The "Scrappiest" Mets

[HahnSolo]

OK, so my four-year old wouldn't sleep last night. So naturally the two of us sit in the dark watching game 4 of the '69 Series, where I heard "which number is Tom Seaver" about 50 times. Following the game, Mets Magazine was on.
One of the features was a Top 5 countdown of the "Scrappiest" Mets. They did not define "scrappiest" but I think we all know what they mean.

For those who did not watch, name your top 5 "Scrappiest" Mets. Note: #1 was a tie.

1.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Backman, Dykstra, Foli, Randle, McEwing.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Are we trying to guess what they had? Or coming up with our own? Is Club Scrappy still whites only?

Reyes.

Knight.

Backman.

Hunt.

Stoins.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I considered Reyes, but didn't go with him because he's probably too talented to be scrappy, at least by my loose definition of the term.

I should have thought of Stearns though. But maybe he's not small enough for the term to fit.

[Centerfield]

Backman has to be #1. No one did more with less.

[HahnSolo]

Backman - Yes
Dykstra - Yes
Foli, Randle, McEwing - No

Reyes, Knight, Stearns - No
Hunt - Yes

And to Edgy's question - it is not an All-White club.

1. Dykstra
1. Backman
2.
3.
4.
5. Hunt

[metirish]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: I considered Reyes, but didn't go with him because he's probably too talented to be scrappy, at least by my loose definition of the term. I should have thought of Stearns though. But maybe he's not small enough for the term to fit.

Yeah it's hard to define,my thinking is that the player should be not crap but not great,not very big,has two tools and one speed but hustles.


Joe McEwing
Dykstra
Wiggi
Pratt
Agbayani


of course most of the players I list are big.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Mookie?

[DocTee]

Harrelson.

[HahnSolo]

Of the three remaining:

One was involved in a huge trade.
One played less than 100 games in a Met uniform.
One had two tours of duty with the Mets, and played in the postseason with them.

The last two, to me, were surprising to make the list.

[HahnSolo]

No to Mookie.
No to Harrelson.

Also, no to Wiggy, Pratt, and Agbayani, although one was a teammate to all three.

[Guest Edgy DC]

="Yancy Street Gang"]I considered Reyes, but didn't go with him because he's probably too talented to be scrappy, at least by my loose definition of the term.

Sure, but that risks playing into the thinking that they do it with physical virtues, and we do it with moral ones.

And they and we aren't always racial categories. Clearly, to too many Yankee afficianados, Jeter is one of us, the Rod one of them.

But you've got to watch out for these terms spreading that kind of thinking. I expect a white player equally as talented as Reyes would generate tons of hits when his named was Googled with the word scrappy.

I Google "Jose Reyes."

I get 1,050,000 hits.

I Google "Jose Reyes" plus "scrappy."

I get 585 hits. Or 0.06%

I Google "Lenny Dykstra."

I get 75,900 hits.

I Google "Lenny Dykstra" plus "scrappy."

I get 1,140 hits. Or 1.50%

Hardly exact science, but was Lenny that untalented? Was his dirt that much more meaningful?

[Benjamin Grimm]

]One was involved in a huge trade.

Hubie Brooks?

]One played less than 100 games in a Met uniform.

Larry Bowa?

]One had two tours of duty with the Mets, and played in the postseason with them.

Lee Mazzilli?

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I saw the episode (featuring Greg W. Flushing himself).

My clue is:

Last Met You'd Associate With Scrappiness, Dumb Enough Decision To Turn Off The TV In Disgust Wondering Who Gets Paid To Write This Crap

[HahnSolo]

]Quote: One was involved in a huge trade. Hubie Brooks? Quote: One played less than 100 games in a Met uniform. Larry Bowa? Quote: One had two tours of duty with the Mets, and played in the postseason with them. Lee Mazzilli?

Nope to all three.

]Last Met You'd Associate With Scrappiness, Dumb Enough Decision To Turn Off The TV In Disgust Wondering Who Gets Paid To Write This Crap

Well said.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Lenny F. Harris?

[metirish]

Not Roger Cedano,I hope.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

]Not Roger Cedano,I hope.

Sorry to disappoint you.

[metirish]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: ]Not Roger Cedano,I hope. Sorry to disappoint you.

That'sa just funny,I guess he was scrappy when he stole 66 bases.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

I can't believe you guys don't watch Julie's show. It's the biggest thing on
cable television.

Of course, you guys probably aren't Julie Obsessed and don't have a fifty foot
restraining order against you but we won't go into that.

[HahnSolo]

1. Dykstra
1. Backman
2.
3.
4. Cedeno
5. Hunt

Still looking for the Met involved in a big trade, and the Met who played less than 100 games.

[Guest Edgy DC]

C'mon, Lenny Harris --- huge trade, post-season, two tours of duty.

I'd even argue that he played less than 100 games in a Mets uniform, as I'm still not comfortable with calling the black jersey a Mets uniform.

[metirish]

LoDuca?

[HahnSolo]

Nyet to Lenny and Paulie.

One of these guys hit John Smoltz harder than any other Met.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Xavier Nady?

[HahnSolo]

Nady? No-dy.

[metirish]

Doug Flynn

[Guest Edgy DC]

Kevin McDonalds?

[HahnSolo]

No to Flynn & KMac, but as they say in the vernacular,
Edgy's getting warmer.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mitchell?