Introducing the Ultimate Mets Scrapbook

[Benjamin Grimm]

Over the past few weeks I've been mining old newspaper clippings in order to present them as a new feature on the UMDB.



(This is an outgrowth of the http://phpbb3.leaptoad.com/mets/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=29760Blasts from the Past thread that's been popping up every once in a while in this forum.)



It's called http://leaptoad.com/mets/scrapbook.phpThe Ultimate Mets Scrapbook. I did a "soft launch" last week, but haven't done anything to publicize it. There's not yet a link on the UMDB menu, but it can be discovered by clicking around.



http://leaptoad.com/mets/scrapbook.php



The clippings include obituaries of Mets players and personnel, and articles about significant (and insignificant) events in Mets history.



I'm including an index of all of the obits and articles that are currently available. The collection will grow over time. I'm presenting it here for feedback about any events I may have missed that would be worth including. Most of the headlines make it clear what the article is about, but if any are not, you can go ahead and find the actual articles on the page linked above.



It's been fun collecting these articles. I hope visitors find it fun to browse them and read them.



Let me know what you think!

[th]OBITUARIES[/th]	[th]ARTICLES[/th]
	Agee, Tommie Ashburn, Richie Bamberger, George Berra, Yogi Brown, Lorn Cannizzaro, Chris Cardwell, Don Carter, Gary Cashen, Frank Charles, Ed Chiti, Harry Clendenon, Donn Coleman, Choo Choo Devine, Bing Doubleday, Nelson Ellis, Dock Espinosa, Nino Frazier, Joe Fregosi, Jim Frisella, Danny Gibson, Bob Grant, M. Donald Green, Dallas Green, Pumpsie Hamilton, Darryl Hickman, Jim Hodges, Gil Hornsby, Rogers Jarvis, Jane Kanehl, Rod Kiner, Ralph Kress, Red McGraw, Tug McMillan, Roy Milner, John Mizell, Vinegar Bend Murphy, Bob Murphy, Johnny Nelson, Lindsey Niss, Lou Parker, Salty Payson, Joan Piersall, Jim Robinson, Bill Seaver, Tom Shea, Bill Snider, Duke Spahn, Warren Staub, Rusty Stengel, Casey Stottlemyre, Mel Throneberry, Marv Walker, Rube Westrum, Wes Yost, Eddie Young, Anthony		[TABLE] 10/6/1941 An Indoor-Outdoor Stadium Could Seat 160,000 -- And Pay 4/19/1957 Moses Offers the Dodgers Site in Queens for Stadium 6/22/1959 This Rich Ball Fan Can Afford a Diamond 7/28/1959 Shea's New 3d Loop Is 'The Continental' 10/18/1960 NL Votes Return to Gotham in '62: Houston Also Included in Expansion 10/18/1960 Wagner, Shea Jubilant Over NL's Decision 9/30/1961 Casey to Pilot Mets; OKs 1 Year at 80G 10/6/1961 Mets' Stadium Lease Okayed; Work to Start 3/18/1962 Mets Broadcasting Team Promises to Be Just That 3/18/1962 The Powerhouse by Jimmy Powers 4/11/1962 Rain Postpones Met Debut; Try Again Tonight at St. Lou 5/2/1962 Puzzled Casey's Problem: How to Heat Cold Pitching 6/18/1962 Cubs Top Mets in 2 Games; Brock HR Hits Bleachers 8/5/1962 Portrait of a Ballclub 9/25/1962 The Kranepool Story: Wealthy, 17 and a Met 4/2/1963 Snider Begins With Half a Job 6/27/1963 Harkness Blasts a Hearty Hello 6/22/1964 Fair? Bunning Was Perfect: Jim-Dandy Day: 27 Mets, 27 Outs 11/24/1964 Who Will Mets Get Next? Khrushchev? 11/24/1964 Spahn, 43, Is a Met, Maps Comeback 3/31/1965 Casey Facing Decision: Can Yogi Cut Mustard? 8/15/1965 The Remarkable Career of Ron Swoboda 9/4/1965 Jim Hickman Takes the Bat Off His Shoulder 3 Times 10/20/1965 Metland is Utopia for Jerry Grote 5/16/1966 Tom Seaver Has Good Pro Start After Controversy and Confusion 6/8/1966 Drafty Start: 'Chil', Frost 6/25/1966 Casey's 'Baby' Catcher Becomes Met for 70G 11/21/1967 Tom Seaver Is the Miracle Met: Pick Pitcher NL 'Rookie' 12/14/1967 Mets Ready to Swing Davis-for-Agee Deal 5/14/1968 Mets 'Usher' in Jerry Koosman 6/16/1968 Mets Get 16 Hits Off Marichal but Giants Win, 9-5 11/22/1968 Koosman Misses Award by a Vote 7/10/1969 Seaver, Perfect 8⅓, One-Hits Cubs, 4-0 10/4/1969 Hodges discounts odds; Stengel sez Mets best 10/15/1969 Agee Calls 1st Catch Harder; Hodges Chooses 2d 11/4/1969 New York: Furs For Men Bags Another Sports Star 12/4/1969 Mets Land Foy to Play 3d, Send Otis, Johnson to KC 4/14/1970 After Slight Delay, Chilcott on Way 11/4/1971 Fergy Curves to Cy Award 12/11/1971 Big Deal! Mets Trade 4 for Fregosi; Angels Get Ryan, 3 Prospects 4/3/1972 Mets' Hodges Dies of Heart Attack 4/7/1972 Berra Signs 2-Year Pact as Mets' Manager; Staub Traded to Mets for Jorgy, Foli, & Singleton 5/12/1972 Mets' Deal Brings Willie 'Back to Paradise' 5/12/1972 Young Idea: Some Present for New York Fans 5/15/1972 Willie Boy's HR Tells 'Em He's Here: Mays, Staub Belt Giants, 5-4 5/15/1972 His Swing Wasn't Rusty 11/22/1972 Matlack's Task: Find an Encore 11/29/1972 What's Going On Here; News Item: Mets trade Agee for Rich Chiles 4/27/1973 Mets Victory Was Earned, By George 10/2/1973 Sis, Boom & Ahhh! for Mets: Cheering Faithful Greet Team at LaG 10/2/1973 Mets Put Miracle on Flagpole! 10/2/1973 'You Gotta Believe... Gotta Believe!' A Whisper in July, War Cry in Stretch 10/8/1973 Jon Had 'Em All the Way 10/8/1973 Bud Hit the Reds Where It Hurt 10/9/1973 Rusty Was Best Swinger in the Game; 2 HRs in 9-2 Rout 10/9/1973 Slide by Rose Sparks a Free-for-All; Fans Toss Garbage, Reds Walk Off Field 10/19/1973 For a Sick Man, Cleon Swings a Healthy Bat 10/19/1973 A's Won't Find Help At Home 10/22/1973 No Miracle 10/22/1973 Mets Were Believers Until the Miracle Ended 10/31/1973 Cy Award Surprises Seaver 3/1/1975 Kingman a Met Steal at 125G 5/15/1975 Mets Fine Cleon After Fla., Kuhn Okays 7/22/1975 Torre: 4 At-Bats, 4 Double Plays 8/5/1975 Tate 0-Hits Expos Till 8th, Fans 13; Mets Tumble, 4-3 11/12/1975 Seaver Tops Jones for 3rd Cy Young 12/13/1975 Mets Trade Staub for Lolich 12/15/1975 The Mets Have Found Speed By Trading Slowness Away 7/20/1976 Kingman Out Six Weeks; Braves Down Mets, 4-2 00/08/1977 Lolich To Mets: I'm Not Coming 4/27/1977 Mets Add Some Punch - Buy Texas' Randle 5/8/1977 Says Grant: Seaver Is Forcing Me To Trade Him 6/1/1977 Joe Knows the Score; Nobody Wants Seaver 6/1/1977 Torre Met Manager; Replaces Frazier, Hired through '79 6/16/1977 Reds Make Big Pitch, Give Four For Seaver 6/16/1977 Seaver to Reds and King to Padres 6/16/1977 Fans Uptight Over Seaver... but for How Long? 6/16/1977 'Much Relieved Inside' -- Kingman 6/16/1977 The Mets Trade Seaver to Cincinnati, Deal Kingman to San Diego 6/16/1977 Good Friend Gone, As Well as Pitcher 8/13/1977 A Not-So-Grand-Slam Breaks Millan's Collar 12/2/1977 Maddox Is Very Pleased With Newest Number(s); The Mets Step Into the Present 12/9/1977 2 From Class of '71 Move On 12/9/1977 Harrelson Has Trouble With Some Answers 12/10/1977 Unsettling News for the Matlacks 7/1/1978 Met Rally in 9th Foils Bucs, 6-5 7/1/1978 Mets Survive Collision With Pirates, 6-5 9/27/1978 ERA Title 'Saves the Year' for Swan 10/1/1978 Some Harsh Sentences for a Season 11/9/1978 Mets Ax Grant, Eye Rose 12/9/1978 Koosman to Twins; Carew deal stalled 12/10/1978 Kooz last link to past 2/8/1979 Mets get a reliever, completing Kooz deal 3/28/1979 Mets Land Hebner: Espinosa to Phils for lefty slugger 3/29/1979 Hebner's bat fits like a glove 4/7/1979 How About the Queens' Boro? 4/7/1979 Orosco, the Rookie, Is a Precious Met 6/15/1979 Torre: Fine performance, lousy script 7/9/1979 Mule Name Nettles Mets' Fans 7/11/1979 All-Star pick Mazzilli: I should be starting 11/1/1979 Hebner dealt to Tigers for .211, .222 hitters 1/25/1980 METS SOLD: Record $21.1 million paid by Doubleday-Pickett group 1/26/1980 Mets: Series in '80s: 'Do anything to bring fans winner,' vows Wilpon 1/27/1980 The owners who give Mets Midas touch; Martin as manager could solve Mets problems 6/4/1980 Mets pick a Strawberry in draft 6/15/1980 Henderson HR in 9th Stuns the Giants, 7-6 6/15/1980 Torre's faith has Mets believin' 5/22/1981 Redmen Steal No-Hitter From Yale 6/7/1981 Don't Pick on Strawberry; He's Growing Into a Body 10/20/1981 Bamberger Gives In to Mets' Temptation 10/21/1981 New Pupils for Bamberger; Torre Sorting Job Opportunities 2/11/1982 Foster's $10M 2d richest pact 2/12/1982 Met players glad to have latest mate 4/2/1982 Mazzilli to Texas for 2 prospects 8/31/1982 Viewing the Mets in a New Light 2/6/1983 The Mets' Newest Announcing Team 6/4/1983 Bamberger's Had Enough 6/16/1983 Thin Pitching Key to Hernandez Deal 6/16/1983 Mets send Allen, Ownbey to Cards for Hernandez 8/2/1983 When a Diamond Becomes a Ring 8/7/1983 Terrell Is A 2-Timer In Met Win 9/15/1983 Dwight Gooden: He's been equal to lofty expectations of Mets 11/22/1983 Mets' Rookie of Distinction 1/18/1984 Seaver's Status No Cause for Alarm 1/21/1984 Tom-foolery lets Chisox nab Seaver 1/21/1984 Frankly, Met fans, Cashen blew it 4/8/1984 Mets' Gooden Off to a Fast Start 11/20/1984 Mets Gooden Rookie of Year 12/8/1984 Mets Bag a Tiger: Trade Terrell for third baseman Johnson 12/11/1984 Shea Becomes Carter Country 12/11/1984 Mets Get Carter: Send Brooks, Fitz, prospects to Expos 9/7/1985 Keith Admits All: Calls cocaine 'the devil on this earth' 9/7/1985 As Idols Fall, Truth Balances; Mets Not Losing Faith in Hernandez 9/13/1985 A glorious day at Shea; Hernandez lets his lumber do his latest talking 10/2/1985 The Yale Man Passes Toughest Test of Career 11/14/1985 The best is yet to come: Dwight's future can make one Cy with envy 11/14/1985 Mets Obtain Ojeda In Deal With Bosox 11/14/1985 Cy Youngest: Gooden wins award in unanimous vote 11/14/1985 More Than The Franchise 11/14/1985 Gooden to Get Plenty -- And Agents Know It 7/13/1986 'Stork' Brings Joy to Shea 7/14/1986 Rusty's big day was -- what else? -- a hit 7/23/1986 Full-Court Press: Darling, Teufel to fight assault charges 7/23/1986 HoJo's 3-run HR wins brawlgame 10/12/1986 Lenny rolls the dice: Unlikely heroes, Dykstra and Backman 10/12/1986 Tough as Nails: Dykstra's dramatic home run wins Game 3 10/13/1986 Mets Feel Cheated: Say Scott's a scufflaw after loss that evens series 10/16/1986 Sweet taste of victory 10/19/1986 Sox Take Game 1: Teufel's error in seventh proves costly to Mets 10/26/1986 Mets Remain Alive: Score 3 in 10th after Sox get 2, force 7th game 10/26/1986 All the right moves? Managers take heat 10/27/1986 Ya gotta reprieve! Be it magic or not, Mets are alive for Game 7 10/28/1986 Amazin's grace, how sweet it is 3/27/1987 Gooden pushes police complaint 3/28/1987 Mets Trade Hearn to KC: Gibbons, Lyons to make team 4/2/1987 The Doc Did Drugs: Entering clinic here at bidding of Ubie 10/10/1988 Gibson Evens It Up 11/16/1988 Kirk's MVP; Darryl 2d 8/1/1989 Mets Get Their Man: Get Viola for 5 pitchers; Mookie to Jays 9/28/1989 Darryl Makes Threatening Remarks 9/28/1989 Gregg-Roger Is Fight to Finish 9/28/1989 Davey: Is He Condemned Manager? 9/28/1989 Keith, Gary await final word from Mets 9/28/1989 Straw shuns extension 5/17/1991 Cashen: Try putting spell on Mackey 6/5/1991 Cone Does It His Way 12/3/1991 Mets Bag Bonilla! 12/3/1991 Mets Get Bonilla for $29M; How Deal Was Done; Return of the Native 8/28/1992 Cone Goes to Blue Jays: Mets decide his 'demands' can't be met 8/28/1992 Whos the New Guy, Kent? Solid at 2B, he packs some power, too. 8/28/1992 Move All Of 'Em Out? (Why stop at Cone?) 7/26/1993 Mets Coleman tagged as firework hurts fans 8/11/1993 Saberhagen Comes Clean: He admits to bleach incident; Dallas upset 12/19/1996 Mets show interest in Olerud 12/21/1996 Mets swap for Olerud; take time for Todd Talk 5/23/1998 Hundley Rings True; Todd welcomes power of Piazza 5/23/1998 Mets Deliver a Hot Piazza; Nab All-Star catcher for 3 prospects 8/31/1999 Alfonzo Does it 3 and Easy 10/4/1999 Opportunity Knocks for Franco 10/4/1999 Critical Success (Bobby V's biggest win) 10/4/1999 Eight Men Out: Turk keys Mets win 10/5/1999 Leiter Lights Way 10/5/1999 Rickey Thrives on Big Stage 10/18/1999 To Mets, It's Just Grand: Force ride to Atlanta on Ventura highway 7/23/2000 Larkin keeps Phillips' recruiting plan from taking flight 10/22/2000 Mets blunder on basepaths: Run selves right out of Series opener 10/23/2000 Mike's Unsplendid Splinter Incident 10/23/2000 An Olive Branch It Surely Was Not 9/22/2001 Piazza is glad to contribute; HR lights way for New York, New York 9/22/2001 New York gets to cheer again 9/22/2001 Mike HR Makes It Unforgettable; Mets insisted on taking hats off to New York City 2/21/2002 For Alomar, baseball is... All in the Family 5/22/2002 Mets star: I'm straight; Relaxed Piazza quashes rumors that he's coming out 6/27/2002 Mo's HR Stroke Coming Around 9/8/2002 Hernandez's Comments Draw Fire 7/2/2003 Exit of Man Who Wasn't Here; In city that never sleeps, he did 12/16/2004 Everyone feels just fine at Shea 1/10/2005 Omar makes The Boss fold; Magic is back for the fans 1/12/2005 Carlos: Ya Gotta Believe in Mets: New slugger, new attitude 11/24/2005 Delgado Believe 12/15/2005 Anna Claus is Naughty and Nice 10/20/2006 Chavez has gift of grab 10/20/2006 Unlikely power source 10/1/2007 Memo: Get a new slogan! 2/3/2008 Santana Aces Start In City: Hits streets, greets Met fans after passing physical 3/2/2008 Fernando Mania: 19-year-old phenom blazing a trail toward Shea 3/12/2008 Mets, fans talking up another Martinez 6/18/2008 Minaya: It was time to do it 6/18/2008 Pals Go To Bat For Randolph: Equate Willie's firing with 'classlessness' 6/13/2009 Castillo has team feeling glove-sick 7/22/2009 Tony Turns Met Farm Into Zoo; Shirtless Bernazard dares minor leaguers to fight, say sources 9/29/2011 Reyes: Take me out of ballgame 6/2/2012 Johan: Finally yes on no-no! 11/15/2012 Dream's Now In Grip: From outcast to hero, it's been an Awarding life 4/14/2013 Harvey is a two-hit wonder: No-no bid ends in 7th as righty overpowers Twins 6/7/2013 Mets Pick is Bourn Again 11/11/2014 DeGrom wins Rookie of Year 5/28/2015 Noah's Arc Simply Out of Sight! Mammoth HR & arm power Mets' sweep 6/29/2015 Break Up the Matz! 7/30/2015 What's the Deal? Trade for Brewers' Gomez 'will not transpire' 8/1/2015 Mets Grab Cespedes: Land slugger for 2 minor-leaguers 8/1/2015 Tears of Joy: Flores walk-off hero and Mets add slugger 8/1/2015 At deadline, life from Mets 10/11/2015 Met Loss Is Chase Ugly 10/12/2015 Days later, Terry still 'shaken up' by Utley 'slide' 10/16/2015 What a Relief: Thor & Familia close out L.A. 10/22/2015 Wonderful World: Series is next! Duda, Murphy power Mets to NL pennant 11/2/2015 Dark Knight For Mets! Harvey can't do it alone as Met dream ends in brutal Game 5 3/31/2016 In a Pissy Mood: Toilet humor has Matt miffed, so he holds comments in 6/18/2016 Gator's Alonso brings big bat to World Series 10/6/2016 Noah comes up aces in wild loss 10/6/2016 Driving 'Em Mad: Bumgarner baffles Mets 9/30/2018 Good Wright & Good Luck: It's a flood of emotions as Mets Captain takes his final bow 9/30/2018 David deserved better 9/30/2018 One Final Bow for King of Queens: Wright's finale a tribute to one of great Mets 11/15/2018 Rare win for deGrom 11/22/2018 Cleon Still a Miracle Man 9/10/2019 Thor tells Brodie: Noah more Ramos 11/12/2019 Alonso Leaves No Doubt 11/14/2019 A Cy-Clone for Jake: Just like last year, deGrom wins Cy Young award in landslide

[MFS62]

Impresive.

Is anyone nominating you to be the next head of the National Archives? (the search is currently on)

I'd vote for you.



Later

[G-Fafif]

This is a resource. Thank you.

[Edgy MD]

1/18/1984 "Seaver's Status No Cause for Alarm"

I remembereth this item completely.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Marty Noble was wrong on that one, wasn't he?

[Benjamin Grimm]

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This is a resource. Thank you.

[A Boy Named Seo]

This is super cool. How much labor is there for you to get all these images collected?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Not a whole lot. These images are downloads; I'm not seeking out actual hard copies. I have to trim some of the clippings, and those that are continued on multiple pages take a little extra effort, but I have it down to a pretty simple routine.

[whippoorwill]

Wow wow wow

Can't wait to dive in!

[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Marty Noble was wrong on that one, wasn't he?

It's what's missed in the Seaver-fumble story. During the short time the free-agent compensation draft existed, there developed a tradition, to the extent that it can be called a tradition, of exposing high cost veterans.



The idea would be that someone who just lost a free agent because they didn't want to bloat their payroll wouldn't want a veteran whose contract is paying him for what he did in previous years. So the Mets exposed the Seavers, the Fosters, and the Kingmen in order to protect the Gaffs and the Gardners. There also seemed to be some sort of gentleman's agreement in place that such franchise-identifying players wouldn't be gobbled.



Now, the logic of both those notions clearly had its limits. Some veterans were eventually going to be seen as worth it, and some owner was going to see that the gentleman's agreement was just a way of screwing over those teams with compensation picks — for a second time, after the first time was losing their player in free agency.



None of that should excuse the Mets' decision, but Cashen exposing Seaver shouldn't be seen as some sort of oversight. He was just behaving as most every other team was behaving and betting on safety in numbers.



Not so much. Kingman was released two weeks later. He cleared waivers and was signed only two months later at the end of spring training. So yeah, these contracts were pretty untouchable, but the Sox correctly concluded that Seaver still had some value.

[kcmets]

This is fun! Thanks for letting us test drive it before going public.



The Kranepool Story: Wealthy, 17 and a Met --

NYDN 9/25/1962

By Joe Krupinski



Oh BOY, I bet he got almost six figures!!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think Kingman was already gone by then. (Noble's article mentions Seaver, Foster, and Staub.) Wasn't Kingman released during the 1983 season after Keith Hernandez arrived?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think Kingman was already gone by then. (Noble's article mentions Seaver, Foster, and Staub.) Wasn't Kingman released during the 1983 season after Keith Hernandez arrived?

I think Kingman finished out the '83 season with the Mets. The famous line was Kingman telling Hernandez shortly after Keith arrived, (they were both first basemen) was something like "I'm glad the Mets got you, so that now I can get the hell out of here." (Or something like that).

[Benjamin Grimm]

I found Casey Facing Decision: Can Yogi Cut Mustard? interesting. It gave me some insight about Yogi Berra's brief time as an active Mets player that I wasn't aware of. It was also interesting to read Warren Spahn's comments on becoming a Met.



I just want to repeat: If anyone can think of any events from Mets history that should be included, please let me know.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I just want to repeat: If anyone can think of any events from Mets history that should be included, please let me know.

This is great. Bruce Stark cartoons. I loved those.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think Kingman finished out the '83 season with the Mets. The famous line was Kingman telling Hernandez shortly after Keith arrived, (they were both first basemen) was something like "I'm glad the Mets got you, so that now I can get the hell out of here." (Or something like that).

You're right... I looked it up. The Mets didn't release Kingman until January of 1984.



He didn't play much after Keith arrived. He only had 44 at bats over the last three months of the season.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I just want to repeat: If anyone can think of any events from Mets history that should be included, please let me know. This is great. Bruce Stark cartoons. I loved those.

Do you have access to the old New York World-Telegram? (If such a database even exists). If so, you could reprint Willard Mullin's cartoons. That'd be awesome.

[Edgy MD]

Almost any trade for a veteran is interesting in retrospect, especially if they happen in season. "Mets Land Berenyi" or "Mets Make Swap for Baerga" is always useful because these deals get debated forever and we sometimes make claims about what the thinking was at the time.



Also, stories announcing big-ticket draft picks make for good reading much later.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: Also, stories announcing big-ticket draft picks make for good reading much later.

I do have an article about Darryl Strawberry's selection. And two about Steve Chilcott:



http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00115.jpghttp://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00115.jpg



http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00111.jpghttp://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00111.jpg



That reminds me... I had meant to look for an article about Tim Foli; he's kind of a surprising first-in-the-nation pick.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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Do you have access to the old New York World-Telegram? (If such a database even exists). If so, you could reprint Willard Mullin's cartoons. That'd be awesome.

[whippoorwill]

Mackey Sassers story is sad.

And it's interesting that they considered it a physical instead of mental problem. The poor guy never had a chance with that kind of treatments

[Fman99]

Seriously great. Nice work BG

[whippoorwill]

Some great memories

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: Almost any trade for a veteran is interesting in retrospect, especially if they happen in season. "Mets Land Berenyi" or "Mets Make Swap for Baerga" is always useful because these deals get debated forever and we sometimes make claims about what the thinking was at the time.

Because you asked for it:



http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00313.jpgMets get Reds' Berenyi



http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00314.jpgMet Gamble: Kent, Viz dealt for iffy Baerga



It's funny how memory can be faulty. I was sure that Baerga's first name was "Carlos", but it turns out it was "Iffy". Iffy Baerga.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I just want to repeat: If anyone can think of any events from Mets history that should be included, please let me know. This is great. Bruce Stark cartoons. I loved those.

Because you asked for it:



http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00315.jpgFacing Up to It



http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00316.jpgOur Gang

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: I just want to repeat: If anyone can think of any events from Mets history that should be included, please let me know. This is great. Bruce Stark cartoons. I loved those. Because you asked for it: http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00315.jpgFacing Up to It http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00316.jpgOur Gang

This is great. There was some other illustrator who drew Mets sports cartoons for the Daily News in the mid-60s. Fella by the name of Springer. Frank Springer. Whoever that was. (Check out the July 29, 1964 Daily News, for example).







Did some Batman covers, too, among lotsa other stuff.



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[Edgy MD]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Almost any trade for a veteran is interesting in retrospect, especially if they happen in season. "Mets Land Berenyi" or "Mets Make Swap for Baerga" is always useful because these deals get debated forever and we sometimes make claims about what the thinking was at the time. Because you asked for it: http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00313.jpgMets get Reds' Berenyi http://leaptoad.com/mets/clipping.php?filename=00314.jpgMet Gamble: Kent, Viz dealt for iffy Baerga It's funny how memory can be faulty. I was sure that Baerga's first name was "Carlos", but it turns out it was "Iffy". Iffy Baerga.

Nice! Eddie Williams was the prize in that deal, but Jay Tibbs ended up having the stronger career, including a really strong rookie year.



I guess Lindor's second year suggests all-star infielders from Cleveland don't always crash in New York after all.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Hah. The Mets moved Edgardo Alfonzo over to third base to accomodate Carlos Baerga, who turned out to be a big bust. Ironically, a key part of the Mets turnaround in 1999 included Alfonzo moving back to second base right after the Mets let Baerga walk in free agency. Alfonzo's return to second base allowed the Mets to sign third baseman Robin Ventura. For 1999, the Mets essentially swapped Baerga for Ventura. Baerga pretty much sucked for the rest of his career. So maybe, Indian GM John Hart really did know something about Baerga that the Mets never figured out, or figured out when it was too late.

[DocTee]

That Baerga trade killed me then like the JD Davis trade does this year. I *knew* Jeff Kent was a surefire star, and I feel we will rue the JD Davis banishment in similar ways

[Benjamin Grimm]

I have a counter in place to see how many clicks each of the scrapbook pages gets, and so far the leader is, for whatever reason, John Milner's obituary. I don't think I would have guessed that.