Been a fan since 1996!

[Guest KC]

This weekend sealed it for me, I'm becoming a Mets fan and dropping The
Bronx Bombers for good. I stuck with them through all the ups and downs
of the last ten years and I'm through. It's painful watching them lose and all
the injuries - fugetaboutit. I profess my fandom to the orange and blue - that
is if you'll have me.

Thanks, and Lets Go Mets!!!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Answer some trivia first.

I say Mlicki and you think... what?

[soupcan]

Who was the Mets shortstop before Reyes?

[Centerfield]

Matsui! And before that, Reyes!

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

[Elster88]

Centerfield wrote: Matsui! And before that, Reyes!

LOL


Welcome aboardick, KC.

[seawolf17]

I had no idea you used to be one of "them." Bizarre. All those people jumping on the bandwagon in '96 must have pushed you off by mistake.

[Guest ABG]

Interesting approach to this point--how bad are the bandwagon jumpers gonna get?

[Guest KC]

Being a Mets fan since 1973, I just don't get some baseball fans. Someone
today actually prompted this stupid post because of his irritation with the
fact that they've "done nothing" since 2000 and that he's a New Yorker and
it looks like the Mets are the team to go with so he is. He wants to go to a
game with me. I'll french kiss Jorge Posada before I go to Shea with him.
Fuck that, we don't want you - go walk around monument park if you need
some shits and giggles.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Still six and a half hours until midnight, but centerfield just lost his top ranking for Post of the Day.

[nymr83]

the bandwagoners are coming, be ready.
i say we setup a mets trivia quiz for access to this site. i'd hate to have a bunch of bandwagoners on here in october joining in our well-earned celebrations.

[stevejrogers]

Nymr83 wrote: the bandwagoners are coming, be ready. i say we setup a mets trivia quiz for access to this site. i'd hate to have a bunch of bandwagoners on here in october joining in our well-earned celebrations.

Yeah, but stuff you can't find simply by looking at UMDB, MBTN or any of the major baseball reference sites. Or at least stuff that would take forever to fine

I.e.

-Who was the compensetory pick that the Mets took from the Dodgers when they signed Darryl Strawberry

-Who was Nolan Ryan's 4,000th strikeout

-What significant thing occured in every single third game of a World Series that the Mets ever played in, and describe each occurance

-True or false, the Mets won the 1986 World Series on a Sunday

-At what sporting event did the announcement that the Mets had won the World Series did the entire stadium erupt in a "Lets Go Mets" chant

-Who was the last Met to be taken number one overall in the MLB entry Draft (love to know how many people will still pick Strawberry)

-True or False, Roger Clemens was drafted by the Mets

-Name three Mets that they severly overpaid for via free agency that never lived up to any sort of the hype that the money demanded (I'm on the fence about considering Beltran elligable for this question, he's being paid A-Rod/Jeter money but he surely isn't on that particular level, cut below)

-How did the only All Star Game in Shea Stadium's history end

-Name all (I THINK its up to 12 right now) 12 members of baseball's Hall of Fame to have WORN a Met uniform (that includes coaches and managers of course)

-Name the 5 members of the 400 Homerun club who at one time played as a Met

-Who did the Mets trade with to get Mike Piazza (kind of a "are you paying attention?" question) and how they accquire him (to see if their overall baseball accumen is sharp as that trade did land a SI cover)

Of course noted bandwagon jumper Wally Mathews said one time on his radio show "Don't confuse fanhood with recitiation of stats and trivia"

[Elster88]

I don't like bandwagoners either, in fact I loathe them, but this idea of giving people a test before allowing them to post.....just seems somewhat like being a dickhead to me.

[stevejrogers]

Elster88 wrote: I don't like bandwagoners either, in fact I loathe them, but this idea of giving people a test before allowing them to post.....just seems somewhat like being a dickhead to me.

I agree, I was just having some fun with questions that would be hard to do without extensive research, basically some things that long time fans would know and/or be able to get quickly

[stevejrogers]

Just for those wondering

]-Who was the compensetory pick that the Mets took from the Dodgers when they signed Darryl Strawberry

Bobby Fresno Jones

]-Who was Nolan Ryan's 4,000th strikeout

Danny Heep

]-What significant thing occured in every single third game of a World Series that the Mets ever played in, and describe each occurance

Leadoff hitter smacked a homer, 69 Agee, 73 Garrett, 86 Dysktra, 00 Jeter, last two led off the game

]-True or false, the Mets won the 1986 World Series on a Sunday

False, rain washed away the scheduled game which leads to...

]-At what sporting event did the announcement that the Mets had won the World Series did the entire stadium erupt in a "Lets Go Mets" chant

Giants-Redskins at the Meadowlands for Monday Night Football

] -Who was the last Met to be taken number one overall in the MLB entry Draft (love to know how many people will still pick Strawberry)

Paul Wilson

]-True or False, Roger Clemens was drafted by the Mets

Yes, he chose to go to Texas University instead

] -Name three Mets that they severly overpaid for via free agency that never lived up to any sort of the hype that the money demanded (I'm on the fence about considering Beltran elligable for this question, he's being paid A-Rod/Jeter money but he surely isn't on that particular level, cut below)

I was considering George Foster, Bobby Bonilla, and Kris Benson

]-How did the only All Star Game in Shea Stadium's history end

Johnny Callison's pinch hit, walk off homer

]-Name all (I THINK its up to 12 right now) 12 members of baseball's Hall of Fame to have WORN a Met uniform (that includes coaches and managers of course)

Hornsby, Ruffing, Stengel, Ashburn, Snider, Spahn,
Berra, Seaver, Ryan, Mays, Gibson, Carter, Murray

Uh, thats 13 actually...OOOPS!

]-Name the 5 members of the 400 Homerun club who at one time played as a Met

Mays, Snider, Murray, Kingman, Piazza

]-Who did the Mets trade with to get Mike Piazza (kind of a "are you paying attention?" question) and how they accquire him (to see if their overall baseball accumen is sharp as that trade did land a SI cover)

Mike Piazza, along with Todd Zeile to the Marlins for Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich, Charles Johnson, Gary Sheffield (Sheffield is the only name I would have given full credit for, the rest ESPECIALLY the next name would be bonus) and Manuel Barrios on May 14th 1998

[soupcan]

Captain America goes a bit overboard with his trivia questions but not really that bad an idea.

One question - answer it and you can post. It doesn't have to be that hard.

[nymr83]

or we could require a pre-2006 ticket stub!

[The Big O]

SteveJRogers wrote: Mike Piazza, along with Todd Zeile to the Marlins for Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich, Charles Johnson, Gary Sheffield (Sheffield is the only name I would have given full credit for, the rest ESPECIALLY the next name would be bonus) and Manuel Barrios on May 14th 1998

So you'd require knowledge of the Dodgers-Marlins end of the deal, but not the Mets-Marlins end? Weirdness.

[Gwreck]

SteveJRogers wrote: ]-What significant thing occured in every single third game of a World Series that the Mets ever played in, and describe each occurance Leadoff hitter smacked a homer, 69 Agee, 73 Garrett, 86 Dysktra, 00 Jeter, last two led off the game

Capt'n intangibles' lead-off homer was Game 4, not Game 3.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

The newspapers. They'll tell us what to do.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

KC - "...I'll french kiss Jorge Posada before I go to Shea with him."

Kiss him, but just don't shake hands with him.

[Guest holychicken]

Wasn't Derek Jeter the Mets' shortstop before Reyes?

Can I post now?

[stevejrogers]

The Big O wrote: ="SteveJRogers"] Mike Piazza, along with Todd Zeile to the Marlins for Bobby Bonilla, Jim Eisenreich, Charles Johnson, Gary Sheffield (Sheffield is the only name I would have given full credit for, the rest ESPECIALLY the next name would be bonus) and Manuel Barrios on May 14th 1998 So you'd require knowledge of the Dodgers-Marlins end of the deal, but not the Mets-Marlins end? Weirdness.

Nah, just a general sense of the baseball world, not that important but that is a hallmark of a causal bandwagon jumping fan that they wouldn't know that Piazza was dealt in a rather infamous trade to the Marlins before being sent to the Mets.

Basically the type of fan that wouldn't know a Todd Helton, Craig Biggio, Eric Chavez, or an Adam Kennedy if they fell on them, or complain about interleague play because they never heard of any one on the non Mets/Yankees teams that they play

[stevejrogers]

Gwreck wrote: ="SteveJRogers"] ]-What significant thing occured in every single third game of a World Series that the Mets ever played in, and describe each occurance Leadoff hitter smacked a homer, 69 Agee, 73 Garrett, 86 Dysktra, 00 Jeter, last two led off the game Capt'n intangibles' lead-off homer was Game 4, not Game 3.

Oops! D'OH!

HA! Robin Ventura homered in the second! So a Met homered in each game! Okay, thats convluted, trying to save some face here =

[Guest KC]

Steingrabber: JENKINS, where's the back pages of my newspapers?

Jenkins: They came that way, sir.

Steingrabber: Go out and get me new copies, I want to see the whole paper.

Jenkins: Tried that sir, six block radius, all the papers are that way.

Steingrabber: Bring the Rolls around, we'll go somewhere and find them.

Jenkins: In the shop, sir.

Steingrabber: Get me some shoes, we'lll walk downtown.

Jenkins: Elevator's out sir - we're seventy-eight floors up. Shall I ....?

Steingrabber: Internet, we have internet don't we?

Jenkins: On the fritz sir, building has T1 issues or something.

Steingrabber: GET ME CASHMAN ON THE PHONE NOW!!!

Jenkins: Phone works on the internet line, sir ... we kinda have to stay put for now.

Steingrabber: ________________________________________________

[Guest Edgy DC]

I enjoy a hazing question as much as the next guy --- more --- but not of the high-stakes variety. More as an exercise in chops-busting and fun.

Model the behavior we want from others and peeps will realize quickly enough whether this is the site for them.

Some dyed-in-the-woolies were once bandwagonners.

[metsmarathon]

i'm a former bandwagonjumperonner.

it just so happens it was 1985 and i was 8.

and i dont think htere's a single one of those questions i would've gotten entirely right without researching. i prolly could've happened upon the 400-homer club with enough thought, but wasn't thinking of kong, for some reason. my best showing was in the clemens question, but i wouldn't've been able to name the college.

i guess i'm just not good enough for this elitist club of yours, you damned cranepoolers...

edit: and i LOVE the pic of pedro with the crown.

[MFS62]

Yankee fans not supporting a sure fire winner isn't new.
I happened to notice that on today's date in 1948, The Yankees paid tribute to the greatest player in the history of the game on Babe Ruth Day at the Stadium. The attendance that day? 49,641.

At that time, the capacity for Yankee Stadium was listed as 67,000.
But in 1948, the 94-60 Yankees would "only" finish second to the 97-58 Indians.
The following year, The 97-57 Yankees, beginning a five year Dynasty, would draw crowds a large as 73,000 in games against the Indians (who finished with an 89-65 record).

Seems like even a draw like Babe Ruth Day couldn't fill the Stadium if the team wasn't a sure fire winner.

Yes, I expect that many Yankee fans will come over from the Dark Side. Welcome them.
Their money is still green.
And the Mets will be able to use that money to scout, sign, and develop the players that will keep the franchise winning for many years to come.

Later

[Guest old original jb]

How about:

1) Are you now or have you ever been a Yankee fan?

2) How did you become a Yankee fan?

3) Is it possible to root for both the Yankees AND the Mets? What about the Red Sox and the Mets?

and

3) What gives?

[Elster88]

MFS62 wrote: Yankee fans not supporting a sure fire winner isn't new.

This goes both ways. Plenty of the Met "fans" in 1986 ran away when the Mets started sucking. And plenty of the Yankee fans today were loyal Yankee fans in the mid-80s and early-90s when the Yanks sucked.