stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 Latest “let’s dump on the Mets, and cause social media engagement” meme craze is pointing out that with his next game played, Jose Altuve will have played in more postseason games, the the Met Franchise has Manny Ramirez (111), David Justice (112), Bernie Williams (121), Jorge Posada (121) and Derek Jeter (156) have more Yadier FLOWERBEDDING Molina (104), Enrique Hernandez (103), and Alex Bregman (102) round out the 100 games club OMG, WHO CARES!? More of a quirky sign of postseason expansion since 1994 than “gee its sad that a handful of players have more postseason games played, since the playoffs were expanded for the 1994 season, in their careers than a handful of franchises, including my favorite team, have played in their decades long history” And the Mets aren’t the worse offenders. I mean Colorado just ran off their 4th 100+ loss season in a row Have the Mariners or Angels even played their 100th postseason game yet? Like Bonilla Day, this is just foreign slop (Sportskeedia Baseball Facebook Page, location India) for rage and engagement baiting. Especially those who troll Met fans. I wouldn’t worry about it, because while I’d love to have Met players populate the 100 game club, its still more indicative to the expansion of the postseason than hashtag LOL[this franchise that has been woefully inept for much of the same timeframe]
Brock Beauchamp Site Manager Posted September 29 Posted September 29 I'd imagine there are many teams that haven't played 100 postseason games. Teams like the Twins might be one of them, though they're probably close.
Brock Beauchamp Site Manager Posted September 29 Posted September 29 According to Claude, so take this information with a grain of salt, the Twins have played 76 postseason games, 96 if you include the Senators. If the Twins haven't gotten all that close to 100 despite winning it all twice and making the WS three times, I'd imagine many other teams haven't, either. Off the top of my head: Brewers, Mariners, Angels, Diamondbacks, Padres, Pirates, CUBS. I bet the Cubs haven't done it. So I'm stopping there.
Brock Beauchamp Site Manager Posted September 29 Posted September 29 Bah, the Cubs have done it. 131 games. But Derek Jeter has played in more! MFS62 1
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted September 29 Posted September 29 Steve can be kind of a masochist this way. He resents #lolMets and yet he seeks it. Dear me, he excavates for it. To me, it's just one more reason we should do away with the post-season entirely.
Marshmallowmilkshake Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 Altuve might not be the best example to list considering how the Astros got to some of those postseason games. stevejrogers 1
Gwreck Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 Steve, you have a different definition of “craze” than I do. But, we can still make this into something productive. Trivia time: who are the 5 players with the most career postseason games played who also played at least 1 postseason game for the Mets? stevejrogers and Edgy MD 1 1
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Author Posted September 29 56 minutes ago, Edgy MD said: Steve can be kind of a masochist this way. He resents #lolMets and yet he seeks it. Dear me, he excavates for it. To me, it's just one more reason we should do away with the post-season entirely. You know very well how dynamic social media app landing page feed (Meta’s family, TikTok, BlueSky, TwiX, etc) algorithms work.
stevejrogers Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Author Posted September 29 36 minutes ago, Gwreck said: Steve, you have a different definition of “craze” than I do. But, we can still make this into something productive. Trivia time: who are the 5 players with the most career postseason games played who also played at least 1 postseason game for the Mets? I’m game Show me…OE OH, did NOT read the question right…Welp, no one in that 100 game list sadly…Francisco Lindor?
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted September 29 Posted September 29 1 hour ago, Gwreck said: Trivia time: who are the 5 players with the most career postseason games played who also played at least 1 postseason game for the Mets? I'm not sure where the cutoff for "most career postseason games played" is, unless it is somehow a five-way tie, but I will open with Carlos Beltran.
Johnny Lunchbucket Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 Probably all post-expanded-Wild card guys but I'll guess Rickey
Gwreck Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 1. 2. Carlos Beltran 65 3. Rickey Henderson 60 4. 5. 6. 7t. Francisco Lindor 41 7t. 9. 10. 11. 12. Willie Mays 33. He’s the highest number to have not played at least one postseason game in 1995 or later.
Gwreck Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 1. 2. Carlos Beltran 65 3. Rickey Henderson 60 4. 5. 6. 7t. Francisco Lindor 41 7t. JD Martinez 41 9. 10. 11. 12. Willie Mays 33. He’s the highest number to have not played at least one postseason game in 1995 or later. * * * Adrian Gonzalez did not play in the postseason for the Mets.
Gwreck Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 1. 2. Carlos Beltran 65 3. Rickey Henderson 60 4. 5. 6. 7t. Francisco Lindor 41 7t. JD Martinez 41 9. 10. Tom Glavine 35 11. 12. Willie Mays 33. He’s the highest number to have not played at least one postseason game in 1995 or later. * * * Adrian Gonzalez did not play in the postseason for the Mets.
Gwreck Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 1. 2. Carlos Beltran 65 3. Curtis Granderson 64 4. Rickey Henderson 60 5. 6. 7. 8t. Francisco Lindor 41 8t. JD Martinez 41 10. 11. 12. Tom Glavine 35 13. 14. Willie Mays 33. He’s the highest number to have not played at least one postseason game in 1995 or later. Didn’t play in postseason for Mets Adrian Gonzalez Andres Gimenez (Yes, there was a counting error when I put up the list initially)
duan Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 I’m not sure he ever played in the post season for the mets but Jeff Kent gotta have played in more then 33 post season games
Gwreck Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 Shawn Green only played in 13 career postseason games, 9 with the Mets. He missed Toronto’s runs and the Dodgers weren’t that good in the 00s. Kent was with the Mets from 92-96 so no postseason there. He played in 49 career postseason games with other teams.
Johnny Lunchbucket Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 My name is Darryl-- but you can call me D. Hit it Run!
Gwreck Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 1. 2. Carlos Beltran 65 3. Curtis Granderson 64 4. Rickey Henderson 60 5. Travis D’Arnaud 57 6. 7. 8t. Francisco Lindor 41 8t. JD Martinez 41 10. Darryl Strawberry 40 11. 12. Tom Glavine 35 13. 14. Willie Mays 33. He’s the highest number to have not played at least one postseason game in 1995 or later. Too few games Shawn Green Didn’t play in postseason for Mets Adrian Gonzalez Andres Gimenez Jeff Kent
Gwreck Old-Timey Member Posted September 29 Posted September 29 Only 17 postseason appearances for Bartolo.
Edgy MD Site Manager Posted September 30 Posted September 30 I was about to type Justin Turner when I foolishly pivoted to Shawn Green. The universe has either forgiven me or is setting me up for further shame, as Turner's name is still out there. Justin Turner.
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