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Back in Queens Sept. 10, the scorecard lists him in #35:

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I had the last reference for some time and that's the "official" unofficial record. Matlack didn't actually debut till July 1971; Charlie Williams had 35 then, so he was issued his familiar 32.



Pretty good notes column with a visit from Cool Papa Bell. The pitcher Scheffing was waiting to clear waivers was Dean Chance who'd join the club a week or two later and appear in just couple games ... wearing #27


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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Are you going? Pump him for info on his 1970 unis


If he's there and I get near him.


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