I am corresponding with an actual Met

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Chad ochoseis wrote: Rich Puig

No. Although strangely, when my oldest child was born the other expectant father in the maternity ward with me was named "Rich Puig" and he looked at me like I'd completely lost my mind when (naturally) i asked him if he used to play for the Mets. Apparently, he'd never heard of the famous ball-playing Rich Puig.

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Jim Beauchamp is my final dart

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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Pweeg

Yes. The pronunciation, not the player.

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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Joe gzrenda

Also not an infielder (I think--a pitcher, right?) But no anyway.

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Edgy MD wrote: Ross Jones, come on down!

Is an infielder, but no. Ross Jones, stay wherever the hell you've been staying.



Honestly, I'd be very impressed if any of yuz have heard of this guy.

[G-Fafif]

Brian Ostrosser?

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Rich Puig is commonly, and mistakenly, pronounced so as to rhyme with Bitch (Captain) Queeg.



But Rich Puig is correctly pronounced to rhyme with Dick Twig.



It's pronounced Rick Pwig. And nobody has ever answered this question correctly. So now the secret's out.

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Edgy MD wrote: Ross Jones, come on down! Is an infielder, but no. Ross Jones, stay wherever the hell you've been staying. Honestly, I'd be very impressed if any of yuz have heard of this guy.

We've heard of every single Met. Impress yourself.

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Yes! At last. Brian Ostrosser.



Excellent job--did you know his name?

[G-Fafif]

Ostrosser subbed for Harrelson in '73, so I figured he was your guy.

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Yes! At last. Brian Ostrosser.



Excellent job--did you know his name?

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He was called up when Bud Harrelson busted a bone in his sternum and went on the 15-day IL (!!!!), was sent back to Tidewater when Buddy healed.

[Chad ochoseis]

Chad ochoseis wrote: Rich Puig No. Although strangely, when my oldest child was born the other expectant father in the maternity ward with me was named "Rich Puig" and he looked at me like I'd completely lost my mind when (naturally) i asked him if he used to play for the Mets. Apparently, he'd never heard of the famous ball-playing Rich Puig.

Went down a Rich Puig rabbit hole after this guess and apparently The Other Rich Puig posted a comment on UMDB. Someone also confirmed that "Puig" rhymes with "Twig". And his brief stay with the big club was in '74, not '73 as I'd thought.

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Yes! At last. Brian Ostrosser.



Excellent job--did you know his name?

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Ostrosser is card #7 in Typewriter Chewing Gum's Tobacco card style 1974 set, sponsored by Dairylea. The cards were available only by mail by sending in coupons clipped from Dairylea products. The cards came in uncut strips of five cards. Ostrosser was the second card of the second panel.



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Yes! At last. Brian Ostrosser.



Excellent job--did you know his name?

[G-Fafif]

I knew his name, then and now. One of those players considered so obscure that he's (relatively) well-known for it.

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=G-Fafif post_id=96389 time=1655500772 user_id=55]Brian Ostrosser?

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Did who know his name?

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Well, anybody, really, but I was trying to address G-Fafif.

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=MFS62 post_id=96402 time=1655501529 user_id=60]Ostrosser is Canadian.

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How would he not know Ostrosser's name if he guessed right?

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Chad ochoseis wrote: Chad ochoseis wrote: Rich Puig No. Although strangely, when my oldest child was born the other expectant father in the maternity ward with me was named "Rich Puig" and he looked at me like I'd completely lost my mind when (naturally) i asked him if he used to play for the Mets. Apparently, he'd never heard of the famous ball-playing Rich Puig. Went down a Rich Puig rabbit hole after this guess and apparently The Other Rich Puig posted a comment on UMDB. Someone also confirmed that "Puig" rhymes with "Twig". And his brief stay with the big club was in '74, not '73 as I'd thought.

Rich Puig, Dairylea '74, Typewriter Chewing Gum

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I don't have any memory of Ostrosser as a player but could tell you he wore no. 19.



Thanks for turning a cool humblebrag into a douchy one, though. That part was great.

[G-Fafif]

I received this personal invitation from the Mets a little while ago...

Have Lunch with Todd Zeile Tomorrow!

...though I'm guessing it's not all that personal, since it involves buying a ticket. Definitely not as 1-to-1 as pen-palling with Brian Ostrosser.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I received this personal invitation from the Mets a little while ago... Have Lunch with Todd Zeile Tomorrow! ...though I'm guessing it's not all that personal, since it involves buying a ticket. Definitely not as 1-to-1 as pen-palling with Brian Ostrosser.

Reminds me I've been meaning to post about my phone conversation the other day with Max, my "personal point of contact with the Mets." Long story tho

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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: I don't have any memory of Ostrosser as a player but could tell you he wore no. 19. Thanks for turning a cool humblebrag into a douchy one, though. That part was great.

Sorry. I shoot for funny, sometimes I hit douchy by mistake.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I do it too, just nutcrackin

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That's very cool!

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I got a Christmas email from Coach Mackey Sasser a few years ago