Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

[Benjamin Grimm]

Tobi Stoner is the second Met to have been born in Germany, and the fourth to have been born in Europe.

Who was the other German-born Met? (This should be easy, I think.) And who were the other two? (One was born in France and the other in England.)

[HahnSolo]

Ron Gardenhire for Germany?

Not sure of the others.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yes, Gardenhire is the other German-born Met.

[Frayed Knot]

Les Rohr - England

Bruce Bochy - France

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yes, and yes.

That concludes our Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia!

Thank you for coming, and drive home safely!

[Frayed Knot]

I'm frightened by the fact that I knew both of those (all three actually) almost instantly.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The only one I could have gotten off the top of my head was Gardenhire. When I found Rohr and Bochy, I thought, oh yeah, I knew that.

Okay, who can name the eight who were born in Japan, or the ten who were born in Mexico?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Mexicans:
Ricardo Rincon
Oliver Perez
Alex Trevino
Chuck Estrada
Elmer Dessens

Japanese:
Takashi Kashiwada
Tsuyoshi Shinjo
Kaz Matsui
Kaz Ishii
Ken Takahashi
Hideo Nomo
Masato Yoshii

[metirish]

Mexico

Karim Garcia

[Frayed Knot]

Well, of course, the Japanese guys are more easily distinguished by their names; the only difficulty is remembering who all of them were since many were just brief ships that passed our way in the night.
Mexican guys not so easy to separate although I tend to think of them as mostly brief and semi-anonymous middle-relievers too.


Japan - Nomo, Yoshii, Shinjo, Matsui, Takahashi, ... plus a bunch of guys who were like Takahashi but weren't him

Mexico - Ollie, Armando Reynoso ... plus a bunch of guys who looked and threw like Armando Reynoso. Oh yeah, and Elmer Dessens

[metirish]

Have we alreadly purged Luis Alaya from our memories?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I mistyped, there are actually 9 Japanese-born Mets.

Seven have been mentioned so far: Hideo Nomo, Kaz Matsui, Ken Takahashi, Masato Yoshii, Takashi Kashiwada, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Kaz Ishii.

Two remain.

Chuck Estrada was born in California.

Mexicans named so far:
Alex Trevi�o
Armando Reynoso
Elmer Dessens
Karim Garcia
Luis Ayala
Oliver Perez
Ricardo Rincon

Three more. Two of them share a surname with other, non-Mexican Mets players.

[Frayed Knot]

Have we alreadly purged Luis Alaya from our memories?[/quote:xdrq1pg0]

No, but I'm trying.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Francisco Estrada. I know it was an Estrada!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Satoru Komiyama!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Francisco Estrada. I know it was an Estrada![/quote:ha7jvqj1]

Yes!

Satoru Komiyama![/quote:ha7jvqj1]

Yes!

We're down to one Japanese guy and two Mexicans.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Mister Zero, Shingo Takatsu!

[Guest Edgy DC]

The only one I could have gotten off the top of my head was Gardenhire. When I found Rohr and Bochy, I thought, oh yeah, I knew that.

Okay, who can name the eight who were born in Japan, or the ten who were born in Mexico?[/quote:1zjj8h8l]

We've had EuroMet trivia before. Pre-Grimm, pre-Yancy, and pre-your first handle, Ultimate Mets Database.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Mister Zero, Shingo Takatsu![/quote:3fsfixuv]

Yes! And that closes out the Japanese portion of our little contest.

Two more Mexicans remain.

Both are pitchers, and while they weren't teammates, their combined Mets tenures covered three consecutive seasons.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm tapping my brain and instead of coming up with Mexicans, I get guys who played in the Mexican League.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I have to confess that I would be terrible at this question.

Except for the most prominent players, like Reyes or Delgado or Beltran or Santana, I have a very hard time remembering who's Mexican or Dominican or Puerto Rican or Venezuelan.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Speaking of Beltrans... howzabout Rigo?

I've got the other, too. Just want to see if anyone else gets it...

[Benjamin Grimm]

Rigo Beltran it is.

One Mexican remaining, and he's a 1990's-era Mets pitcher.

[Met Hunter]

Was Armando Reynoso mentioned?

I thought a Stoner inspired trivia thread would have mentioned Jason Roach, Jung Bong or Phil Coke.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Jeez, I forgot about this thing.

The remaining Mexican is... Juan Acevedo.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I was drawing a violent blank.