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G-Fafif

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Plummer needs to stick around and wear a number besides 42 at least once.


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Plumbenstein has entered the game with a non-retired number, which I didn't get the chance to see. Mets.com has him in 68, but he's listed above in 18, which I assume comes from a more authoritative source.


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Every Tom, Dick and Nick gets to wear Strawberry's old uniform number. But Gary Carter, who as a Met, had one all star caliber season, one excellent season, two crappy seasons, and one sheer rot of a putrified vomit in your own mouth inducing season, his fucking number has been in mothballs for 20 years and will probably be retired soon.



And when you get down to it and really dig in to the analysis, and break it down, the case for retiring Carter's Mets number is what he did with the Expos and that by pure luck and serendipity and having not a thing to do with skill or talent -- that Carter's Mets teammates were, collectively better than, say, John Olerud's Mets teammates. Or R.A. Dickey's. Because that's the argument: he's a Hall of Famer and he has a WS ring with the Mets.



I guess it pays off to kiss the ass of the media.


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Fun fact: 33 Mets have worn 18 — including Benny Ayala twice, as well as managers (Art Howe) and coaches (Tim Teufel) — but no Toms, Dicks, or Harrys among them.


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Just for the record, I'm not necessarily advocating for retiring Strawberry's Mets number. But he's a gazillionmillionbillion times more deserving of that honor than Carter.


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1165: Colin Holderman



The first-ever Colin to play for the Mets. (McHugh has two Ls in his first name).


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1,169: Mychal "67.50 ERA" Givens



(I like when the Mets pick up guys who already have certified autographed cards available. Makes them much easier to add to the book.)


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