Jeff Innis

[seawolf17]

...looking to get home to be with his family during his final days.



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Cancer sucks. I hope he and his family find peace.

[Centerfield]

Awful.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Yeah that sucks. I read Jeff's SABR bio just last week, He was an interesting character.

[Edgy MD]

I remember some spring training account from years back where a teammate asked him, "I-Man, how much tenure have you accrued?" and he answered "Three seasons."



The retort was, "You're the only guy I know who could accumulate three seasons from September callups."



His motion sure brought out the best in the uniform's side-piping.



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[seawolf17]

Unquestionably the best Met "I" ever, but has to be below Terry Leach on the sidewinders, no? (I'm forgetting someone obvious, I'm sure of it.)



Mets All-Time I Rankings:

1. Jeff Innis

2. Jason Isringhausen

3. Ryota Igarashi

4. Kaz Ishii



Mets All-Time Sidewinder Rankings:

1. Terry Leach

2. Jeff Innis

3. Joe Smith

4. Chad Bradford

5. Steve Reed

6. Jake Reed

7. Greg Burke

8. Darren O'Day

[Edgy MD]

Izzy II was a sidewinder.



Cone, like Andy Hassler, was a sometimes sidearmer.



Also worth distinguishing the guys bringing it from 3:00 or 9:00 from the real knuckle draggers.

[Willets Point]

I recall Innis being brought in to relieve Doug Sisk and McCarver saying something like "Innis is in, and Doug out" over a shot of Sisk sitting in the dugout. Sorry that is what I remember best about Jeff's Mets career.

[Frayed Knot]

During one spring training, or maybe more than one, Marty Noble daily attached an 'Innis in the Morning' blurb onto his columns. It contained his favorite quote or quip of the previous 24 hours from the often very quotable and quipable Jeff Innis.

[seawolf17]

I remember Coney occasionally, but not regularly. Same with Aguilera, IIRC?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

The all-time list is missing Feliciano.



The shittiest sidearmers?

Sean Green

[kcmets]

Sucky news, best to Jeff and his family. Break out the kahnfidence cards!



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[Fman99]

I miss Chad Bradford's shady alter-ego Brad Chadford.

[seawolf17]

Man, there is just a fraction of a second between those three photos on those cards. But for a guy with a short career, he had some memorable card photos.



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[nymr83]

Edgy MD wrote: Izzy II was a sidewinder. Cone, like Andy Hassler, was a sometimes sidearmer. Also worth distinguishing the guys bringing it from 3:00 or 9:00 from the real knuckle draggers.

Bradford was a legit submariner from what i remember.

[Edgy MD]

The only way you can bring it from lower than Bradford did would be to bounce the ball.

[whippoorwill]

My daughter, as an elementary school aged child, had a big crush on him.



He spent some time in Williamsport and she got to see him in person.



This is sad.

[whippoorwill]

I wonder if I was thinking of Jeromy Bernitz (sp?)

Who was definitely at Williamsport and we got close enough to him for my little girl to swoon (pretty easy back then to least)



But she liked Jeff too