Some stuff about our new campers

[Guest Edgy DC]

Darren Oliver is a legacy. His dad was bitter that he didn't easily get opportunities to transition into the development side. He was reportedly upset that people he used to play with and against asked him for a r�sum�. Hey, Darren's dad, few peeps like paperwork, but that's the way the world is. Ask your son's agent to throw one together for you.

Darren was also once a candidate for the freak injury list, suffering a non-baseball injury while on the baseball mound:

The spring-training game between the Rockies and
the Diamondbacks was called for an unusual
reason --- bees.


The game in Tucson, Arizona, was canceled after
five innings after the flying insects swarmed the
field.


The bees chased Rockies pitcher Darren Oliver from
the mound.


Oliver said that he thought the bees were attracted
to the coconut oil used in his hair gel.


"It was kind of funny at first, but after a while I
started getting a little nervous and scared out
there," Oliver said.


After a 20-minute delay, Oliver left for good and
let Colorado reliever Allan Simpson complete the
inning.
Now, who can tell me why Pedro Feliciano stands a damn good chance of making Met history?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

He revives the Kevin Mitchell trade chain.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Maybe, but that's not what I'm looking for. Philosophically, can a free agent signing revive a chain?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I don't think so, but I thought that's what you were referring to.

I have no idea why Pedro Feliciano would make team history

[Guest Edgy DC]

Pedro has a strong chance to become the first three time Met.

It's sort of merely technical as his playing tenure wasn't interrupted betwen 2002 and 2003, but his professional tenure was...

2002:

Six games with the Mets.

October 11, 2002:

Selected off waivers by the Detroit Tigers from the New York Mets.

December 16, 2002:

Released by the Detroit Tigers.

April 3, 2003:

Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

2003:

Twenty-three games with the Mets.

What say you? If he returns to Shea, would he be our first three-timer?

[MFS62]

Maybe as a player, but Al Jackson came back for a cuppa' in '69, then later joined the Mets as a coach.

Later

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Technically, I guess that could be correct. But I would count a "time" as actual playing time.

Not that this matters much but I kept a list of two-time Mets for five years without realizing until recently that Frank Lary was the first official two-time Met.

They bought him on May 30, 1964 from the Tigers (he made his Met debut pitching 2 scoreless innings in the in the 24-inning Memorial Day game). In August '64 he was traded to the Braves for Dennis Ribant (excellent trade by the way).

The next Spring, the Braves returned Lary to the Mets for cash in a deal that made it look like the Mets had only "loaned" him to the Braves but was explained away by Weiss as payment for certain debts the Braves had accrued over the amazin' 15 other deals between those two teams in the early going.

Then, that July, the Mets traded Larry (again) to the White Sox for Jimmie Schaefer.

Because he played in 2 consecutive years he's easy to overlook.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, if he gets any playing time this time around he would have three times. What's lacking is any playing time with the Tigers during the two-month interregnum at the end of 2002, between his 2002 and 2003 Met tenures (unless the Tigs sent him to the AFL).

[nymr83]

i would consider them seperate stints as long as he was under contract with another team in the interrum