Guess that Met

[stevejrogers]

1 Chris Woodward



2 I'm thinking Clem Labine but I thought he was a little earlier than ‘65

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

2. Seems like an error. Jim Bethke wore 3 numbers including 41 but Dennis Musgraves put up the pitching line

[Cowtipper]

Kevin Mitchell, Chris Woodward and Dennis Musgraves are correct! Musgraves wore numbers 34, 36 and 41 in his brief career, per Baseball Reference. Three more questions have been added, with hints added to the others.



1. Who am I?



https://i.imgur.com/gSjjQ8y.jpg>



Hint: His surname might remind you of a Fleetwood Mac song.



--originally posted by "Keyser Soze"



2. My time with the Mets is hardly remembered

For I mostly played with a future Met foe

I'd then manage that team to a few Septembers

But to the playoffs we would never go



Who am I?



Hint: Managed the Padres in the '80s.



3. I was drafted by the Orioles

Although I never played for them

I went to the Mets in '95

For but a couple of good men



Who am I?



4. I played from [1982] to [1991]

My years were both bad and good with the orange and blue,

I ended as a Brave, and it was a hex,

I once quoted the Mets were better than sex



Which Met am I?



--originally posted by "NYMFAN47"



5. My career on the field was really rocky

but still I was damn fun and cocky.

I toiled at Shea two different ways

one was way before my playing days.

It sure was fun to get to wear a real Mets hat

when before I used to say "youz want mustard wit dat?"



Who am I?



--originally posted by "whoisonit"



Running tally of correct guessers:



Johnny Lunchbucket: 24

Edgy MD: 21

stevejrogers: 18

batmagadanleadoff: 12

Benjamin Grimm: 4

metsmarathon: 4

MFS62: 2

DocTee: 1

Marshmallowmilkshake: 1

The Hot Corner: 1

[stevejrogers]

2 is Larry Bowa



I'm guessing 4 is Doug Sisk



3 I'm guessing Alex Ochoa? Though I'd hardly call Bonilla and the MLer sent for him and Buford a “good man” in the way the question is phrased.



5 Not a clue, only native NYer that really fits the “poem's” lines is Marcus Stroman

[Cowtipper]

Bowa, Ochoa and Sisk are correct! Stroman isn't correct; the correct individual might have been nicknamed "The Flushing Flash." Three new questions have been added.



1. Who am I?



https://i.imgur.com/gSjjQ8y.jpg>



Hint: His surname might remind you of a Fleetwood Mac song.



--originally posted by "Keyser Soze"



2. My career on the field was really rocky

but still I was damn fun and cocky.

I toiled at Shea two different ways

one was way before my playing days.

It sure was fun to get to wear a real Mets hat

when before I used to say "youz want mustard wit dat?"



Who am I?



--originally posted by "whoisonit"



3. When lots of teams where throwing cash

the Metsies signed a free agent at last.

The few thousand New Yorkers who remained as fans

knew my 'big' signing meant one more season in the can.

M. Donald Grant was a cheap & miserly creep

bringing me aboard meant more empty seats.



Who am I?



--originally posted by "whoisonit"



4. I'm the skinniest Met to take the field

A puny stick did I wield

A star Spanish golfer shares my first name

And designer jeans did the same



Who am I?



--originally posted by "VIBaseball"



5. I stood 6 foot even, weighed 155,

With the Big Red Machine, my arm was alive

Once I got to Shea, that fastball was played

I still had my cool nickname -- they called me "The Blade"



Who am I?



--originally posted by "VIBaseball"



Running tally of correct guessers:



Johnny Lunchbucket: 24

Edgy MD: 21

stevejrogers: 21

batmagadanleadoff: 12

Benjamin Grimm: 4

metsmarathon: 4

MFS62: 2

DocTee: 1

Marshmallowmilkshake: 1

The Hot Corner: 1

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

5 is Ed Glynn

[Cowtipper]

Ed Glynn, whose question was formerly #5, is correct! A new question has been added.



1. Who am I?



https://i.imgur.com/gSjjQ8y.jpg>



Hint: His surname might remind you of a Fleetwood Mac song.



--originally posted by "Keyser Soze"



2. When lots of teams where throwing cash

the Metsies signed a free agent at last.

The few thousand New Yorkers who remained as fans

knew my 'big' signing meant one more season in the can.

M. Donald Grant was a cheap & miserly creep

bringing me aboard meant more empty seats.



Who am I?



--originally posted by "whoisonit"



3. I'm the skinniest Met to take the field

A puny stick did I wield

A star Spanish golfer shares my first name

And designer jeans did the same



Who am I?



--originally posted by "VIBaseball"



4. I stood 6 foot even, weighed 155,

With the Big Red Machine, my arm was alive

Once I got to Shea, that fastball was played

I still had my cool nickname -- they called me "The Blade"



Who am I?



--originally posted by "VIBaseball"



5. Who did the Mets trade to acquire "The Blade"?



--originally posted by "VIBaseball"



Running tally of correct guessers:



Johnny Lunchbucket: 25

Edgy MD: 21

stevejrogers: 21

batmagadanleadoff: 12

Benjamin Grimm: 4

metsmarathon: 4

MFS62: 2

DocTee: 1

Marshmallowmilkshake: 1

The Hot Corner: 1

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

3 Sergio ferrer

[batmagadanleadoff]

4 & 5: Tom Hall and Mac Scarce. 2 is Jeff Reardon.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

2 is tom hausman

[Cowtipper]

Ferrer, Hall, Scarce and Hausman are correct! Well done guys. Four new questions have been added.



1. Who am I?



https://i.imgur.com/gSjjQ8y.jpg>



Hint: His surname might remind you of a Fleetwood Mac song.



--originally posted by "Keyser Soze"



2. My career with the Mets

Had its ups and downs

I had some smiles

And I had some frowns

Either I hit .300

Or I failed at the plate

I wasn't that bad

But I wasn't that great

When my career was done

When my playing career past

I went to the booth

For the Mets I broadcast



Who am I?



3. I once got the chance to play in Queens

but my 3 games didn't amount to beans.

I even got a hit that April, a double it was

but that was the pinnacle for my carreer buzz.

It's a shame my talent could take me no higher

with a name like mine I should be wearing a Mitre.



Who am I?



--originally posted by "whoisonit"



4. I am but one of two who has this name

but the other one has much more fame.

The other one lives by the precepts of the Bible,

yet I bet if you compared him to me he [would] sue you for [libel]

I was a pitcher and almost completely sucked

after 2 seasons I called a moving truck.



Who am I?



--originally posted by "whoisoit"



5. I had 733 Met at bats

but never a homer did I crack.

Mostly I wore the ignorant tools

but at other positions I was pretty cool.

I had two turns at grand ole Shea

the second for only nine games of play.

My name has an accent which is kind of rare

so try and name me if you dare.



Who am I?



--originally posted by "whoisonit"



Running tally of correct guessers:



Johnny Lunchbucket: 27

Edgy MD: 21

stevejrogers: 21

batmagadanleadoff: 14

Benjamin Grimm: 4

metsmarathon: 4

MFS62: 2

DocTee: 1

Marshmallowmilkshake: 1

The Hot Corner: 1

Edited January 7, 2024 by Guest

[stevejrogers]

#2? Original Cablevision booth guy Art Shamsky?

I mean the other two ex-Met hitters who have been in the actual booth (not counting pre/post game show anchors) are Keith and Rusty…both are Met Hall of Famers!

[stevejrogers]

5 would be Alex Trevino

[stevejrogers]

4 I'm thinking the other Pedro Martinez, but I don't think the HOFer has ever stated a religious preference publicly, let alone one that uses The Holy Bible as its Sacred Texts.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: 2 is tom hausman

Reardon was the first Mets free agent signed. Hausman was the first major league free agent the Mets signed. Also, Reardon spent some time in "the can". Did Hausman? Maybe he did, but I don't know or don't remember, if he did.

[Cowtipper]

Shamsky and Trevino are correct. Pedro Martinez is incorrect ... the correct answer might or might not have shared just a last name with someone who might or might not be on the Hall of Fame ballot as we speak.



1. Who am I?



https://i.imgur.com/gSjjQ8y.jpg>



Hint: His surname might remind you of a Fleetwood Mac song.

Hint: Was a pitcher.



--originally posted by "Keyser Soze"



2. I once got the chance to play in Queens

but my 3 games didn't amount to beans.

I even got a hit that April, a double it was

but that was the pinnacle for my carreer buzz.

It's a shame my talent could take me no higher

with a name like mine I should be wearing a Mitre.



Who am I?



Hint: Played for the Mets in 1983.



--originally posted by "whoisonit"



3. I am but one of two who has this name

but the other one has much more fame.

The other one lives by the precepts of the Bible,

yet I bet if you compared him to me he [would] sue you for [libel]

I was a pitcher and almost completely sucked

after 2 seasons I called a moving truck.



Who am I?



Hint: Played for the Mets in 1998 and 1999.



--originally posted by "whoisoit"



4. From my beloved team I had to part

but they remained the only club in my heart.

When I donned the cap with the interlocking NY

I swear to God I really wanted to cry.

Finally I returned to where I wanted to stay

and ended my exile near Flushing Bay.

I walked off Shea's mound to a chorus of boos

ha ha, trust me - I disliked you all too.



Who am I?



--originally posted by "whoisoit"



5. I'm big and I'm loud and I have no tact

But there's more than one reason why I got sacked

I can't handle young players, I question their guts

I blast 'em straight out, there's no ifs, ands, or buts

To end our new quiz, here's a trivia note

I pitched four games as a Met -- that was all she wrote



--originally posted by "VIBaseball"



Running tally of correct guessers:



Johnny Lunchbucket: 27

stevejrogers: 23

Edgy MD: 21

batmagadanleadoff: 14

Benjamin Grimm: 4

metsmarathon: 4

MFS62: 2

DocTee: 1

Marshmallowmilkshake: 1

The Hot Corner: 1

[stevejrogers]

5 is Dallas Green

[stevejrogers]

4 is Tom Glavine

[stevejrogers]

Rigo Beltran for #3



Note to Whoisonit there was a 3rd MLB guy named Beltran, played 2002-2008



https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrfr01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/beltrfr01.shtml

[batmagadanleadoff]

2. When lots of teams where throwing cash the Metsies signed a free agent at last. The few thousand New Yorkers who remained as fans knew my 'big' signing meant one more season in the can. M. Donald Grant was a cheap & miserly creep bringing me aboard meant more empty seats. Who am I? --originally posted by "whoisonit"

4 & 5: Tom Hall and Mac Scarce. 2 is Jeff Reardon.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: 2 is tom hausman Reardon was the first Mets free agent signed. Hausman was the first major league free agent the Mets signed. Also, Reardon spent some time in "the can". Did Hausman? Maybe he did, but I don't know or don't remember, if he did.

Could we get a ruling?

[Cowtipper]

The answer on the originating post from 2008 was Hausman, so that's the answer I went with here. Also Green, Glavine and Beltran are correct. As it pertains to Beltran, I believe the original poster meant there were two Beltrans in Mets history, not MLB history. Three new questions have been added.



Also, this thread had been viewed over 36,000 times in just a couple months, yet there aren't THAT many active posters here. Does The Crane Pool Forum have a giant audience of non-posting lurkers who just read here?



1. Who am I?



https://i.imgur.com/gSjjQ8y.jpg>



Hint: His surname might remind you of a Fleetwood Mac song.

Hint: Was a pitcher.

Hint: Pitched for the Mets in 1997 and 1998.



--originally posted by "Keyser Soze"



2. I once got the chance to play in Queens

but my 3 games didn't amount to beans.

I even got a hit that April, a double it was

but that was the pinnacle for my carreer buzz.

It's a shame my talent could take me no higher

with a name like mine I should be wearing a Mitre.



Who am I?



Hint: Played for the Mets in 1983.

Hint: Was not a king at the plate during his time as a rook, hitting .125.



--originally posted by "whoisonit"



3. I was a home grown talent and boy was I good

on any all-time Met list, belong I certainly should.

I probably had a few more years in my tank

but the racist prude Grant did something rank.

I was in the back of my van and busting a nut

when M. Donald went crazy to learn she had a white butt.

No more after that did I enter my own clubhouse

surely there's a place in hell for that rotten louse.



Who am I?



Hint: Debuted for the Mets in 1963.



--originally posted by "whoisonit"



4. I was traded away for two minor league players

during my time in NY I really had no naysayers.

I was an all-timer for sure, of that there's no doubt,

I got traded to my hometown because of my clout.

One of those I was traded for was named Greg Field

and he's one guy from whom they got no yield.

The other was a pitcher who we all know,

he's often on his knees in a famous photo.



Who am I?



Hint: Debuted for the Mets in 1967.



--originally posted by "whoisonit"



5. I was traded to the Mets

To play in their outfield

But little offensive output

That's what I would yield



I did so bad with them

That I stayed only a year

Before the management said

You're getting outta here



I went to the Rangers

Traded for a first-rounder

Who never played with the Mets

Who would really flounder



As a power-hitter

I would never thrive

My career home run amount

Totaled a measly five



Who am I?



Hint: Played for the Mets in 1975.



Running tally of correct guessers:



Johnny Lunchbucket: 27

stevejrogers: 26

Edgy MD: 21

batmagadanleadoff: 14

Benjamin Grimm: 4

metsmarathon: 4

MFS62: 2

DocTee: 1

Marshmallowmilkshake: 1

The Hot Corner: 1

Edited January 8, 2024 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

The answer on the originating post from 2008 was Hausman, so that's the answer I went with here.

OK. I'll do this for you.







According to Baseball Reference, the Mets signed free agent Tom Hausman on November 21, 1977.



https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hausmto01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hausmto01.shtml



Jeff Reardon, though, was signed by the Mets as a free agent on June 14, 1977, five months before the Hausman signing.



https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reardje01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/reardje01.shtml

[Edgy MD]

Ed Kranepool was signed by the Mets as a free agent fifteen years earlier, on June 27, 1962.



I think the unwritten distinction is that Hausman was a professional veteran free agent.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: Ed Kranepool was signed by the Mets as a free agent fifteen years earlier, on June 27, 1962. I think the unwritten distinction is that Hausman was a professional veteran free agent.

Yes! Emphasis on unwritten.



I momentarily forgot that before the amateur draft was instituted in 1965, every amateur was a free agent. I thought the answer was Reardon because of the "in the can" hint. Reardon spent some time in jail. And he was signed before Hausman. So what's the connection between the "in the can" hint and Tom Hausman?

[Cowtipper]

I would suggest, as Tom Hausman was previously given as the correct answer, that the assumption or implication was that the poem referred to the Mets' first FA signing who'd had previous MLB experience.



"The few thousand New Yorkers who remained as fans

knew my 'big' signing meant one more season in the can."



The team was in the can—the trash can. As in, they were trash. Another throwaway season.



Not that Hausman was particularly bad, for a couple seasons at least. 1979 and 1981 were impressive.



Hints have been added to the questions above.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

We don't really need hints for the Cleon Jones and Jerry Koosman ones

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

5 is Gene Clines

[Cowtipper]

Jones, Koosman and Clines are correct! Three new questions have been added.



1. Who am I?



https://i.imgur.com/gSjjQ8y.jpg>



Hint: His surname might remind you of a Fleetwood Mac song.

Hint: Was a pitcher.

Hint: Pitched for the Mets in 1997 and 1998.



--originally posted by "Keyser Soze"



2. I once got the chance to play in Queens

but my 3 games didn't amount to beans.

I even got a hit that April, a double it was

but that was the pinnacle for my carreer buzz.

It's a shame my talent could take me no higher

with a name like mine I should be wearing a Mitre.



Who am I?



Hint: Played for the Mets in 1983.

Hint: Was not a king at the plate during his time as a rook, hitting .125.



--originally posted by "whoisonit"



3. No doubt it will cause some people to laugh

when they hear that my one year I was ace of the staff.

I was the best starter of the bunch in a very brutal year,

so I demanded more money thinking they held me dear.

That was the real reason why I recieved a call in the off season

and they said "you're outta here Boom-Boom, for obvious reasons".



Who am I?



--originally posted by "whoisonit"



4. Much like a guy at first I was brought in to add a certain pedigree.

Too bad I played like a current [as of 2008] member of the Mets, playing one of the positions I played at Shea.

I was once traded for a Hall of Famer, but Met fans would call me a Hall of Lamer!



This was tacked on later:



Brash and bombastic and quite vulgar as well, I share many similarities with a (then) current Met villain.



Then this was added:



I had a playing career of much distinction, save for my final hand full of games in Flushing.

Oh, and I was traded WITH a Hall of Famer I should have said.

Although I had quite a noteworthy post-playing career, again due to my bombastic nature, much comparisons have been made between a couple of men who skippered in The Bronx, ah but not my current boss!



Who am I?



--originally posted by our very own "SteveJRogers"



5. The Mets added me a month before Bowa

Veteran experience, they wanted some mo-a

My big brother went 3-for-3 in one game

My kid bro's one year and my last were the same



--originally posted by "VIBaseball"



Running tally of correct guessers:



Johnny Lunchbucket: 30

stevejrogers: 26

Edgy MD: 21

batmagadanleadoff: 14

Benjamin Grimm: 4

metsmarathon: 4

MFS62: 2

DocTee: 1

Marshmallowmilkshake: 1

The Hot Corner: 1

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

2 is mike bishop

[Benjamin Grimm]

Number 1 is... Harvey Rhiannon?