Alpha-String Quiz

[Guest sharpie]

MikE STanton

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, sorry. Spaces count as characters in this game, therefore an interruption in the string.

Creative thinking, though.

[Guest Edgy DC]

While you wrestle with the remaining three ESTs, I'll dump a double on you.

There are three Mets with the Alpha-String W-I-G in their names. There are also two Mets with the Alpha-String T-A-L in their names.

Name them and peek not.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Ty Wigginton

Tracy Stallard

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ooh, snap!

Still on the board: Three WESes, two WIGs, and one TAL.

Score:

Johnny Dickshot - 70
metirish - 15
sharpie -10
DocTee - 5
Mendoza Line - 5
OlerudOwned - 5

[Guest Edgy DC]

OK, I have to wrap this up and get some work done today, and the six guys on the board aren't helping anybody catch the 'Shot. Here's a chance for somebody to turn on the nitros.

There are 14 Mets with the Alpha-String S-C-H in their names.

Name them and peek not.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Dick Schofield
Scott Schoenewies
Steve Schmoll

[Guest Mendoza Line]

Dave Schneck
Scott Schoneweiss

edited to correct Schneck's spelling

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Jimmie Schaffer

[Guest Edgy DC]

Ten more points. Schmoll hasn't played for the Mets. I oughta dock you. for that one

Score:

Johnny Dickshot - 80
metirish - 15
sharpie -10
DocTee - 5
Mendoza Line - 5
OlerudOwned - 5

[metirish]

Chuck Estrada

Francisco Estrada

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mendoza Line

Dave Schneck
Scott Schoneweiss - late on Schoeneweis, but five for Schneck

=darkblue]Johnny Dickshot

Jimmie Schaffer - Don't know who he is, but five more points. Did he get to play because of a sponsor's exemption?

=green]metirish

Chuck Estrada
Francisco Estrada - Chuck is in but points for Francisco.

Score:

Johnny Dickshot - 85
metirish - 20
sharpie -10
Mendoza Line - 10
DocTee - 5
OlerudOwned - 5

We have ten SCHs, two WIGs, and two ESTs. Good luck.

[metirish]

Calvin Schiraldi

[Guest Edgy DC]

Breaking from the pack, but there's still some distance to catch the 'Shot.

Can you do it?

Score:

Johnny Dickshot - 85
metirish - 25
sharpie -10
Mendoza Line - 10
DocTee - 5
OlerudOwned - 5

We have nine SCHs, two WIGs, and two ESTs. Good luck.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Don Bosch
Glendon Rusch

[Guest Mendoza Line]

Preston Wilson

[Guest Edgy DC]

Johnny Dickshot

Don BoSCH
Glendon RuSCJ - The 'Shot is in the red zone with 95 points!

=darkred]Mendoza Line

PrESTon Wilson - But the field won't quit, coming up with the hardest EST of them all!!

Score:

Johnny Dickshot - 95
metirish - 25
Mendoza Line - 15
sharpie -10
DocTee - 5
OlerudOwned - 5

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Pete Harnisch.

Can I have my 200 dollars now?

[metirish]

At this stage I think I'll concede to Dickshot.

Dave West

[Guest Edgy DC]

Game.

I'm sorry. I bet your $200 on sharpie to show. But Mendoza nosed him out.

Thank you for playing this ridiculous game.

Still un-named:

TALs

Ricky BotTALlico

WIGs

DWIGht Bernard
DWIGht Gooden

ESTs

Mickey WESTon

SCH

Rick HerrSCHer
Dan SCHatzeder
Al SCHmelz
Pete SCHourek
Ted SCHreiber
Don SCHulze

Dickshot will now tell us who Jimmie Schaffer was.

[Willets Point]

="Johnny Dickshot"]Pete Harnisch. Can I have my 200 dollars now?

I want my 200 dollars!

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Reserve catcher. Acquired by the Mets from the White Sox for Frank "The Yankee Killer" Lary. Batted .135 in 24 games, all in 1965. Later traded to Philly in the Dick Stuart Deal.

Good stuff on the UMD about him
1) 100th Met ever
2) As O's coach, convinced Eddie Murray to learn switch-hitting.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The payoff: for Eddie Murray, switch-hitting experiment was a huge success
During the early stages of his career, future Hall of Famer faced reluctance by Baltimore management on his desire to bat from both sides of plate

Baseball Digest, June, 2003 by Joe Christensen

THE ORIOLES KNEW THEY HAD something special at Double-A Asheville in 1975, even if Eddie Murray wasn't showing it at the plate.

He was 19 then, and the accolades were already piling up, so this hardly seemed like the time for drastic measures or new tricks.

Jimmie Schaffer, the Asheville manager that season, watched Murray struggle for four months as a right-handed hitter before suggesting he experiment with switch-hitting. Other Orioles officials thought Schaffer was nuts.

They had seen Murray blister baseballs from the right side in previous years, so they flocked to Asheville to stop the experiment in its tracks. Murray looked at each of them with those steely eyes and told them he'd be fine.

He wanted to try this, too.

Reluctantly at first, the Orioles let it happen and watched Murray blossom into one of the greatest switch-hitters in baseball history. Last January, he became the 38th first-ballot player elected into the Hall of Fame.

If Schaffer felt any extra satisfaction upon hearing the news, it was knowing he played a big role at a pivotal moment in Murray's career. It was knowing he stuck to his gut feeling, even if it meant risking his own job.

"It was a tough fight for Eddie and myself, until everybody started believing it," Schaffer said. "It's quite rewarding to see a guy like that go into the Hall of Fame."

Murray was a lock to make it from the moment he retired after the 1997 season. He was on 85 percent of the ballots (423), and it takes just 75 percent to get elected.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Cool, he got thanks in the Hall of Fame speech, also.