Memories of Adam Kolarek

[Edgy MD]

Drafted by the Mets in June 2010, it took young Adam over 13 years to finally fulfill his destiny as a Baltimore-born Met.



From Baltimore's (Catonsville's, actually) Balkan community, Adam is the son of Frank and Dorothy Kolarek. Frank was a catcher who had reached AAA with the Athletics back in 1979, which I guess means he played with Rickey Henderson. Frank went on to found https://leagueofdreams.org/The League of Dreams, which introduces and facilitates the joy and passion of playing baseball to people with a broad range of disabilities.



His 4 2/3 innings pitched with no earned runs is third all-time in Mets history behind legends C.J. Nitkowski and Dan Schatzeder's lofty mark of 5 2/3 innings. Should Adam return, he will have a chance to expand upon that mark, or ruin it. In the meantime, he has been stolen away by thieves from Atlanta.



THIEVES!



Always sorry to lose somebody with a distinctive delivery, even if his distinction didn't last a week.





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[Cowtipper]

0.00 ERA in 4 appearances, more than a K per inning. Good idea, let's get rid of him. Grant Hartwig and Phil Bickford are much better options.



That encapsulates my memory of Kolarek. I fondly recall him being a decent piece for oh too short a time.



Parenthetically, Sean Reid-Foley has a 0.00 ERA through 5 appearances so far. I'm surprised he's still on the roster at this time, he's doing so well you'd think they would've DFA'd him days ago.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Wore 66. Threw sidearm.

[Edgy MD]

Combined with the Josh Edgin legacy, I like the thought of establishing 66 as a number deployed for lefty specialists.

[whippoorwill]

Has my real life initials



Beginning to think some of these guys you're making up

[Fman99]

Literally never heard of him not once. Granted I've missed more baseball in 2023 due to the suckliciousness of our team.

[whippoorwill]

suckliciousness Is an incredibly good word

[Edgy MD]

=Fman99 post_id=136675 time=1693783558 user_id=86]
Literally never heard of him not once. Granted I've missed more baseball in 2023 due to the suckliciousness of our team.

[batmagadanleadoff]

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