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[Guest AG/DC]

Young Pat Morita played for the Mets?

[Guest Kong76]

It's funny depending on the original source how some of these show up
webed-down and then 330 x 110. I chose this over a mug shot because so
many of the pics available from back then are mugs or posed so when an
action shot is available ya gotta go with it.

[stevejrogers]

Nino Espinosa is discussed in a thread mocking the Yankees bringing out the "ghosts" of MFY Stadium.

Nino Espinosa appears in the Cranepool Forum Banner later that evening.

Coincidence?

[Guest Kong76]

It is a coincidence, the players are picked randomly.

http://www.random.org/integers/

I was going to try a variation of this theme ...



... but went with the next guy in line.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I like the Shea tribute on the Banner. Fitting under the circumstances.

[Guest Kong76]

Thanks, third try's a charm.

Had this up for awhile, decided it was ugly and not worth the departure
from the black and white theme ...

[nymr83]

heres a cool picture of Shea.

[Willets Point]

Was that picture of Shea taken from a giant zeppelin? If not what is it that's casting that huge shadow on the parking lot?

[Guest themetfairy]

Dennis Cook - cool!

[MFS62]

="Willets Point":2hps8emr]Was that picture of Shea taken from a giant zeppelin? If not what is it that's casting that huge shadow on the parking lot?[/quote:2hps8emr] The Sta-Puff Marshmallow Man Later

Benjamin Grimm Nov 07 2008 11:56 AM

Gosh, that's a frightening photo.

soupcan Nov 07 2008 12:24 PM

He was never a handsome man.

Edgy DC Nov 07 2008 02:00 PM

Walter Matthau in the front row, ladies and gentlemen.

metirish Nov 07 2008 02:14 PM

No idea who that is , do tell please.

Kong76 Nov 07 2008 02:50 PM

From a '77 yearbook ... http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/bb.gif (it's a little wide so you can read it so I thought it better to not post scan)

themetfairy Nov 07 2008 04:35 PM

A hard nosed player, but not a good looking guy....

DocTee Nov 07 2008 05:55 PM

Bruce Boisclar. Damn, that's a symbol for the late 70s Mets if ever there was one.

Kong76 Nov 07 2008 06:20 PM

Nice nugget there ... "club's top pinch hitter 12-21 for .572 mark, including home run in Koosman's 20th win"

metirish Nov 07 2008 07:15 PM

="KC":2rpt7bls]From a '77 yearbook ... http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/bb.gif (it's a little wide so you can read it so I thought it better to not post scan)[/quote:2rpt7bls] Thanks man , very cool cooby Nov 07 2008 07:19 PM ="DocTee":2ot0tsos]Bruce Boisclar. Damn, that's a symbol for the late 70s Mets if ever there was one.[/quote:2ot0tsos] I always thought he was kind of cute. soupcan Nov 07 2008 07:26 PM ="cooby":3atkxnli] ="DocTee":3atkxnli]Bruce Boisclar. Damn, that's a symbol for the late 70s Mets if ever there was one.[/quote:3atkxnli] I always thought he was kind of cute.[/quote:3atkxnli] Oh geez, really? I've always considered him one of the ugliest baseball players ever. cooby Nov 07 2008 07:28 PM Well he was born in the 50s which in 1977 put him right up there in my book. He could have looked like Godzilla and I would have liked him Besides he had long blond hair DocTee Nov 07 2008 08:28 PM ]I always thought he was kind of cute. I always thought you were kind of desperate. j/k seawolf17 Nov 12 2008 05:19 PM Mark Fuckin' Carreon! Loved that guy. cooby Nov 12 2008 07:21 PM Me too...more than just a little Kong76 Nov 14 2008 02:33 PM Is it Ree-bant or Rye-bant. I always said Ree, but I almost think I remember someone correcting me a year or two ago. Kong76 Nov 15 2008 06:19 AM All the pictures in one place, The CPF Wall of Fame ... http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/banner.html Click on link and hit F11, it looks cool! cooby Nov 20 2008 05:18 PM Mackey Sasser...hot damn cooby Dec 02 2008 06:07 PM Is that Teddy Martinez with earmuffs on? John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 02 2008 07:47 PM I think its Elliot Maddox seawolf17 Dec 02 2008 08:04 PM Actually, it's Richard Pryor. Rockin' Doc Dec 02 2008 09:14 PM Montgomery Brewster seawolf17 Dec 03 2008 09:47 AM ="Rockin' Doc":3hvjycm8] Montgomery Brewster[/quote:3hvjycm8] Bingo! Exactly what I was thinking. Edgy DC Dec 03 2008 11:05 AM I was thinking of him as Charlie Snow in Bingo Long. A Boy Named Seo Dec 12 2008 04:39 PM Thought current guy was reverse-negative John Franco. Armando Reynoso? Kong76 Dec 12 2008 06:11 PM Yup � And I think it was Maddox too, I thought I answered last week. cooby Dec 14 2008 05:55 PM Okay who is that? cooby Dec 15 2008 07:02 PM Willie Mays! Rockin' Doc Dec 15 2008 09:01 PM Willie was the man. Kong76 Dec 20 2008 06:51 PM Updated ... http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/banner.html DocTee Dec 20 2008 07:20 PM Cranepool (row 3, col 1) and Leiter (5,3) could be twins. Kong76 Dec 20 2008 07:42 PM Krane is 3,3. Love that grin on 3,1 and you're right about the resemblance with 5,3. DocTee Dec 20 2008 08:15 PM who's 3,1? Kong76 Dec 21 2008 09:41 AM I'm guessing a really young Swoboda? I'm drawing a blank, a young Grote? I'll find the source picture this afternoon and post it. Kong76 Dec 21 2008 01:54 PM It's Grote, I was wrong on a couple of levels. It's the 7th picture in the top 100 and Swoboda is in the top 200. I looked through '65-'69 and the 1970 yearbook and I can't find where I cropped that from. Can anyone sell me a clue? metirish Dec 21 2008 04:52 PM Love the new banner , nice work. Willets Point Dec 21 2008 05:13 PM MR. MET: "Merry Christmas, you old wonderful savings & loan!" Kong76 Dec 21 2008 05:22 PM Credit goes to the 2006 Mets holiday card they sent out (and KB who found it today going through old xmas cards) ... I figure we'll leave the ol' red-stitched head up until next weekend. A Boy Named Seo Dec 21 2008 10:07 PM Love it. cooby Dec 23 2008 08:41 PM ="KC"]It's Grote, I was wrong on a couple of levels. It's the 7th picture in the top 100 and Swoboda is in the top 200. I looked through '65-'69 and the 1970 yearbook and I can't find where I cropped that from. Can anyone sell me a clue? I remember that picture and my first yearbook was 1972 so look in the early 70's KC. Edgy DC Dec 23 2008 09:15 PM He's got Grote's signature unpigmented patches on his face. Frayed Knot Dec 24 2008 06:26 AM Patches which later manifested themselves as unpigmented patches of hair when he grew a beard. G-Fafif Jan 14 2009 04:48 PM LOOK WHO'S NO. 1 is, appropriately, the No. 1 banner yet. Kong76 Jan 14 2009 06:06 PM Yeah, I ran out of pics of the top 100-200 Mets. I need to hit the boxes. I've been busy and figure a generic classic a day here or there is cool in the dead of Jan and Feb instead of looking at Elio for another day longer. (nothing against Elio's mug, of course) SteveJRogers Jan 16 2009 03:32 PM Strange shot of Murray Kase. Plus, ummm the Met logo is quite visable. Kong76 Jan 16 2009 03:57 PM Logo is pretty blurry on my end. I think that's one of those Brace photos. I think you're the one who pointed out sometime ago that many of them are in Chicago. Kong76 Jan 18 2009 07:15 PM Just noticed on the lcd screen if you tilt it right the words from the opposite page bleed through. Hard to get good help these days. cooby Jan 22 2009 04:52 PM !!!! themetfairy Jan 27 2009 05:25 PM Matt Franco? Kong76 Jan 27 2009 07:31 PM Matt it is. I was waiting for the computer to do something and I was thumbing through the scorecard/program that Baerga was in and found Franco who we needed for top 200. I was doing them sorta randomly, but this knocked one more guy off. I'll pick it up and round out the last 45, I've been busy. How did Harry Parker land at #130 on our all time 500 Mets list? seawolf17 Jan 27 2009 07:40 PM ="Kong76":2mpdu8tr]How did Harry Parker land at #130 on our all time 500 Mets list?[/quote:2mpdu8tr] I was actually wondering the same thing. I'm using that list for my Mets autograph collection, and he's one of the few Top 200 guys I still need... and I don't think I've ever even heard of him. SteveJRogers Jan 27 2009 07:56 PM ="Kong76":3kheizku] How did Harry Parker land at #130 on our all time 500 Mets list?[/quote:3kheizku] Because the Mets have had a lot more crappy players and Parker lasted long enough to be considered a "decent piece of crap" or something? SteveJRogers Jan 27 2009 07:57 PM Speaking of which, Butch Huskey in the Top 100? But hey, I guess that is what you get when you create a system that rewards the here and now over the whole picture of a Metly career. Kong76 Jan 27 2009 08:07 PM A lot of work went into the rankings, and it's not perfect ... I threw out Harry because looking at who I need to get pics of and when I see him at 130 I scratched my head. I don't really understand the what you mean by rewarding the here and now over the whole picture or whatever. But whatever. SteveJRogers Jan 27 2009 08:22 PM ="Kong76":3gb03sli]A lot of work went into the rankings, and it's not perfect ... I threw out Harry because looking at who I need to get pics of and when I see him at 130 I scratched my head. I don't really understand the what you mean by rewarding the here and now over the whole picture or whatever. But whatever.[/quote:3gb03sli] I know Kase. What I was going was that the position for a given year hold for that player, they can not move down on their own merit, they can only go up on their merit. To use, eh, Doc Gooden as an example. He built enough of a lead off of his first few seasons that despite his fall off starting roughly in 1987 that he would never falter from his lofty place in Met-dom. Oh sure he eventually put up numbers that make his place on our rankings warranted, but if a Met historian was going through the totality of Met history, Doc could concievably rank third, fourth or even fifth among all time Met hurlers (eh, only Koosman off hand do I see even being considered to be placed higher but you never know with some Sabermetricians or anyone really). Frayed Knot Jan 27 2009 09:09 PM ="SteveJRogers"]I guess that is what you get when you create a system that rewards the here and now over the whole picture of a Metly career. Actually the system specifically takes into account the "whole picture of a Metly career" so I don't know WTF you're talking about. And, no, I don't want an explanation because I don't think you do either so a follow up will probably just make us both more confused. Rockin' Doc Jan 27 2009 09:24 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 28 2009 11:19 AM Sometimes when I read Steve's posts, I think he's typing in tongues. Edgy DC Jan 28 2009 07:03 AM ="SteveJRogers":3k37b4p7]Oh sure he eventually put up numbers that make his place on our rankings warranted, but if a Met historian was going through the totality of Met history, Doc could concievably rank third, fourth or even fifth among all time Met hurlers (eh, only Koosman off hand do I see even being considered to be placed higher but you never know with some Sabermetricians or anyone really).[/quote:3k37b4p7] That's true. You never know with anyone. ? Benjamin Grimm Jan 28 2009 02:04 PM What's funny to me is that when the banner has a photo of someone who played for the Mets 30 to 35 years ago, I recognize him every time. But when it's someone from the last ten to fifteen years, I often don't know for sure who it is. cooby Jan 28 2009 06:25 PM god, I'm glad somebody else said that first. Edgy DC Jan 28 2009 06:29 PM ="cooby":nushvdsi]god, I'm glad somebody else said that first.[/quote:nushvdsi] I'm glad somebody else said that second. Of course, you and I don't have a database of these mugs. SteveJRogers Jan 28 2009 07:19 PM ="Edgy DC":3lhjvaqr] ="SteveJRogers":3lhjvaqr]Oh sure he eventually put up numbers that make his place on our rankings warranted, but if a Met historian was going through the totality of Met history, Doc could concievably rank third, fourth or even fifth among all time Met hurlers (eh, only Koosman off hand do I see even being considered to be placed higher but you never know with some Sabermetricians or anyone really).[/quote:3lhjvaqr] That's true. You never know with anyone. ?[/quote:3lhjvaqr] I should really cut out the incoherent part of my ramblings huh? You never know what someone is going to do when justifying reasons for putting Dwight Gooden lower than 2nd on a list of all-time Metly hurlers. Maybe Matlack's and Darling's postseason successes could make someone chose them over Gooden. I wouldn't, but I can see that case being made. Kong76 Jan 28 2009 07:43 PM SJI: I should really cut out the incoherent part of my ramblings huh? <<< I utter this to myself often, but I ramble on. Don't change, Steve ... the only person you can be is you. SteveJRogers Jan 31 2009 06:32 PM Kase, why am I looking at Sidd Fynch? It is not April 1st yet. Well, just asking in case there is a reason beyond "random generator." Kong76 Jan 31 2009 07:08 PM Super Bowl Sunday silliness. metsguyinmichigan Feb 01 2009 08:40 PM Brilliant! metirish Feb 02 2009 06:47 AM One of the best stories ever told.....love it. Frayed Knot Feb 02 2009 07:37 AM We could definitely use Finch in our rotation this year but he's recently hired Boras as his agent and now there are rumors of a secret monastery in the bidding for his services. Kong76 Feb 02 2009 03:49 PM Going over my lists, I think I messed up a few things ... First, I think I did Eddie Murray twice. This is Dick Selma, right? Frisella and Heilman remain from the top 100 as undone. I did Charlie Neal twice too? I better not quit my day job. Edgy DC Feb 03 2009 07:20 AM Neal's intensity is worth a double dose, though. He looks part Comanche. batmagadanleadoff Feb 03 2009 05:23 PM Neal's batting helmet is flocked. Kong76 Feb 03 2009 06:10 PM It is kind of an odd picture. It's cropped from a photo in Tales from the 1962 New York Mets, by Janet Paskin, and the photo credit is Getty Images. Edgy DC Feb 04 2009 07:01 AM Getty was born in the nineties. Funny to see them distributing pictures of the early Mets, but I guess they've been buying up old libraries. They're a great business model for the nu economy, by the way. themetfairy Feb 27 2009 06:38 PM themetfairy Mar 02 2009 04:22 PM David Weathers? Kong76 Mar 03 2009 12:35 PM Formality of doing all top 200 ... I got rid of him quick :-) Benjamin Grimm Mar 03 2009 12:38 PM Didn't we once calculate that it will take something like 60,000 years for Tom Seaver to fall out of the top 500? I wonder how long it would take for David Weathers to fall out of the top 200? themetfairy Mar 03 2009 06:44 PM ="Kong76":2bnhmr7e]Formality of doing all top 200 ... I got rid of him quick :-)[/quote:2bnhmr7e] It wasn't a complaint. Weathers was actually nice to the kids before a game in Kansas City (shortly before he was traded). I was just trying to identify the photo. Kong76 Mar 04 2009 04:45 AM I didn't think you were complaining. seawolf17 Mar 25 2009 03:09 PM Is that my homeboy, Pistol Pete Harnisch? Kong76 Mar 25 2009 03:43 PM Yup �, from a 1995 program ... soupcan Mar 27 2009 07:36 AM Crazy Pete! SteveJRogers Mar 28 2009 09:34 AM Nicely done! Benjamin Grimm Apr 03 2009 02:06 PM Ray Knight looks like he's squeezing out a fart. metirish Apr 03 2009 02:29 PM Looks a bit like Kevin Appier when I first took notice , Appier featured that stance quite a bit too IIRC. TransMonk Apr 07 2009 03:49 PM Never bitched before, but the banner reads: Everybody in the pool! Joining us for off-season hot stove discussion is easy. Shoot us an email introducing yourself and letting us know what user name you'd like to use. An admin will activate your user name asap, and send you sign-on instructions. Thanks for visiting! Time to update for 2009! Kong76 Apr 07 2009 04:00 PM Thanks for the nudge, I was dosing again. TransMonk Apr 08 2009 09:26 AM As always, the admins do a great job with this site. MFS62 Apr 08 2009 10:07 AM ="TransMonk":34eve5h6]As always, the admins do a great job with this site.[/quote:34eve5h6] Except when they ignore my fervent plea for help. Later Kong76 Apr 08 2009 05:17 PM Trying to make my numbers add up. This was Jeff Reardon, right? ... Kong76 Apr 08 2009 05:28 PM 142 doesn't show up with my chicken scratch list either. Dick Selma? I'm just being lazy, I'll figure it out if no one chimes in. SteveJRogers Apr 12 2009 07:00 PM Whats with the Announcer Troika? Not that I'm complaining of course. Edgy DC Apr 12 2009 07:26 PM Seems self-explanatory. Met Hunter Apr 12 2009 11:34 PM ="Kong76"]Trying to make my numbers add up. This was Jeff Reardon, right? ... This one looks like Neil Allen. Met Hunter Apr 12 2009 11:34 PM ="Kong76"]142 doesn't show up with my chicken scratch list either. Dick Selma? I'm just being lazy, I'll figure it out if no one chimes in. This is Larry Bearnarth. Kong76 Apr 15 2009 06:33 PM Thanks, MH ... I've been busy and haven't been able to look at this much. SteveJRogers Apr 20 2009 06:26 PM So the player's name is going to be linked in the banner going forward, or is this just a random "hey it's Cliff, why not" sort of thing? Kong76 Apr 20 2009 07:19 PM Started with D.J. Dozier over the weekend, no one noticed. Top 200 Mets thing died with ~ 15 left ... the CPF contract with the Ramones has expired too ... everyone hates the new stadium ... David Wright can only hit when no one is on base ... if it weren't for Johan I'd just pull the plug. Random Mets from here on in until further notice. Rockin' Doc Apr 20 2009 07:39 PM Bang! Pow! Cliff Floyd is one of my all-time favorite Mets. Nice to see him making an appearance around the 'pool once again. Edgy DC Apr 20 2009 08:19 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 20 2009 10:35 PM The Crane Pool Forum has appreciated their relationship over the years with the Ramones, but after recent meetings with Marky, Tommy, and CJ, all agreed that it was best for both parties to go in seperate directions. We wish the Ramones well and hope for opportunities to work together in the future. In the meantime, the Crane Pool Forum is very excited about the new era of linking our introduction statement to our banner, to help people understand who exactly we're looking at. In an age of names which honor corporate relationships trumping names that are meaningful to the fan's and the city's relationship with the team, we feel confident in making a countercultural choice, and hope the fans will be excited to see us zag as other fora continue to zig. Frayed Knot Apr 20 2009 09:14 PM ]Started with D.J. Dozier over the weekend, no one noticed. I did. Elster88 Apr 20 2009 11:43 PM I noticed. I like it. Met Hunter Apr 21 2009 10:00 AM I like to try guessing. I recognized DJ before I saw the name. Now I will just guess without looking to the right. Edgy DC Apr 21 2009 11:34 AM That looks like the photo that produced the BANG! POW! image, but that one had him in the orange jersey. G-Fafif Apr 21 2009 12:04 PM Love the Player ID program. Great touch. The Ramones can go their own way. Or is that Fleetwood Mac? Fman99 Apr 21 2009 12:16 PM ="Elster88":wx56um7b]I noticed. I like it.[/quote:wx56um7b] Ditto. I didn't notice it with Dozier but I did today with Floyd. Even better for us younger sorts, who don't instantly recognize the 1960s-1970s era Mets just by head shots. SteveJRogers Apr 22 2009 06:09 PM Give it up for David Wright's agent! Met Hunter Apr 22 2009 06:59 PM Man, I can still remember when Keith was that thin. Elster88 Apr 28 2009 10:04 PM Looks like the banner has "click here" instead of the player's name. Is that intentional? Kong76 Apr 29 2009 04:24 PM I never know if Elster is serious. But, if you click on "click here" it will bring you to the UMDB page of the player pictured. I figured when I was putting the name some people were disappointed because they liked to guess so click here fixes that. Farmer Ted May 04 2009 03:04 PM I like it. I like it a lot. metsmarathon May 04 2009 03:22 PM ]Intelligent, lively, and provocative discussion of the Mets, Ed Kranepool, and, when we're gettin' on a roll, this guy! Kong76 May 04 2009 04:43 PM Thanks, that flows better. batmagadanleadoff May 05 2009 04:22 PM Thurman Munson? Rockin' Doc May 05 2009 06:05 PM Damn, I never knew Gorman Thomas played for the Mets. G-Fafif May 09 2009 07:05 AM Bill Denehy's all right, but I really love that view beyond the 358 sign. metirish May 11 2009 01:16 PM I liked Rick White.....was it Kiner or Healy that would always mess his name up? I remember Rick being big for us in 2000 , always seemed to be in trouble though. Fman99 May 11 2009 02:17 PM ="metirish":1aprm4tv]I liked Rick White.....was it Kiner or Healy that would always mess his name up? I remember Rick being big for us in 2000 , always seemed to be in trouble though.[/quote:1aprm4tv] I attended the game[/url:1aprm4tv] that he debuted as a Met in, in 2000, that was also Mike (A-)Bordick's debut game in which he homered. Rick picked up the win in relief of Rick Reed that day. seawolf17 May 11 2009 06:47 PM ="metirish":2d0fy8i4]I liked Rick White.....was it Kiner or Healy that would always mess his name up? I remember Rick being big for us in 2000 , always seemed to be in trouble though.[/quote:2d0fy8i4] You mean "Rick Wheat"? G-Fafif May 11 2009 09:23 PM It was Fran: "Shea will be ricking for Rock White!" I have yet to miss Fran Healy. cooby May 12 2009 06:56 PM I will miss Fran Healy until my bones are dust in the wind.... Who is that now? Rockin' Doc May 12 2009 07:11 PM Robotic Danny Heep! cooby May 12 2009 07:12 PM Izzit? I remember him... Edgy DC May 13 2009 07:34 AM Looking at Heep here, I realize I have a mostly irrational hatred of shaving down the knob at the end of the bat and wrapping one's lower hands around the shaven knob. (grumpy old man)Your hands belong above the knob.(/grumpy) (I'm also not particular to when guys have dimples hollowed out at the end of their bats. (I think Wally Backman was the first guy I noticed with such a bat, but it probably pre-dates him by at least a decade..) Benjamin Grimm May 13 2009 08:12 AM "wrapping one's hands around the shaven knob" That definitely calls for a response from Fman. metsmarathon May 13 2009 08:23 AM i would've expected the knob never to need shaving... MFS62 May 15 2009 07:51 AM I'm seeing the dreaded red x in the box instead of a picture on this morning's banner. EDIT: Never mind, the picture just found its way in there. Later metirish May 19 2009 05:31 PM Castillo looks a bit like Ortiz , yes/no? Edgy DC May 21 2009 04:20 PM Mike Cubbage and his magic leviation glasses. Swan Swan H May 21 2009 05:09 PM See the ball, hit the ball. Met Hunter May 22 2009 06:11 AM Last summer my daughter had a soccer tourney in Va Beach. The last day there, a bunch of us happened upon a Tides game in Norfolk. I noticed Cubbage sitting behind us in a Rays hat and a clipboard. He's a scout. He was so noticeable to me. Between innings we said hello and he was nice as can be. cooby Jun 04 2009 08:16 PM Is that "Sweetness" Luis Lopez? Kong76 Jun 04 2009 08:26 PM Click on the the 'this guy' link and find out each and every time the picture changes! cooby Jun 04 2009 08:28 PM Cool! I thought it still was about the Ramones Kong76 Jun 04 2009 08:34 PM She continues the friend or foe game. Benjamin Grimm Jun 05 2009 06:48 AM ="Kong76":29zavirn]Click on the the 'this guy' link and find out each and every time the picture changes![/quote:29zavirn] I love the addition of the "this guy" link. It's very helpful, since I recognize very few of the players that appeared in 1990 or after. Frayed Knot Jun 05 2009 08:13 PM It's Luis Lopez, but is it 'Super Luis Lopez Ultra'? cooby Jun 06 2009 10:30 AM ="Kong76":15bfr057]She continues the friend or foe game.[/quote:15bfr057] Now Kasey, don't take that the wrong way. It's kind of like the front door to your house. You don't notice all the squished bugs and spider webs and hand prints and stuff on it until after somebody has stopped by and suddenly you realize that you don't even really look at your front door anymore. I know you won't know what I'm talking about. Edgy DC Jun 06 2009 02:23 PM ="Frayed Knot":1q2hkxgb]It's Luis Lopez, but is it 'Super Luis Lopez Ultra'?[/quote:1q2hkxgb] I prefer Luis "Left Eye" Lopez. metirish Jun 06 2009 02:49 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":33ihq0he] ="Kong76":33ihq0he]Click on the the 'this guy' link and find out each and every time the picture changes![/quote:33ihq0he] I love the addition of the "this guy" link. It's very helpful, since I recognize very few of the players that appeared in 1990 or after.[/quote:33ihq0he] Me too , never noticed it before. Kong76 Jun 06 2009 03:35 PM coo: I know you won't know what I'm talking about <<< I don't even know what I'm talking about some days. Hopefully if there are more people who didn't realize that was a link, they will read this thread and utilize it. cooby Jun 07 2009 11:12 AM What i kinda meant was you can look at your own front door over and over again and not really see it cooby Jun 14 2009 09:23 AM at last! Kong76 Jun 27 2009 07:02 AM I guess the joke's on me! I posted an invitation on the "this guy" up top (to see if anyone really clicks there) and see if I got any bites. I get one PM from the coobster that his name is Julio and eats iguannas which is where I my brain was going with it but I didn't remember he spent time in the clink for murder?? ---------- Wikipedia: Julio Machado, born Julio Segundo Machado Rond�n (December 1, 1965 in Zulia State, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played for the New York Mets (1989-90) and Milwaukee Brewers (1990-91). Machado started his career with the Mets. In the 1990 season, he went to the Brewers in a four-player deal, along with pitcher Kevin Brown, in exchange for catcher Charlie O'Brien and a minor league player. Machado had a decent fastball, good control and willingness to challenge hitters. He also pitched a better-than-average curveball and a slider. Machado was certainly good enough to pitch for a few more years. However, he is a footnote in the ledger of baseball history. Spending the 1991 off-season in his homeland, Machado was arrested for murder being accused of shooting a woman following an auto accident. He was convicted and, following appeals, he was sentenced to 12 years in 1996. In a three-year career, Machado posted a 7-5 record with 151 strikeouts and a 3.12 ERA in 147 innings. Machado went on to play in the Venezuelan winter league and currently coaches in that league. Machado was nicknamed "Iguanaman" for his fondness of eating the meat of iguanas. ---------- Next time our paths cross, coobs ... I owe you a beer! Edgy DC Jun 27 2009 01:08 PM I conflate Julio Machado and Jose Bautista. Benjamin Grimm Jun 27 2009 01:10 PM My newest conflation is Elmer Dessens and Casey Fossum. seawolf17 Jun 27 2009 05:39 PM I loved Julio Machado. Unquestionably in the bullpen of my All-Time Mets 25-Man Roster. Frayed Knot Jul 15 2009 05:32 PM That's either Roy McMillan or Harry Truman

[Benjamin Grimm]

Gosh, that's a frightening photo.

[soupcan]

He was never a handsome man.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Walter Matthau in the front row, ladies and gentlemen.

[metirish]

No idea who that is , do tell please.

[Guest Kong76]

From a '77 yearbook ...

http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/bb.gif

(it's a little wide so you can read it so I thought it better to not post scan)

[Guest themetfairy]

A hard nosed player, but not a good looking guy....

[DocTee]

Bruce Boisclar. Damn, that's a symbol for the late 70s Mets if ever there was one.

[Guest Kong76]

Nice nugget there ...

"club's top pinch hitter 12-21 for .572 mark, including home run in Koosman's 20th win"

[metirish]

="KC":2rpt7bls]From a '77 yearbook ... http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/bb.gif (it's a little wide so you can read it so I thought it better to not post scan)[/quote:2rpt7bls] Thanks man , very cool

cooby Nov 07 2008 07:19 PM

="DocTee":2ot0tsos]Bruce Boisclar. Damn, that's a symbol for the late 70s Mets if ever there was one.[/quote:2ot0tsos] I always thought he was kind of cute. soupcan Nov 07 2008 07:26 PM ="cooby":3atkxnli] ="DocTee":3atkxnli]Bruce Boisclar. Damn, that's a symbol for the late 70s Mets if ever there was one.[/quote:3atkxnli] I always thought he was kind of cute.[/quote:3atkxnli] Oh geez, really? I've always considered him one of the ugliest baseball players ever. cooby Nov 07 2008 07:28 PM Well he was born in the 50s which in 1977 put him right up there in my book. He could have looked like Godzilla and I would have liked him Besides he had long blond hair DocTee Nov 07 2008 08:28 PM ]I always thought he was kind of cute. I always thought you were kind of desperate. j/k seawolf17 Nov 12 2008 05:19 PM Mark Fuckin' Carreon! Loved that guy. cooby Nov 12 2008 07:21 PM Me too...more than just a little Kong76 Nov 14 2008 02:33 PM Is it Ree-bant or Rye-bant. I always said Ree, but I almost think I remember someone correcting me a year or two ago. Kong76 Nov 15 2008 06:19 AM All the pictures in one place, The CPF Wall of Fame ... http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/banner.html Click on link and hit F11, it looks cool! cooby Nov 20 2008 05:18 PM Mackey Sasser...hot damn cooby Dec 02 2008 06:07 PM Is that Teddy Martinez with earmuffs on? John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 02 2008 07:47 PM I think its Elliot Maddox seawolf17 Dec 02 2008 08:04 PM Actually, it's Richard Pryor. Rockin' Doc Dec 02 2008 09:14 PM Montgomery Brewster seawolf17 Dec 03 2008 09:47 AM ="Rockin' Doc":3hvjycm8] Montgomery Brewster[/quote:3hvjycm8] Bingo! Exactly what I was thinking. Edgy DC Dec 03 2008 11:05 AM I was thinking of him as Charlie Snow in Bingo Long. A Boy Named Seo Dec 12 2008 04:39 PM Thought current guy was reverse-negative John Franco. Armando Reynoso? Kong76 Dec 12 2008 06:11 PM Yup � And I think it was Maddox too, I thought I answered last week. cooby Dec 14 2008 05:55 PM Okay who is that? cooby Dec 15 2008 07:02 PM Willie Mays! Rockin' Doc Dec 15 2008 09:01 PM Willie was the man. Kong76 Dec 20 2008 06:51 PM Updated ... http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/banner.html DocTee Dec 20 2008 07:20 PM Cranepool (row 3, col 1) and Leiter (5,3) could be twins. Kong76 Dec 20 2008 07:42 PM Krane is 3,3. Love that grin on 3,1 and you're right about the resemblance with 5,3. DocTee Dec 20 2008 08:15 PM who's 3,1? Kong76 Dec 21 2008 09:41 AM I'm guessing a really young Swoboda? I'm drawing a blank, a young Grote? I'll find the source picture this afternoon and post it. Kong76 Dec 21 2008 01:54 PM It's Grote, I was wrong on a couple of levels. It's the 7th picture in the top 100 and Swoboda is in the top 200. I looked through '65-'69 and the 1970 yearbook and I can't find where I cropped that from. Can anyone sell me a clue? metirish Dec 21 2008 04:52 PM Love the new banner , nice work. Willets Point Dec 21 2008 05:13 PM MR. MET: "Merry Christmas, you old wonderful savings & loan!" Kong76 Dec 21 2008 05:22 PM Credit goes to the 2006 Mets holiday card they sent out (and KB who found it today going through old xmas cards) ... I figure we'll leave the ol' red-stitched head up until next weekend. A Boy Named Seo Dec 21 2008 10:07 PM Love it. cooby Dec 23 2008 08:41 PM ="KC"]It's Grote, I was wrong on a couple of levels. It's the 7th picture in the top 100 and Swoboda is in the top 200. I looked through '65-'69 and the 1970 yearbook and I can't find where I cropped that from. Can anyone sell me a clue? I remember that picture and my first yearbook was 1972 so look in the early 70's KC. Edgy DC Dec 23 2008 09:15 PM He's got Grote's signature unpigmented patches on his face. Frayed Knot Dec 24 2008 06:26 AM Patches which later manifested themselves as unpigmented patches of hair when he grew a beard. G-Fafif Jan 14 2009 04:48 PM LOOK WHO'S NO. 1 is, appropriately, the No. 1 banner yet. Kong76 Jan 14 2009 06:06 PM Yeah, I ran out of pics of the top 100-200 Mets. I need to hit the boxes. I've been busy and figure a generic classic a day here or there is cool in the dead of Jan and Feb instead of looking at Elio for another day longer. (nothing against Elio's mug, of course) SteveJRogers Jan 16 2009 03:32 PM Strange shot of Murray Kase. Plus, ummm the Met logo is quite visable. Kong76 Jan 16 2009 03:57 PM Logo is pretty blurry on my end. I think that's one of those Brace photos. I think you're the one who pointed out sometime ago that many of them are in Chicago. Kong76 Jan 18 2009 07:15 PM Just noticed on the lcd screen if you tilt it right the words from the opposite page bleed through. Hard to get good help these days. cooby Jan 22 2009 04:52 PM !!!! themetfairy Jan 27 2009 05:25 PM Matt Franco? Kong76 Jan 27 2009 07:31 PM Matt it is. I was waiting for the computer to do something and I was thumbing through the scorecard/program that Baerga was in and found Franco who we needed for top 200. I was doing them sorta randomly, but this knocked one more guy off. I'll pick it up and round out the last 45, I've been busy. How did Harry Parker land at #130 on our all time 500 Mets list? seawolf17 Jan 27 2009 07:40 PM ="Kong76":2mpdu8tr]How did Harry Parker land at #130 on our all time 500 Mets list?[/quote:2mpdu8tr] I was actually wondering the same thing. I'm using that list for my Mets autograph collection, and he's one of the few Top 200 guys I still need... and I don't think I've ever even heard of him. SteveJRogers Jan 27 2009 07:56 PM ="Kong76":3kheizku] How did Harry Parker land at #130 on our all time 500 Mets list?[/quote:3kheizku] Because the Mets have had a lot more crappy players and Parker lasted long enough to be considered a "decent piece of crap" or something? SteveJRogers Jan 27 2009 07:57 PM Speaking of which, Butch Huskey in the Top 100? But hey, I guess that is what you get when you create a system that rewards the here and now over the whole picture of a Metly career. Kong76 Jan 27 2009 08:07 PM A lot of work went into the rankings, and it's not perfect ... I threw out Harry because looking at who I need to get pics of and when I see him at 130 I scratched my head. I don't really understand the what you mean by rewarding the here and now over the whole picture or whatever. But whatever. SteveJRogers Jan 27 2009 08:22 PM ="Kong76":3gb03sli]A lot of work went into the rankings, and it's not perfect ... I threw out Harry because looking at who I need to get pics of and when I see him at 130 I scratched my head. I don't really understand the what you mean by rewarding the here and now over the whole picture or whatever. But whatever.[/quote:3gb03sli] I know Kase. What I was going was that the position for a given year hold for that player, they can not move down on their own merit, they can only go up on their merit. To use, eh, Doc Gooden as an example. He built enough of a lead off of his first few seasons that despite his fall off starting roughly in 1987 that he would never falter from his lofty place in Met-dom. Oh sure he eventually put up numbers that make his place on our rankings warranted, but if a Met historian was going through the totality of Met history, Doc could concievably rank third, fourth or even fifth among all time Met hurlers (eh, only Koosman off hand do I see even being considered to be placed higher but you never know with some Sabermetricians or anyone really). Frayed Knot Jan 27 2009 09:09 PM ="SteveJRogers"]I guess that is what you get when you create a system that rewards the here and now over the whole picture of a Metly career. Actually the system specifically takes into account the "whole picture of a Metly career" so I don't know WTF you're talking about. And, no, I don't want an explanation because I don't think you do either so a follow up will probably just make us both more confused. Rockin' Doc Jan 27 2009 09:24 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 28 2009 11:19 AM Sometimes when I read Steve's posts, I think he's typing in tongues. Edgy DC Jan 28 2009 07:03 AM ="SteveJRogers":3k37b4p7]Oh sure he eventually put up numbers that make his place on our rankings warranted, but if a Met historian was going through the totality of Met history, Doc could concievably rank third, fourth or even fifth among all time Met hurlers (eh, only Koosman off hand do I see even being considered to be placed higher but you never know with some Sabermetricians or anyone really).[/quote:3k37b4p7] That's true. You never know with anyone. ? Benjamin Grimm Jan 28 2009 02:04 PM What's funny to me is that when the banner has a photo of someone who played for the Mets 30 to 35 years ago, I recognize him every time. But when it's someone from the last ten to fifteen years, I often don't know for sure who it is. cooby Jan 28 2009 06:25 PM god, I'm glad somebody else said that first. Edgy DC Jan 28 2009 06:29 PM ="cooby":nushvdsi]god, I'm glad somebody else said that first.[/quote:nushvdsi] I'm glad somebody else said that second. Of course, you and I don't have a database of these mugs. SteveJRogers Jan 28 2009 07:19 PM ="Edgy DC":3lhjvaqr] ="SteveJRogers":3lhjvaqr]Oh sure he eventually put up numbers that make his place on our rankings warranted, but if a Met historian was going through the totality of Met history, Doc could concievably rank third, fourth or even fifth among all time Met hurlers (eh, only Koosman off hand do I see even being considered to be placed higher but you never know with some Sabermetricians or anyone really).[/quote:3lhjvaqr] That's true. You never know with anyone. ?[/quote:3lhjvaqr] I should really cut out the incoherent part of my ramblings huh? You never know what someone is going to do when justifying reasons for putting Dwight Gooden lower than 2nd on a list of all-time Metly hurlers. Maybe Matlack's and Darling's postseason successes could make someone chose them over Gooden. I wouldn't, but I can see that case being made. Kong76 Jan 28 2009 07:43 PM SJI: I should really cut out the incoherent part of my ramblings huh? <<< I utter this to myself often, but I ramble on. Don't change, Steve ... the only person you can be is you. SteveJRogers Jan 31 2009 06:32 PM Kase, why am I looking at Sidd Fynch? It is not April 1st yet. Well, just asking in case there is a reason beyond "random generator." Kong76 Jan 31 2009 07:08 PM Super Bowl Sunday silliness. metsguyinmichigan Feb 01 2009 08:40 PM Brilliant! metirish Feb 02 2009 06:47 AM One of the best stories ever told.....love it. Frayed Knot Feb 02 2009 07:37 AM We could definitely use Finch in our rotation this year but he's recently hired Boras as his agent and now there are rumors of a secret monastery in the bidding for his services. Kong76 Feb 02 2009 03:49 PM Going over my lists, I think I messed up a few things ... First, I think I did Eddie Murray twice. This is Dick Selma, right? Frisella and Heilman remain from the top 100 as undone. I did Charlie Neal twice too? I better not quit my day job. Edgy DC Feb 03 2009 07:20 AM Neal's intensity is worth a double dose, though. He looks part Comanche. batmagadanleadoff Feb 03 2009 05:23 PM Neal's batting helmet is flocked. Kong76 Feb 03 2009 06:10 PM It is kind of an odd picture. It's cropped from a photo in Tales from the 1962 New York Mets, by Janet Paskin, and the photo credit is Getty Images. Edgy DC Feb 04 2009 07:01 AM Getty was born in the nineties. Funny to see them distributing pictures of the early Mets, but I guess they've been buying up old libraries. They're a great business model for the nu economy, by the way. themetfairy Feb 27 2009 06:38 PM themetfairy Mar 02 2009 04:22 PM David Weathers? Kong76 Mar 03 2009 12:35 PM Formality of doing all top 200 ... I got rid of him quick :-) Benjamin Grimm Mar 03 2009 12:38 PM Didn't we once calculate that it will take something like 60,000 years for Tom Seaver to fall out of the top 500? I wonder how long it would take for David Weathers to fall out of the top 200? themetfairy Mar 03 2009 06:44 PM ="Kong76":2bnhmr7e]Formality of doing all top 200 ... I got rid of him quick :-)[/quote:2bnhmr7e] It wasn't a complaint. Weathers was actually nice to the kids before a game in Kansas City (shortly before he was traded). I was just trying to identify the photo. Kong76 Mar 04 2009 04:45 AM I didn't think you were complaining. seawolf17 Mar 25 2009 03:09 PM Is that my homeboy, Pistol Pete Harnisch? Kong76 Mar 25 2009 03:43 PM Yup �, from a 1995 program ... soupcan Mar 27 2009 07:36 AM Crazy Pete! SteveJRogers Mar 28 2009 09:34 AM Nicely done! Benjamin Grimm Apr 03 2009 02:06 PM Ray Knight looks like he's squeezing out a fart. metirish Apr 03 2009 02:29 PM Looks a bit like Kevin Appier when I first took notice , Appier featured that stance quite a bit too IIRC. TransMonk Apr 07 2009 03:49 PM Never bitched before, but the banner reads: Everybody in the pool! Joining us for off-season hot stove discussion is easy. Shoot us an email introducing yourself and letting us know what user name you'd like to use. An admin will activate your user name asap, and send you sign-on instructions. Thanks for visiting! Time to update for 2009! Kong76 Apr 07 2009 04:00 PM Thanks for the nudge, I was dosing again. TransMonk Apr 08 2009 09:26 AM As always, the admins do a great job with this site. MFS62 Apr 08 2009 10:07 AM ="TransMonk":34eve5h6]As always, the admins do a great job with this site.[/quote:34eve5h6] Except when they ignore my fervent plea for help. Later Kong76 Apr 08 2009 05:17 PM Trying to make my numbers add up. This was Jeff Reardon, right? ... Kong76 Apr 08 2009 05:28 PM 142 doesn't show up with my chicken scratch list either. Dick Selma? I'm just being lazy, I'll figure it out if no one chimes in. SteveJRogers Apr 12 2009 07:00 PM Whats with the Announcer Troika? Not that I'm complaining of course. Edgy DC Apr 12 2009 07:26 PM Seems self-explanatory. Met Hunter Apr 12 2009 11:34 PM ="Kong76"]Trying to make my numbers add up. This was Jeff Reardon, right? ... This one looks like Neil Allen. Met Hunter Apr 12 2009 11:34 PM ="Kong76"]142 doesn't show up with my chicken scratch list either. Dick Selma? I'm just being lazy, I'll figure it out if no one chimes in. This is Larry Bearnarth. Kong76 Apr 15 2009 06:33 PM Thanks, MH ... I've been busy and haven't been able to look at this much. SteveJRogers Apr 20 2009 06:26 PM So the player's name is going to be linked in the banner going forward, or is this just a random "hey it's Cliff, why not" sort of thing? Kong76 Apr 20 2009 07:19 PM Started with D.J. Dozier over the weekend, no one noticed. Top 200 Mets thing died with ~ 15 left ... the CPF contract with the Ramones has expired too ... everyone hates the new stadium ... David Wright can only hit when no one is on base ... if it weren't for Johan I'd just pull the plug. Random Mets from here on in until further notice. Rockin' Doc Apr 20 2009 07:39 PM Bang! Pow! Cliff Floyd is one of my all-time favorite Mets. Nice to see him making an appearance around the 'pool once again. Edgy DC Apr 20 2009 08:19 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 20 2009 10:35 PM The Crane Pool Forum has appreciated their relationship over the years with the Ramones, but after recent meetings with Marky, Tommy, and CJ, all agreed that it was best for both parties to go in seperate directions. We wish the Ramones well and hope for opportunities to work together in the future. In the meantime, the Crane Pool Forum is very excited about the new era of linking our introduction statement to our banner, to help people understand who exactly we're looking at. In an age of names which honor corporate relationships trumping names that are meaningful to the fan's and the city's relationship with the team, we feel confident in making a countercultural choice, and hope the fans will be excited to see us zag as other fora continue to zig. Frayed Knot Apr 20 2009 09:14 PM ]Started with D.J. Dozier over the weekend, no one noticed. I did. Elster88 Apr 20 2009 11:43 PM I noticed. I like it. Met Hunter Apr 21 2009 10:00 AM I like to try guessing. I recognized DJ before I saw the name. Now I will just guess without looking to the right. Edgy DC Apr 21 2009 11:34 AM That looks like the photo that produced the BANG! POW! image, but that one had him in the orange jersey. G-Fafif Apr 21 2009 12:04 PM Love the Player ID program. Great touch. The Ramones can go their own way. Or is that Fleetwood Mac? Fman99 Apr 21 2009 12:16 PM ="Elster88":wx56um7b]I noticed. I like it.[/quote:wx56um7b] Ditto. I didn't notice it with Dozier but I did today with Floyd. Even better for us younger sorts, who don't instantly recognize the 1960s-1970s era Mets just by head shots. SteveJRogers Apr 22 2009 06:09 PM Give it up for David Wright's agent! Met Hunter Apr 22 2009 06:59 PM Man, I can still remember when Keith was that thin. Elster88 Apr 28 2009 10:04 PM Looks like the banner has "click here" instead of the player's name. Is that intentional? Kong76 Apr 29 2009 04:24 PM I never know if Elster is serious. But, if you click on "click here" it will bring you to the UMDB page of the player pictured. I figured when I was putting the name some people were disappointed because they liked to guess so click here fixes that. Farmer Ted May 04 2009 03:04 PM I like it. I like it a lot. metsmarathon May 04 2009 03:22 PM ]Intelligent, lively, and provocative discussion of the Mets, Ed Kranepool, and, when we're gettin' on a roll, this guy! Kong76 May 04 2009 04:43 PM Thanks, that flows better. batmagadanleadoff May 05 2009 04:22 PM Thurman Munson? Rockin' Doc May 05 2009 06:05 PM Damn, I never knew Gorman Thomas played for the Mets. G-Fafif May 09 2009 07:05 AM Bill Denehy's all right, but I really love that view beyond the 358 sign. metirish May 11 2009 01:16 PM I liked Rick White.....was it Kiner or Healy that would always mess his name up? I remember Rick being big for us in 2000 , always seemed to be in trouble though. Fman99 May 11 2009 02:17 PM ="metirish":1aprm4tv]I liked Rick White.....was it Kiner or Healy that would always mess his name up? I remember Rick being big for us in 2000 , always seemed to be in trouble though.[/quote:1aprm4tv] I attended the game[/url:1aprm4tv] that he debuted as a Met in, in 2000, that was also Mike (A-)Bordick's debut game in which he homered. Rick picked up the win in relief of Rick Reed that day. seawolf17 May 11 2009 06:47 PM ="metirish":2d0fy8i4]I liked Rick White.....was it Kiner or Healy that would always mess his name up? I remember Rick being big for us in 2000 , always seemed to be in trouble though.[/quote:2d0fy8i4] You mean "Rick Wheat"? G-Fafif May 11 2009 09:23 PM It was Fran: "Shea will be ricking for Rock White!" I have yet to miss Fran Healy. cooby May 12 2009 06:56 PM I will miss Fran Healy until my bones are dust in the wind.... Who is that now? Rockin' Doc May 12 2009 07:11 PM Robotic Danny Heep! cooby May 12 2009 07:12 PM Izzit? I remember him... Edgy DC May 13 2009 07:34 AM Looking at Heep here, I realize I have a mostly irrational hatred of shaving down the knob at the end of the bat and wrapping one's lower hands around the shaven knob. (grumpy old man)Your hands belong above the knob.(/grumpy) (I'm also not particular to when guys have dimples hollowed out at the end of their bats. (I think Wally Backman was the first guy I noticed with such a bat, but it probably pre-dates him by at least a decade..) Benjamin Grimm May 13 2009 08:12 AM "wrapping one's hands around the shaven knob" That definitely calls for a response from Fman. metsmarathon May 13 2009 08:23 AM i would've expected the knob never to need shaving... MFS62 May 15 2009 07:51 AM I'm seeing the dreaded red x in the box instead of a picture on this morning's banner. EDIT: Never mind, the picture just found its way in there. Later metirish May 19 2009 05:31 PM Castillo looks a bit like Ortiz , yes/no? Edgy DC May 21 2009 04:20 PM Mike Cubbage and his magic leviation glasses. Swan Swan H May 21 2009 05:09 PM See the ball, hit the ball. Met Hunter May 22 2009 06:11 AM Last summer my daughter had a soccer tourney in Va Beach. The last day there, a bunch of us happened upon a Tides game in Norfolk. I noticed Cubbage sitting behind us in a Rays hat and a clipboard. He's a scout. He was so noticeable to me. Between innings we said hello and he was nice as can be. cooby Jun 04 2009 08:16 PM Is that "Sweetness" Luis Lopez? Kong76 Jun 04 2009 08:26 PM Click on the the 'this guy' link and find out each and every time the picture changes! cooby Jun 04 2009 08:28 PM Cool! I thought it still was about the Ramones Kong76 Jun 04 2009 08:34 PM She continues the friend or foe game. Benjamin Grimm Jun 05 2009 06:48 AM ="Kong76":29zavirn]Click on the the 'this guy' link and find out each and every time the picture changes![/quote:29zavirn] I love the addition of the "this guy" link. It's very helpful, since I recognize very few of the players that appeared in 1990 or after. Frayed Knot Jun 05 2009 08:13 PM It's Luis Lopez, but is it 'Super Luis Lopez Ultra'? cooby Jun 06 2009 10:30 AM ="Kong76":15bfr057]She continues the friend or foe game.[/quote:15bfr057] Now Kasey, don't take that the wrong way. It's kind of like the front door to your house. You don't notice all the squished bugs and spider webs and hand prints and stuff on it until after somebody has stopped by and suddenly you realize that you don't even really look at your front door anymore. I know you won't know what I'm talking about. Edgy DC Jun 06 2009 02:23 PM ="Frayed Knot":1q2hkxgb]It's Luis Lopez, but is it 'Super Luis Lopez Ultra'?[/quote:1q2hkxgb] I prefer Luis "Left Eye" Lopez. metirish Jun 06 2009 02:49 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":33ihq0he] ="Kong76":33ihq0he]Click on the the 'this guy' link and find out each and every time the picture changes![/quote:33ihq0he] I love the addition of the "this guy" link. It's very helpful, since I recognize very few of the players that appeared in 1990 or after.[/quote:33ihq0he] Me too , never noticed it before. Kong76 Jun 06 2009 03:35 PM coo: I know you won't know what I'm talking about <<< I don't even know what I'm talking about some days. Hopefully if there are more people who didn't realize that was a link, they will read this thread and utilize it. cooby Jun 07 2009 11:12 AM What i kinda meant was you can look at your own front door over and over again and not really see it cooby Jun 14 2009 09:23 AM at last! Kong76 Jun 27 2009 07:02 AM I guess the joke's on me! I posted an invitation on the "this guy" up top (to see if anyone really clicks there) and see if I got any bites. I get one PM from the coobster that his name is Julio and eats iguannas which is where I my brain was going with it but I didn't remember he spent time in the clink for murder?? ---------- Wikipedia: Julio Machado, born Julio Segundo Machado Rond�n (December 1, 1965 in Zulia State, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played for the New York Mets (1989-90) and Milwaukee Brewers (1990-91). Machado started his career with the Mets. In the 1990 season, he went to the Brewers in a four-player deal, along with pitcher Kevin Brown, in exchange for catcher Charlie O'Brien and a minor league player. Machado had a decent fastball, good control and willingness to challenge hitters. He also pitched a better-than-average curveball and a slider. Machado was certainly good enough to pitch for a few more years. However, he is a footnote in the ledger of baseball history. Spending the 1991 off-season in his homeland, Machado was arrested for murder being accused of shooting a woman following an auto accident. He was convicted and, following appeals, he was sentenced to 12 years in 1996. In a three-year career, Machado posted a 7-5 record with 151 strikeouts and a 3.12 ERA in 147 innings. Machado went on to play in the Venezuelan winter league and currently coaches in that league. Machado was nicknamed "Iguanaman" for his fondness of eating the meat of iguanas. ---------- Next time our paths cross, coobs ... I owe you a beer! Edgy DC Jun 27 2009 01:08 PM I conflate Julio Machado and Jose Bautista. Benjamin Grimm Jun 27 2009 01:10 PM My newest conflation is Elmer Dessens and Casey Fossum. seawolf17 Jun 27 2009 05:39 PM I loved Julio Machado. Unquestionably in the bullpen of my All-Time Mets 25-Man Roster. Frayed Knot Jul 15 2009 05:32 PM That's either Roy McMillan or Harry Truman

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="DocTee":2ot0tsos]Bruce Boisclar. Damn, that's a symbol for the late 70s Mets if ever there was one.[/quote:2ot0tsos] I always thought he was kind of cute.

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="cooby":3atkxnli] ="DocTee":3atkxnli]Bruce Boisclar. Damn, that's a symbol for the late 70s Mets if ever there was one.[/quote:3atkxnli] I always thought he was kind of cute.[/quote:3atkxnli] Oh geez, really? I've always considered him one of the ugliest baseball players ever. cooby Nov 07 2008 07:28 PM Well he was born in the 50s which in 1977 put him right up there in my book. He could have looked like Godzilla and I would have liked him Besides he had long blond hair DocTee Nov 07 2008 08:28 PM ]I always thought he was kind of cute. I always thought you were kind of desperate. j/k seawolf17 Nov 12 2008 05:19 PM Mark Fuckin' Carreon! Loved that guy. cooby Nov 12 2008 07:21 PM Me too...more than just a little Kong76 Nov 14 2008 02:33 PM Is it Ree-bant or Rye-bant. I always said Ree, but I almost think I remember someone correcting me a year or two ago. Kong76 Nov 15 2008 06:19 AM All the pictures in one place, The CPF Wall of Fame ... http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/banner.html Click on link and hit F11, it looks cool! cooby Nov 20 2008 05:18 PM Mackey Sasser...hot damn cooby Dec 02 2008 06:07 PM Is that Teddy Martinez with earmuffs on? John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 02 2008 07:47 PM I think its Elliot Maddox seawolf17 Dec 02 2008 08:04 PM Actually, it's Richard Pryor. Rockin' Doc Dec 02 2008 09:14 PM Montgomery Brewster seawolf17 Dec 03 2008 09:47 AM ="Rockin' Doc":3hvjycm8] Montgomery Brewster[/quote:3hvjycm8] Bingo! Exactly what I was thinking. Edgy DC Dec 03 2008 11:05 AM I was thinking of him as Charlie Snow in Bingo Long. A Boy Named Seo Dec 12 2008 04:39 PM Thought current guy was reverse-negative John Franco. Armando Reynoso? Kong76 Dec 12 2008 06:11 PM Yup � And I think it was Maddox too, I thought I answered last week. cooby Dec 14 2008 05:55 PM Okay who is that? cooby Dec 15 2008 07:02 PM Willie Mays! Rockin' Doc Dec 15 2008 09:01 PM Willie was the man. Kong76 Dec 20 2008 06:51 PM Updated ... http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/banner.html DocTee Dec 20 2008 07:20 PM Cranepool (row 3, col 1) and Leiter (5,3) could be twins. Kong76 Dec 20 2008 07:42 PM Krane is 3,3. Love that grin on 3,1 and you're right about the resemblance with 5,3. DocTee Dec 20 2008 08:15 PM who's 3,1? Kong76 Dec 21 2008 09:41 AM I'm guessing a really young Swoboda? I'm drawing a blank, a young Grote? I'll find the source picture this afternoon and post it. Kong76 Dec 21 2008 01:54 PM It's Grote, I was wrong on a couple of levels. It's the 7th picture in the top 100 and Swoboda is in the top 200. I looked through '65-'69 and the 1970 yearbook and I can't find where I cropped that from. Can anyone sell me a clue? metirish Dec 21 2008 04:52 PM Love the new banner , nice work. Willets Point Dec 21 2008 05:13 PM MR. MET: "Merry Christmas, you old wonderful savings & loan!" Kong76 Dec 21 2008 05:22 PM Credit goes to the 2006 Mets holiday card they sent out (and KB who found it today going through old xmas cards) ... I figure we'll leave the ol' red-stitched head up until next weekend. A Boy Named Seo Dec 21 2008 10:07 PM Love it. cooby Dec 23 2008 08:41 PM ="KC"]It's Grote, I was wrong on a couple of levels. It's the 7th picture in the top 100 and Swoboda is in the top 200. I looked through '65-'69 and the 1970 yearbook and I can't find where I cropped that from. Can anyone sell me a clue? I remember that picture and my first yearbook was 1972 so look in the early 70's KC. Edgy DC Dec 23 2008 09:15 PM He's got Grote's signature unpigmented patches on his face. Frayed Knot Dec 24 2008 06:26 AM Patches which later manifested themselves as unpigmented patches of hair when he grew a beard. G-Fafif Jan 14 2009 04:48 PM LOOK WHO'S NO. 1 is, appropriately, the No. 1 banner yet. Kong76 Jan 14 2009 06:06 PM Yeah, I ran out of pics of the top 100-200 Mets. I need to hit the boxes. I've been busy and figure a generic classic a day here or there is cool in the dead of Jan and Feb instead of looking at Elio for another day longer. (nothing against Elio's mug, of course) SteveJRogers Jan 16 2009 03:32 PM Strange shot of Murray Kase. Plus, ummm the Met logo is quite visable. Kong76 Jan 16 2009 03:57 PM Logo is pretty blurry on my end. I think that's one of those Brace photos. I think you're the one who pointed out sometime ago that many of them are in Chicago. Kong76 Jan 18 2009 07:15 PM Just noticed on the lcd screen if you tilt it right the words from the opposite page bleed through. Hard to get good help these days. cooby Jan 22 2009 04:52 PM !!!! themetfairy Jan 27 2009 05:25 PM Matt Franco? Kong76 Jan 27 2009 07:31 PM Matt it is. I was waiting for the computer to do something and I was thumbing through the scorecard/program that Baerga was in and found Franco who we needed for top 200. I was doing them sorta randomly, but this knocked one more guy off. I'll pick it up and round out the last 45, I've been busy. How did Harry Parker land at #130 on our all time 500 Mets list? seawolf17 Jan 27 2009 07:40 PM ="Kong76":2mpdu8tr]How did Harry Parker land at #130 on our all time 500 Mets list?[/quote:2mpdu8tr] I was actually wondering the same thing. I'm using that list for my Mets autograph collection, and he's one of the few Top 200 guys I still need... and I don't think I've ever even heard of him. SteveJRogers Jan 27 2009 07:56 PM ="Kong76":3kheizku] How did Harry Parker land at #130 on our all time 500 Mets list?[/quote:3kheizku] Because the Mets have had a lot more crappy players and Parker lasted long enough to be considered a "decent piece of crap" or something? SteveJRogers Jan 27 2009 07:57 PM Speaking of which, Butch Huskey in the Top 100? But hey, I guess that is what you get when you create a system that rewards the here and now over the whole picture of a Metly career. Kong76 Jan 27 2009 08:07 PM A lot of work went into the rankings, and it's not perfect ... I threw out Harry because looking at who I need to get pics of and when I see him at 130 I scratched my head. I don't really understand the what you mean by rewarding the here and now over the whole picture or whatever. But whatever. SteveJRogers Jan 27 2009 08:22 PM ="Kong76":3gb03sli]A lot of work went into the rankings, and it's not perfect ... I threw out Harry because looking at who I need to get pics of and when I see him at 130 I scratched my head. I don't really understand the what you mean by rewarding the here and now over the whole picture or whatever. But whatever.[/quote:3gb03sli] I know Kase. What I was going was that the position for a given year hold for that player, they can not move down on their own merit, they can only go up on their merit. To use, eh, Doc Gooden as an example. He built enough of a lead off of his first few seasons that despite his fall off starting roughly in 1987 that he would never falter from his lofty place in Met-dom. Oh sure he eventually put up numbers that make his place on our rankings warranted, but if a Met historian was going through the totality of Met history, Doc could concievably rank third, fourth or even fifth among all time Met hurlers (eh, only Koosman off hand do I see even being considered to be placed higher but you never know with some Sabermetricians or anyone really). Frayed Knot Jan 27 2009 09:09 PM ="SteveJRogers"]I guess that is what you get when you create a system that rewards the here and now over the whole picture of a Metly career. Actually the system specifically takes into account the "whole picture of a Metly career" so I don't know WTF you're talking about. And, no, I don't want an explanation because I don't think you do either so a follow up will probably just make us both more confused. Rockin' Doc Jan 27 2009 09:24 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 28 2009 11:19 AM Sometimes when I read Steve's posts, I think he's typing in tongues. Edgy DC Jan 28 2009 07:03 AM ="SteveJRogers":3k37b4p7]Oh sure he eventually put up numbers that make his place on our rankings warranted, but if a Met historian was going through the totality of Met history, Doc could concievably rank third, fourth or even fifth among all time Met hurlers (eh, only Koosman off hand do I see even being considered to be placed higher but you never know with some Sabermetricians or anyone really).[/quote:3k37b4p7] That's true. You never know with anyone. ? Benjamin Grimm Jan 28 2009 02:04 PM What's funny to me is that when the banner has a photo of someone who played for the Mets 30 to 35 years ago, I recognize him every time. But when it's someone from the last ten to fifteen years, I often don't know for sure who it is. cooby Jan 28 2009 06:25 PM god, I'm glad somebody else said that first. Edgy DC Jan 28 2009 06:29 PM ="cooby":nushvdsi]god, I'm glad somebody else said that first.[/quote:nushvdsi] I'm glad somebody else said that second. Of course, you and I don't have a database of these mugs. SteveJRogers Jan 28 2009 07:19 PM ="Edgy DC":3lhjvaqr] ="SteveJRogers":3lhjvaqr]Oh sure he eventually put up numbers that make his place on our rankings warranted, but if a Met historian was going through the totality of Met history, Doc could concievably rank third, fourth or even fifth among all time Met hurlers (eh, only Koosman off hand do I see even being considered to be placed higher but you never know with some Sabermetricians or anyone really).[/quote:3lhjvaqr] That's true. You never know with anyone. ?[/quote:3lhjvaqr] I should really cut out the incoherent part of my ramblings huh? You never know what someone is going to do when justifying reasons for putting Dwight Gooden lower than 2nd on a list of all-time Metly hurlers. Maybe Matlack's and Darling's postseason successes could make someone chose them over Gooden. I wouldn't, but I can see that case being made. Kong76 Jan 28 2009 07:43 PM SJI: I should really cut out the incoherent part of my ramblings huh? <<< I utter this to myself often, but I ramble on. Don't change, Steve ... the only person you can be is you. SteveJRogers Jan 31 2009 06:32 PM Kase, why am I looking at Sidd Fynch? It is not April 1st yet. Well, just asking in case there is a reason beyond "random generator." Kong76 Jan 31 2009 07:08 PM Super Bowl Sunday silliness. metsguyinmichigan Feb 01 2009 08:40 PM Brilliant! metirish Feb 02 2009 06:47 AM One of the best stories ever told.....love it. Frayed Knot Feb 02 2009 07:37 AM We could definitely use Finch in our rotation this year but he's recently hired Boras as his agent and now there are rumors of a secret monastery in the bidding for his services. Kong76 Feb 02 2009 03:49 PM Going over my lists, I think I messed up a few things ... First, I think I did Eddie Murray twice. This is Dick Selma, right? Frisella and Heilman remain from the top 100 as undone. I did Charlie Neal twice too? I better not quit my day job. Edgy DC Feb 03 2009 07:20 AM Neal's intensity is worth a double dose, though. He looks part Comanche. batmagadanleadoff Feb 03 2009 05:23 PM Neal's batting helmet is flocked. Kong76 Feb 03 2009 06:10 PM It is kind of an odd picture. It's cropped from a photo in Tales from the 1962 New York Mets, by Janet Paskin, and the photo credit is Getty Images. Edgy DC Feb 04 2009 07:01 AM Getty was born in the nineties. Funny to see them distributing pictures of the early Mets, but I guess they've been buying up old libraries. They're a great business model for the nu economy, by the way. themetfairy Feb 27 2009 06:38 PM themetfairy Mar 02 2009 04:22 PM David Weathers? Kong76 Mar 03 2009 12:35 PM Formality of doing all top 200 ... I got rid of him quick :-) Benjamin Grimm Mar 03 2009 12:38 PM Didn't we once calculate that it will take something like 60,000 years for Tom Seaver to fall out of the top 500? I wonder how long it would take for David Weathers to fall out of the top 200? themetfairy Mar 03 2009 06:44 PM ="Kong76":2bnhmr7e]Formality of doing all top 200 ... I got rid of him quick :-)[/quote:2bnhmr7e] It wasn't a complaint. Weathers was actually nice to the kids before a game in Kansas City (shortly before he was traded). I was just trying to identify the photo. Kong76 Mar 04 2009 04:45 AM I didn't think you were complaining. seawolf17 Mar 25 2009 03:09 PM Is that my homeboy, Pistol Pete Harnisch? Kong76 Mar 25 2009 03:43 PM Yup �, from a 1995 program ... soupcan Mar 27 2009 07:36 AM Crazy Pete! SteveJRogers Mar 28 2009 09:34 AM Nicely done! Benjamin Grimm Apr 03 2009 02:06 PM Ray Knight looks like he's squeezing out a fart. metirish Apr 03 2009 02:29 PM Looks a bit like Kevin Appier when I first took notice , Appier featured that stance quite a bit too IIRC. TransMonk Apr 07 2009 03:49 PM Never bitched before, but the banner reads: Everybody in the pool! Joining us for off-season hot stove discussion is easy. Shoot us an email introducing yourself and letting us know what user name you'd like to use. An admin will activate your user name asap, and send you sign-on instructions. Thanks for visiting! Time to update for 2009! Kong76 Apr 07 2009 04:00 PM Thanks for the nudge, I was dosing again. TransMonk Apr 08 2009 09:26 AM As always, the admins do a great job with this site. MFS62 Apr 08 2009 10:07 AM ="TransMonk":34eve5h6]As always, the admins do a great job with this site.[/quote:34eve5h6] Except when they ignore my fervent plea for help. Later Kong76 Apr 08 2009 05:17 PM Trying to make my numbers add up. This was Jeff Reardon, right? ... Kong76 Apr 08 2009 05:28 PM 142 doesn't show up with my chicken scratch list either. Dick Selma? I'm just being lazy, I'll figure it out if no one chimes in. SteveJRogers Apr 12 2009 07:00 PM Whats with the Announcer Troika? Not that I'm complaining of course. Edgy DC Apr 12 2009 07:26 PM Seems self-explanatory. Met Hunter Apr 12 2009 11:34 PM ="Kong76"]Trying to make my numbers add up. This was Jeff Reardon, right? ... This one looks like Neil Allen. Met Hunter Apr 12 2009 11:34 PM ="Kong76"]142 doesn't show up with my chicken scratch list either. Dick Selma? I'm just being lazy, I'll figure it out if no one chimes in. This is Larry Bearnarth. Kong76 Apr 15 2009 06:33 PM Thanks, MH ... I've been busy and haven't been able to look at this much. SteveJRogers Apr 20 2009 06:26 PM So the player's name is going to be linked in the banner going forward, or is this just a random "hey it's Cliff, why not" sort of thing? Kong76 Apr 20 2009 07:19 PM Started with D.J. Dozier over the weekend, no one noticed. Top 200 Mets thing died with ~ 15 left ... the CPF contract with the Ramones has expired too ... everyone hates the new stadium ... David Wright can only hit when no one is on base ... if it weren't for Johan I'd just pull the plug. Random Mets from here on in until further notice. Rockin' Doc Apr 20 2009 07:39 PM Bang! Pow! Cliff Floyd is one of my all-time favorite Mets. Nice to see him making an appearance around the 'pool once again. Edgy DC Apr 20 2009 08:19 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 20 2009 10:35 PM The Crane Pool Forum has appreciated their relationship over the years with the Ramones, but after recent meetings with Marky, Tommy, and CJ, all agreed that it was best for both parties to go in seperate directions. We wish the Ramones well and hope for opportunities to work together in the future. In the meantime, the Crane Pool Forum is very excited about the new era of linking our introduction statement to our banner, to help people understand who exactly we're looking at. In an age of names which honor corporate relationships trumping names that are meaningful to the fan's and the city's relationship with the team, we feel confident in making a countercultural choice, and hope the fans will be excited to see us zag as other fora continue to zig. Frayed Knot Apr 20 2009 09:14 PM ]Started with D.J. Dozier over the weekend, no one noticed. I did. Elster88 Apr 20 2009 11:43 PM I noticed. I like it. Met Hunter Apr 21 2009 10:00 AM I like to try guessing. I recognized DJ before I saw the name. Now I will just guess without looking to the right. Edgy DC Apr 21 2009 11:34 AM That looks like the photo that produced the BANG! POW! image, but that one had him in the orange jersey. G-Fafif Apr 21 2009 12:04 PM Love the Player ID program. Great touch. The Ramones can go their own way. Or is that Fleetwood Mac? Fman99 Apr 21 2009 12:16 PM ="Elster88":wx56um7b]I noticed. I like it.[/quote:wx56um7b] Ditto. I didn't notice it with Dozier but I did today with Floyd. Even better for us younger sorts, who don't instantly recognize the 1960s-1970s era Mets just by head shots. SteveJRogers Apr 22 2009 06:09 PM Give it up for David Wright's agent! Met Hunter Apr 22 2009 06:59 PM Man, I can still remember when Keith was that thin. Elster88 Apr 28 2009 10:04 PM Looks like the banner has "click here" instead of the player's name. Is that intentional? Kong76 Apr 29 2009 04:24 PM I never know if Elster is serious. But, if you click on "click here" it will bring you to the UMDB page of the player pictured. I figured when I was putting the name some people were disappointed because they liked to guess so click here fixes that. Farmer Ted May 04 2009 03:04 PM I like it. I like it a lot. metsmarathon May 04 2009 03:22 PM ]Intelligent, lively, and provocative discussion of the Mets, Ed Kranepool, and, when we're gettin' on a roll, this guy! Kong76 May 04 2009 04:43 PM Thanks, that flows better. batmagadanleadoff May 05 2009 04:22 PM Thurman Munson? Rockin' Doc May 05 2009 06:05 PM Damn, I never knew Gorman Thomas played for the Mets. G-Fafif May 09 2009 07:05 AM Bill Denehy's all right, but I really love that view beyond the 358 sign. metirish May 11 2009 01:16 PM I liked Rick White.....was it Kiner or Healy that would always mess his name up? I remember Rick being big for us in 2000 , always seemed to be in trouble though. Fman99 May 11 2009 02:17 PM ="metirish":1aprm4tv]I liked Rick White.....was it Kiner or Healy that would always mess his name up? I remember Rick being big for us in 2000 , always seemed to be in trouble though.[/quote:1aprm4tv] I attended the game[/url:1aprm4tv] that he debuted as a Met in, in 2000, that was also Mike (A-)Bordick's debut game in which he homered. Rick picked up the win in relief of Rick Reed that day. seawolf17 May 11 2009 06:47 PM ="metirish":2d0fy8i4]I liked Rick White.....was it Kiner or Healy that would always mess his name up? I remember Rick being big for us in 2000 , always seemed to be in trouble though.[/quote:2d0fy8i4] You mean "Rick Wheat"? G-Fafif May 11 2009 09:23 PM It was Fran: "Shea will be ricking for Rock White!" I have yet to miss Fran Healy. cooby May 12 2009 06:56 PM I will miss Fran Healy until my bones are dust in the wind.... Who is that now? Rockin' Doc May 12 2009 07:11 PM Robotic Danny Heep! cooby May 12 2009 07:12 PM Izzit? I remember him... Edgy DC May 13 2009 07:34 AM Looking at Heep here, I realize I have a mostly irrational hatred of shaving down the knob at the end of the bat and wrapping one's lower hands around the shaven knob. (grumpy old man)Your hands belong above the knob.(/grumpy) (I'm also not particular to when guys have dimples hollowed out at the end of their bats. (I think Wally Backman was the first guy I noticed with such a bat, but it probably pre-dates him by at least a decade..) Benjamin Grimm May 13 2009 08:12 AM "wrapping one's hands around the shaven knob" That definitely calls for a response from Fman. metsmarathon May 13 2009 08:23 AM i would've expected the knob never to need shaving... MFS62 May 15 2009 07:51 AM I'm seeing the dreaded red x in the box instead of a picture on this morning's banner. EDIT: Never mind, the picture just found its way in there. Later metirish May 19 2009 05:31 PM Castillo looks a bit like Ortiz , yes/no? Edgy DC May 21 2009 04:20 PM Mike Cubbage and his magic leviation glasses. Swan Swan H May 21 2009 05:09 PM See the ball, hit the ball. Met Hunter May 22 2009 06:11 AM Last summer my daughter had a soccer tourney in Va Beach. The last day there, a bunch of us happened upon a Tides game in Norfolk. I noticed Cubbage sitting behind us in a Rays hat and a clipboard. He's a scout. He was so noticeable to me. Between innings we said hello and he was nice as can be. cooby Jun 04 2009 08:16 PM Is that "Sweetness" Luis Lopez? Kong76 Jun 04 2009 08:26 PM Click on the the 'this guy' link and find out each and every time the picture changes! cooby Jun 04 2009 08:28 PM Cool! I thought it still was about the Ramones Kong76 Jun 04 2009 08:34 PM She continues the friend or foe game. Benjamin Grimm Jun 05 2009 06:48 AM ="Kong76":29zavirn]Click on the the 'this guy' link and find out each and every time the picture changes![/quote:29zavirn] I love the addition of the "this guy" link. It's very helpful, since I recognize very few of the players that appeared in 1990 or after. Frayed Knot Jun 05 2009 08:13 PM It's Luis Lopez, but is it 'Super Luis Lopez Ultra'? cooby Jun 06 2009 10:30 AM ="Kong76":15bfr057]She continues the friend or foe game.[/quote:15bfr057] Now Kasey, don't take that the wrong way. It's kind of like the front door to your house. You don't notice all the squished bugs and spider webs and hand prints and stuff on it until after somebody has stopped by and suddenly you realize that you don't even really look at your front door anymore. I know you won't know what I'm talking about. Edgy DC Jun 06 2009 02:23 PM ="Frayed Knot":1q2hkxgb]It's Luis Lopez, but is it 'Super Luis Lopez Ultra'?[/quote:1q2hkxgb] I prefer Luis "Left Eye" Lopez. metirish Jun 06 2009 02:49 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":33ihq0he] ="Kong76":33ihq0he]Click on the the 'this guy' link and find out each and every time the picture changes![/quote:33ihq0he] I love the addition of the "this guy" link. It's very helpful, since I recognize very few of the players that appeared in 1990 or after.[/quote:33ihq0he] Me too , never noticed it before. Kong76 Jun 06 2009 03:35 PM coo: I know you won't know what I'm talking about <<< I don't even know what I'm talking about some days. Hopefully if there are more people who didn't realize that was a link, they will read this thread and utilize it. cooby Jun 07 2009 11:12 AM What i kinda meant was you can look at your own front door over and over again and not really see it cooby Jun 14 2009 09:23 AM at last! Kong76 Jun 27 2009 07:02 AM I guess the joke's on me! I posted an invitation on the "this guy" up top (to see if anyone really clicks there) and see if I got any bites. I get one PM from the coobster that his name is Julio and eats iguannas which is where I my brain was going with it but I didn't remember he spent time in the clink for murder?? ---------- Wikipedia: Julio Machado, born Julio Segundo Machado Rond�n (December 1, 1965 in Zulia State, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played for the New York Mets (1989-90) and Milwaukee Brewers (1990-91). Machado started his career with the Mets. In the 1990 season, he went to the Brewers in a four-player deal, along with pitcher Kevin Brown, in exchange for catcher Charlie O'Brien and a minor league player. Machado had a decent fastball, good control and willingness to challenge hitters. He also pitched a better-than-average curveball and a slider. Machado was certainly good enough to pitch for a few more years. However, he is a footnote in the ledger of baseball history. Spending the 1991 off-season in his homeland, Machado was arrested for murder being accused of shooting a woman following an auto accident. He was convicted and, following appeals, he was sentenced to 12 years in 1996. In a three-year career, Machado posted a 7-5 record with 151 strikeouts and a 3.12 ERA in 147 innings. Machado went on to play in the Venezuelan winter league and currently coaches in that league. Machado was nicknamed "Iguanaman" for his fondness of eating the meat of iguanas. ---------- Next time our paths cross, coobs ... I owe you a beer! Edgy DC Jun 27 2009 01:08 PM I conflate Julio Machado and Jose Bautista. Benjamin Grimm Jun 27 2009 01:10 PM My newest conflation is Elmer Dessens and Casey Fossum. seawolf17 Jun 27 2009 05:39 PM I loved Julio Machado. Unquestionably in the bullpen of my All-Time Mets 25-Man Roster. Frayed Knot Jul 15 2009 05:32 PM That's either Roy McMillan or Harry Truman

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="cooby":3atkxnli] ="DocTee":3atkxnli]Bruce Boisclar. Damn, that's a symbol for the late 70s Mets if ever there was one.[/quote:3atkxnli] I always thought he was kind of cute.[/quote:3atkxnli] Oh geez, really? I've always considered him one of the ugliest baseball players ever. cooby Nov 07 2008 07:28 PM Well he was born in the 50s which in 1977 put him right up there in my book. He could have looked like Godzilla and I would have liked him Besides he had long blond hair DocTee Nov 07 2008 08:28 PM ]I always thought he was kind of cute. I always thought you were kind of desperate. j/k seawolf17 Nov 12 2008 05:19 PM Mark Fuckin' Carreon! Loved that guy. cooby Nov 12 2008 07:21 PM Me too...more than just a little Kong76 Nov 14 2008 02:33 PM Is it Ree-bant or Rye-bant. I always said Ree, but I almost think I remember someone correcting me a year or two ago. Kong76 Nov 15 2008 06:19 AM All the pictures in one place, The CPF Wall of Fame ... http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/banner.html Click on link and hit F11, it looks cool! cooby Nov 20 2008 05:18 PM Mackey Sasser...hot damn cooby Dec 02 2008 06:07 PM Is that Teddy Martinez with earmuffs on? John Cougar Lunchbucket Dec 02 2008 07:47 PM I think its Elliot Maddox seawolf17 Dec 02 2008 08:04 PM Actually, it's Richard Pryor. Rockin' Doc Dec 02 2008 09:14 PM Montgomery Brewster seawolf17 Dec 03 2008 09:47 AM ="Rockin' Doc":3hvjycm8] Montgomery Brewster[/quote:3hvjycm8] Bingo! Exactly what I was thinking. Edgy DC Dec 03 2008 11:05 AM I was thinking of him as Charlie Snow in Bingo Long. A Boy Named Seo Dec 12 2008 04:39 PM Thought current guy was reverse-negative John Franco. Armando Reynoso? Kong76 Dec 12 2008 06:11 PM Yup � And I think it was Maddox too, I thought I answered last week. cooby Dec 14 2008 05:55 PM Okay who is that? cooby Dec 15 2008 07:02 PM Willie Mays! Rockin' Doc Dec 15 2008 09:01 PM Willie was the man. Kong76 Dec 20 2008 06:51 PM Updated ... http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/banner.html DocTee Dec 20 2008 07:20 PM Cranepool (row 3, col 1) and Leiter (5,3) could be twins. Kong76 Dec 20 2008 07:42 PM Krane is 3,3. Love that grin on 3,1 and you're right about the resemblance with 5,3. DocTee Dec 20 2008 08:15 PM who's 3,1? Kong76 Dec 21 2008 09:41 AM I'm guessing a really young Swoboda? I'm drawing a blank, a young Grote? I'll find the source picture this afternoon and post it. Kong76 Dec 21 2008 01:54 PM It's Grote, I was wrong on a couple of levels. It's the 7th picture in the top 100 and Swoboda is in the top 200. I looked through '65-'69 and the 1970 yearbook and I can't find where I cropped that from. Can anyone sell me a clue? metirish Dec 21 2008 04:52 PM Love the new banner , nice work. Willets Point Dec 21 2008 05:13 PM MR. MET: "Merry Christmas, you old wonderful savings & loan!" Kong76 Dec 21 2008 05:22 PM Credit goes to the 2006 Mets holiday card they sent out (and KB who found it today going through old xmas cards) ... I figure we'll leave the ol' red-stitched head up until next weekend. A Boy Named Seo Dec 21 2008 10:07 PM Love it. cooby Dec 23 2008 08:41 PM ="KC"]It's Grote, I was wrong on a couple of levels. It's the 7th picture in the top 100 and Swoboda is in the top 200. I looked through '65-'69 and the 1970 yearbook and I can't find where I cropped that from. Can anyone sell me a clue? I remember that picture and my first yearbook was 1972 so look in the early 70's KC. Edgy DC Dec 23 2008 09:15 PM He's got Grote's signature unpigmented patches on his face. Frayed Knot Dec 24 2008 06:26 AM Patches which later manifested themselves as unpigmented patches of hair when he grew a beard. G-Fafif Jan 14 2009 04:48 PM LOOK WHO'S NO. 1 is, appropriately, the No. 1 banner yet. Kong76 Jan 14 2009 06:06 PM Yeah, I ran out of pics of the top 100-200 Mets. I need to hit the boxes. I've been busy and figure a generic classic a day here or there is cool in the dead of Jan and Feb instead of looking at Elio for another day longer. (nothing against Elio's mug, of course) SteveJRogers Jan 16 2009 03:32 PM Strange shot of Murray Kase. Plus, ummm the Met logo is quite visable. Kong76 Jan 16 2009 03:57 PM Logo is pretty blurry on my end. I think that's one of those Brace photos. I think you're the one who pointed out sometime ago that many of them are in Chicago. Kong76 Jan 18 2009 07:15 PM Just noticed on the lcd screen if you tilt it right the words from the opposite page bleed through. Hard to get good help these days. cooby Jan 22 2009 04:52 PM !!!! themetfairy Jan 27 2009 05:25 PM Matt Franco? Kong76 Jan 27 2009 07:31 PM Matt it is. I was waiting for the computer to do something and I was thumbing through the scorecard/program that Baerga was in and found Franco who we needed for top 200. I was doing them sorta randomly, but this knocked one more guy off. I'll pick it up and round out the last 45, I've been busy. How did Harry Parker land at #130 on our all time 500 Mets list? seawolf17 Jan 27 2009 07:40 PM ="Kong76":2mpdu8tr]How did Harry Parker land at #130 on our all time 500 Mets list?[/quote:2mpdu8tr] I was actually wondering the same thing. I'm using that list for my Mets autograph collection, and he's one of the few Top 200 guys I still need... and I don't think I've ever even heard of him. SteveJRogers Jan 27 2009 07:56 PM ="Kong76":3kheizku] How did Harry Parker land at #130 on our all time 500 Mets list?[/quote:3kheizku] Because the Mets have had a lot more crappy players and Parker lasted long enough to be considered a "decent piece of crap" or something? SteveJRogers Jan 27 2009 07:57 PM Speaking of which, Butch Huskey in the Top 100? But hey, I guess that is what you get when you create a system that rewards the here and now over the whole picture of a Metly career. Kong76 Jan 27 2009 08:07 PM A lot of work went into the rankings, and it's not perfect ... I threw out Harry because looking at who I need to get pics of and when I see him at 130 I scratched my head. I don't really understand the what you mean by rewarding the here and now over the whole picture or whatever. But whatever. SteveJRogers Jan 27 2009 08:22 PM ="Kong76":3gb03sli]A lot of work went into the rankings, and it's not perfect ... I threw out Harry because looking at who I need to get pics of and when I see him at 130 I scratched my head. I don't really understand the what you mean by rewarding the here and now over the whole picture or whatever. But whatever.[/quote:3gb03sli] I know Kase. What I was going was that the position for a given year hold for that player, they can not move down on their own merit, they can only go up on their merit. To use, eh, Doc Gooden as an example. He built enough of a lead off of his first few seasons that despite his fall off starting roughly in 1987 that he would never falter from his lofty place in Met-dom. Oh sure he eventually put up numbers that make his place on our rankings warranted, but if a Met historian was going through the totality of Met history, Doc could concievably rank third, fourth or even fifth among all time Met hurlers (eh, only Koosman off hand do I see even being considered to be placed higher but you never know with some Sabermetricians or anyone really). Frayed Knot Jan 27 2009 09:09 PM ="SteveJRogers"]I guess that is what you get when you create a system that rewards the here and now over the whole picture of a Metly career. Actually the system specifically takes into account the "whole picture of a Metly career" so I don't know WTF you're talking about. And, no, I don't want an explanation because I don't think you do either so a follow up will probably just make us both more confused. Rockin' Doc Jan 27 2009 09:24 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jan 28 2009 11:19 AM Sometimes when I read Steve's posts, I think he's typing in tongues. Edgy DC Jan 28 2009 07:03 AM ="SteveJRogers":3k37b4p7]Oh sure he eventually put up numbers that make his place on our rankings warranted, but if a Met historian was going through the totality of Met history, Doc could concievably rank third, fourth or even fifth among all time Met hurlers (eh, only Koosman off hand do I see even being considered to be placed higher but you never know with some Sabermetricians or anyone really).[/quote:3k37b4p7] That's true. You never know with anyone. ? Benjamin Grimm Jan 28 2009 02:04 PM What's funny to me is that when the banner has a photo of someone who played for the Mets 30 to 35 years ago, I recognize him every time. But when it's someone from the last ten to fifteen years, I often don't know for sure who it is. cooby Jan 28 2009 06:25 PM god, I'm glad somebody else said that first. Edgy DC Jan 28 2009 06:29 PM ="cooby":nushvdsi]god, I'm glad somebody else said that first.[/quote:nushvdsi] I'm glad somebody else said that second. Of course, you and I don't have a database of these mugs. SteveJRogers Jan 28 2009 07:19 PM ="Edgy DC":3lhjvaqr] ="SteveJRogers":3lhjvaqr]Oh sure he eventually put up numbers that make his place on our rankings warranted, but if a Met historian was going through the totality of Met history, Doc could concievably rank third, fourth or even fifth among all time Met hurlers (eh, only Koosman off hand do I see even being considered to be placed higher but you never know with some Sabermetricians or anyone really).[/quote:3lhjvaqr] That's true. You never know with anyone. ?[/quote:3lhjvaqr] I should really cut out the incoherent part of my ramblings huh? You never know what someone is going to do when justifying reasons for putting Dwight Gooden lower than 2nd on a list of all-time Metly hurlers. Maybe Matlack's and Darling's postseason successes could make someone chose them over Gooden. I wouldn't, but I can see that case being made. Kong76 Jan 28 2009 07:43 PM SJI: I should really cut out the incoherent part of my ramblings huh? <<< I utter this to myself often, but I ramble on. Don't change, Steve ... the only person you can be is you. SteveJRogers Jan 31 2009 06:32 PM Kase, why am I looking at Sidd Fynch? It is not April 1st yet. Well, just asking in case there is a reason beyond "random generator." Kong76 Jan 31 2009 07:08 PM Super Bowl Sunday silliness. metsguyinmichigan Feb 01 2009 08:40 PM Brilliant! metirish Feb 02 2009 06:47 AM One of the best stories ever told.....love it. Frayed Knot Feb 02 2009 07:37 AM We could definitely use Finch in our rotation this year but he's recently hired Boras as his agent and now there are rumors of a secret monastery in the bidding for his services. Kong76 Feb 02 2009 03:49 PM Going over my lists, I think I messed up a few things ... First, I think I did Eddie Murray twice. This is Dick Selma, right? Frisella and Heilman remain from the top 100 as undone. I did Charlie Neal twice too? I better not quit my day job. Edgy DC Feb 03 2009 07:20 AM Neal's intensity is worth a double dose, though. He looks part Comanche. batmagadanleadoff Feb 03 2009 05:23 PM Neal's batting helmet is flocked. Kong76 Feb 03 2009 06:10 PM It is kind of an odd picture. It's cropped from a photo in Tales from the 1962 New York Mets, by Janet Paskin, and the photo credit is Getty Images. Edgy DC Feb 04 2009 07:01 AM Getty was born in the nineties. Funny to see them distributing pictures of the early Mets, but I guess they've been buying up old libraries. They're a great business model for the nu economy, by the way. themetfairy Feb 27 2009 06:38 PM themetfairy Mar 02 2009 04:22 PM David Weathers? Kong76 Mar 03 2009 12:35 PM Formality of doing all top 200 ... I got rid of him quick :-) Benjamin Grimm Mar 03 2009 12:38 PM Didn't we once calculate that it will take something like 60,000 years for Tom Seaver to fall out of the top 500? I wonder how long it would take for David Weathers to fall out of the top 200? themetfairy Mar 03 2009 06:44 PM ="Kong76":2bnhmr7e]Formality of doing all top 200 ... I got rid of him quick :-)[/quote:2bnhmr7e] It wasn't a complaint. Weathers was actually nice to the kids before a game in Kansas City (shortly before he was traded). I was just trying to identify the photo. Kong76 Mar 04 2009 04:45 AM I didn't think you were complaining. seawolf17 Mar 25 2009 03:09 PM Is that my homeboy, Pistol Pete Harnisch? Kong76 Mar 25 2009 03:43 PM Yup �, from a 1995 program ... soupcan Mar 27 2009 07:36 AM Crazy Pete! SteveJRogers Mar 28 2009 09:34 AM Nicely done! Benjamin Grimm Apr 03 2009 02:06 PM Ray Knight looks like he's squeezing out a fart. metirish Apr 03 2009 02:29 PM Looks a bit like Kevin Appier when I first took notice , Appier featured that stance quite a bit too IIRC. TransMonk Apr 07 2009 03:49 PM Never bitched before, but the banner reads: Everybody in the pool! Joining us for off-season hot stove discussion is easy. Shoot us an email introducing yourself and letting us know what user name you'd like to use. An admin will activate your user name asap, and send you sign-on instructions. Thanks for visiting! Time to update for 2009! Kong76 Apr 07 2009 04:00 PM Thanks for the nudge, I was dosing again. TransMonk Apr 08 2009 09:26 AM As always, the admins do a great job with this site. MFS62 Apr 08 2009 10:07 AM ="TransMonk":34eve5h6]As always, the admins do a great job with this site.[/quote:34eve5h6] Except when they ignore my fervent plea for help. Later Kong76 Apr 08 2009 05:17 PM Trying to make my numbers add up. This was Jeff Reardon, right? ... Kong76 Apr 08 2009 05:28 PM 142 doesn't show up with my chicken scratch list either. Dick Selma? I'm just being lazy, I'll figure it out if no one chimes in. SteveJRogers Apr 12 2009 07:00 PM Whats with the Announcer Troika? Not that I'm complaining of course. Edgy DC Apr 12 2009 07:26 PM Seems self-explanatory. Met Hunter Apr 12 2009 11:34 PM ="Kong76"]Trying to make my numbers add up. This was Jeff Reardon, right? ... This one looks like Neil Allen. Met Hunter Apr 12 2009 11:34 PM ="Kong76"]142 doesn't show up with my chicken scratch list either. Dick Selma? I'm just being lazy, I'll figure it out if no one chimes in. This is Larry Bearnarth. Kong76 Apr 15 2009 06:33 PM Thanks, MH ... I've been busy and haven't been able to look at this much. SteveJRogers Apr 20 2009 06:26 PM So the player's name is going to be linked in the banner going forward, or is this just a random "hey it's Cliff, why not" sort of thing? Kong76 Apr 20 2009 07:19 PM Started with D.J. Dozier over the weekend, no one noticed. Top 200 Mets thing died with ~ 15 left ... the CPF contract with the Ramones has expired too ... everyone hates the new stadium ... David Wright can only hit when no one is on base ... if it weren't for Johan I'd just pull the plug. Random Mets from here on in until further notice. Rockin' Doc Apr 20 2009 07:39 PM Bang! Pow! Cliff Floyd is one of my all-time favorite Mets. Nice to see him making an appearance around the 'pool once again. Edgy DC Apr 20 2009 08:19 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 20 2009 10:35 PM The Crane Pool Forum has appreciated their relationship over the years with the Ramones, but after recent meetings with Marky, Tommy, and CJ, all agreed that it was best for both parties to go in seperate directions. We wish the Ramones well and hope for opportunities to work together in the future. In the meantime, the Crane Pool Forum is very excited about the new era of linking our introduction statement to our banner, to help people understand who exactly we're looking at. In an age of names which honor corporate relationships trumping names that are meaningful to the fan's and the city's relationship with the team, we feel confident in making a countercultural choice, and hope the fans will be excited to see us zag as other fora continue to zig. Frayed Knot Apr 20 2009 09:14 PM ]Started with D.J. Dozier over the weekend, no one noticed. I did. Elster88 Apr 20 2009 11:43 PM I noticed. I like it. Met Hunter Apr 21 2009 10:00 AM I like to try guessing. I recognized DJ before I saw the name. Now I will just guess without looking to the right. Edgy DC Apr 21 2009 11:34 AM That looks like the photo that produced the BANG! POW! image, but that one had him in the orange jersey. G-Fafif Apr 21 2009 12:04 PM Love the Player ID program. Great touch. The Ramones can go their own way. Or is that Fleetwood Mac? Fman99 Apr 21 2009 12:16 PM ="Elster88":wx56um7b]I noticed. I like it.[/quote:wx56um7b] Ditto. I didn't notice it with Dozier but I did today with Floyd. Even better for us younger sorts, who don't instantly recognize the 1960s-1970s era Mets just by head shots. SteveJRogers Apr 22 2009 06:09 PM Give it up for David Wright's agent! Met Hunter Apr 22 2009 06:59 PM Man, I can still remember when Keith was that thin. Elster88 Apr 28 2009 10:04 PM Looks like the banner has "click here" instead of the player's name. Is that intentional? Kong76 Apr 29 2009 04:24 PM I never know if Elster is serious. But, if you click on "click here" it will bring you to the UMDB page of the player pictured. I figured when I was putting the name some people were disappointed because they liked to guess so click here fixes that. Farmer Ted May 04 2009 03:04 PM I like it. I like it a lot. metsmarathon May 04 2009 03:22 PM ]Intelligent, lively, and provocative discussion of the Mets, Ed Kranepool, and, when we're gettin' on a roll, this guy! Kong76 May 04 2009 04:43 PM Thanks, that flows better. batmagadanleadoff May 05 2009 04:22 PM Thurman Munson? Rockin' Doc May 05 2009 06:05 PM Damn, I never knew Gorman Thomas played for the Mets. G-Fafif May 09 2009 07:05 AM Bill Denehy's all right, but I really love that view beyond the 358 sign. metirish May 11 2009 01:16 PM I liked Rick White.....was it Kiner or Healy that would always mess his name up? I remember Rick being big for us in 2000 , always seemed to be in trouble though. Fman99 May 11 2009 02:17 PM ="metirish":1aprm4tv]I liked Rick White.....was it Kiner or Healy that would always mess his name up? I remember Rick being big for us in 2000 , always seemed to be in trouble though.[/quote:1aprm4tv] I attended the game[/url:1aprm4tv] that he debuted as a Met in, in 2000, that was also Mike (A-)Bordick's debut game in which he homered. Rick picked up the win in relief of Rick Reed that day. seawolf17 May 11 2009 06:47 PM ="metirish":2d0fy8i4]I liked Rick White.....was it Kiner or Healy that would always mess his name up? I remember Rick being big for us in 2000 , always seemed to be in trouble though.[/quote:2d0fy8i4] You mean "Rick Wheat"? G-Fafif May 11 2009 09:23 PM It was Fran: "Shea will be ricking for Rock White!" I have yet to miss Fran Healy. cooby May 12 2009 06:56 PM I will miss Fran Healy until my bones are dust in the wind.... Who is that now? Rockin' Doc May 12 2009 07:11 PM Robotic Danny Heep! cooby May 12 2009 07:12 PM Izzit? I remember him... Edgy DC May 13 2009 07:34 AM Looking at Heep here, I realize I have a mostly irrational hatred of shaving down the knob at the end of the bat and wrapping one's lower hands around the shaven knob. (grumpy old man)Your hands belong above the knob.(/grumpy) (I'm also not particular to when guys have dimples hollowed out at the end of their bats. (I think Wally Backman was the first guy I noticed with such a bat, but it probably pre-dates him by at least a decade..) Benjamin Grimm May 13 2009 08:12 AM "wrapping one's hands around the shaven knob" That definitely calls for a response from Fman. metsmarathon May 13 2009 08:23 AM i would've expected the knob never to need shaving... MFS62 May 15 2009 07:51 AM I'm seeing the dreaded red x in the box instead of a picture on this morning's banner. EDIT: Never mind, the picture just found its way in there. Later metirish May 19 2009 05:31 PM Castillo looks a bit like Ortiz , yes/no? Edgy DC May 21 2009 04:20 PM Mike Cubbage and his magic leviation glasses. Swan Swan H May 21 2009 05:09 PM See the ball, hit the ball. Met Hunter May 22 2009 06:11 AM Last summer my daughter had a soccer tourney in Va Beach. The last day there, a bunch of us happened upon a Tides game in Norfolk. I noticed Cubbage sitting behind us in a Rays hat and a clipboard. He's a scout. He was so noticeable to me. Between innings we said hello and he was nice as can be. cooby Jun 04 2009 08:16 PM Is that "Sweetness" Luis Lopez? Kong76 Jun 04 2009 08:26 PM Click on the the 'this guy' link and find out each and every time the picture changes! cooby Jun 04 2009 08:28 PM Cool! I thought it still was about the Ramones Kong76 Jun 04 2009 08:34 PM She continues the friend or foe game. Benjamin Grimm Jun 05 2009 06:48 AM ="Kong76":29zavirn]Click on the the 'this guy' link and find out each and every time the picture changes![/quote:29zavirn] I love the addition of the "this guy" link. It's very helpful, since I recognize very few of the players that appeared in 1990 or after. Frayed Knot Jun 05 2009 08:13 PM It's Luis Lopez, but is it 'Super Luis Lopez Ultra'? cooby Jun 06 2009 10:30 AM ="Kong76":15bfr057]She continues the friend or foe game.[/quote:15bfr057] Now Kasey, don't take that the wrong way. It's kind of like the front door to your house. You don't notice all the squished bugs and spider webs and hand prints and stuff on it until after somebody has stopped by and suddenly you realize that you don't even really look at your front door anymore. I know you won't know what I'm talking about. Edgy DC Jun 06 2009 02:23 PM ="Frayed Knot":1q2hkxgb]It's Luis Lopez, but is it 'Super Luis Lopez Ultra'?[/quote:1q2hkxgb] I prefer Luis "Left Eye" Lopez. metirish Jun 06 2009 02:49 PM ="Benjamin Grimm":33ihq0he] ="Kong76":33ihq0he]Click on the the 'this guy' link and find out each and every time the picture changes![/quote:33ihq0he] I love the addition of the "this guy" link. It's very helpful, since I recognize very few of the players that appeared in 1990 or after.[/quote:33ihq0he] Me too , never noticed it before. Kong76 Jun 06 2009 03:35 PM coo: I know you won't know what I'm talking about <<< I don't even know what I'm talking about some days. Hopefully if there are more people who didn't realize that was a link, they will read this thread and utilize it. cooby Jun 07 2009 11:12 AM What i kinda meant was you can look at your own front door over and over again and not really see it cooby Jun 14 2009 09:23 AM at last! Kong76 Jun 27 2009 07:02 AM I guess the joke's on me! I posted an invitation on the "this guy" up top (to see if anyone really clicks there) and see if I got any bites. I get one PM from the coobster that his name is Julio and eats iguannas which is where I my brain was going with it but I didn't remember he spent time in the clink for murder?? ---------- Wikipedia: Julio Machado, born Julio Segundo Machado Rond�n (December 1, 1965 in Zulia State, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played for the New York Mets (1989-90) and Milwaukee Brewers (1990-91). Machado started his career with the Mets. In the 1990 season, he went to the Brewers in a four-player deal, along with pitcher Kevin Brown, in exchange for catcher Charlie O'Brien and a minor league player. Machado had a decent fastball, good control and willingness to challenge hitters. He also pitched a better-than-average curveball and a slider. Machado was certainly good enough to pitch for a few more years. However, he is a footnote in the ledger of baseball history. Spending the 1991 off-season in his homeland, Machado was arrested for murder being accused of shooting a woman following an auto accident. He was convicted and, following appeals, he was sentenced to 12 years in 1996. In a three-year career, Machado posted a 7-5 record with 151 strikeouts and a 3.12 ERA in 147 innings. Machado went on to play in the Venezuelan winter league and currently coaches in that league. Machado was nicknamed "Iguanaman" for his fondness of eating the meat of iguanas. ---------- Next time our paths cross, coobs ... I owe you a beer! Edgy DC Jun 27 2009 01:08 PM I conflate Julio Machado and Jose Bautista. Benjamin Grimm Jun 27 2009 01:10 PM My newest conflation is Elmer Dessens and Casey Fossum. seawolf17 Jun 27 2009 05:39 PM I loved Julio Machado. Unquestionably in the bullpen of my All-Time Mets 25-Man Roster. Frayed Knot Jul 15 2009 05:32 PM That's either Roy McMillan or Harry Truman

[Guest cooby]

Well he was born in the 50s which in 1977 put him right up there in my book. He could have looked like Godzilla and I would have liked him

Besides he had long blond hair

[DocTee]

]I always thought he was kind of cute.

I always thought you were kind of desperate. j/k

[seawolf17]

Mark Fuckin' Carreon! Loved that guy.

[Guest cooby]

Me too...more than just a little

[Guest Kong76]

Is it Ree-bant or Rye-bant. I always said Ree, but I almost think I remember
someone correcting me a year or two ago.

[Guest Kong76]

All the pictures in one place, The CPF Wall of Fame ...

http://www.kcmets.com/CPF/banner.html

Click on link and hit F11, it looks cool!

[Guest cooby]

Mackey Sasser...hot damn

[Guest cooby]

Is that Teddy Martinez with earmuffs on?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I think its Elliot Maddox