Mets Hall of Fame Grey Group

[Guest Edgy DC]

Please select four, no fewer, no more.

Five is right out.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Darling, Franco, Gooden, McCarver.

[Guest themetfairy]

I went for The Sign Man and Gooden.

I will vote for Darling in future years, but I think I'll feel better about voting for him after he has a few more years of Mets announcing.

[soupcan]

Darling, Doubleday, Franco, Gooden.

[seawolf17]

Sign Man, Franco, Gooden, Jackson.

[Theoldmole]

I can't believe that Karl Ehrhardt has gotten more votes than Al Jackson or Tim McCarver. He was colorful, but not that colorful. My #4 vote was between those two, and I went for little Al.

[Guest themetfairy]

I can't believe that Karl Ehrhardt has gotten more votes than Al Jackson or Tim McCarver. He was colorful, but not that colorful. My #4 vote was between those two, and I went for little Al.[/quote:2p62omzu]

Plenty of us dislike McCarver. Nobody dislikes Ehrhardt.

[dgwphotography]

Well, since I HAVE to vote for four:

Karl Ehrhardt, Nelson Doubleday, John Franco, Dwight Gooden

[G-Fafif]

As much as I relish voting for Doc, I can't stand voting for Franco, but I do it anyway because there's too much of him to ignore. Karl Ehrhardt and Dave Kingman carry the rest of the day. The Tim McCarver of the Mets '80s got strong consideration and wasn't necessarily negated by the later, irritating Tim McCarver. It's just that Kingman was so much the symbol of what little Met power there was for so long.

[RealityChuck]

Darling, Ehrhart, Franco, and Gooden

No way that Kingman would ever get my vote. He's one of the greatest wastes of talent in the history of baseball.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Darling, Ehrhart, Franco, and Gooden

No way that Kingman would ever get my vote. He's one of the greatest wastes of talent in the history of baseball.[/quote:1mpv1via]

That's absurd.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Darling, SignMan, Franco, Gooden

[Guest Edgy DC]

More Why posts, please.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Darling, Franco, Gooden, McCarver.[/quote:rrgc05xz]

Darling: Key role on a championship team, but the tipping point was his return as a broadcaster. As someone else noted (I think metfairy) he continues to build his credentials with each year in the booth.

Franco: Mainly for longevity. If Kranepool is in, then Franco should be in.

Gooden: His total Mets numbers reached, more or less, the Koosman level. Add in the sensation that he was in 1984 and 1985, and I'll say it's enough (although it's arguable) to offset the drug stuff and the Yankeeness.

McCarver: He gets points for longevity, but mostly for waking up Ralph Kiner from his Lorn Brown-induced coma and, along with Steve Zabriskie, making it fun to watch the Mets again. The difference between the 1982 broadcast booth and the 1983 version was a total transformation, and Tim gets 80% of the credit for it. (Another 10 to Steve, and 10 to Ralph for meshing so well with the new regime.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I have to say that, though I have him clicked above, I'm a little shy about Gooden. Though he and Strawberry are always one relapse from disaster and embarassment, his recent profile suggests to me that he's concerningly a little further off the straight and narrow than Strawberry.

I need to weigh that more closely as we approach the final round. The other point of view on how to deal with such concerns is to get him in now while he's allegedly straight.

Considering the legacy of his numbers alone, it's, of course, a no-brainer.

I think we serve him and us best with full reconcilation being used as a carrot to draw him as far as possible into recovery and personal and legal restoration.

[Guest Kong76]

RC: No way that Kingman would ever get my vote. He's one of the greatest wastes of talent in the history of baseball <<<

Careful with that axe, Eugene! The history of baseball? One could come
up with a few Mets within years of each other that were more of a waste
of talent starting with Gooden, Strawberry, and Jefferies.

[metirish]

I'm voting on the players Met career and not what he or she did elsewhere.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, I don't think anybody's pushing for Warren Spahn or Nolan Ryan.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Darling, SignMan, Franco, Gooden[/quote:3pyvywon]

RD: Spent his twenties intermittently contending for Cys for the '86ers and several other contending teams. Also, the mikework. In essence, he's Sid and McCarver rolled into one candidate.

KE: Emblem of the first Shea era ('64-'81) and of Met fan culture-- and of Shea's place in American culture at large-- in general. (This one almost went to McCarver. Close but no cigar, and I grew up with him in the booth.)

JF: Longevity. Captainship. Kind of encapsulates Mets fandom's roller-coaster relationship with the team, no?

DG: First baseball player I ever loved. Also... duh.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Doubleday, Franco, Gooden, McCarver. I disliked Ehrhardt from the day he held up the sign reading 'Is Ed Kranepool Over The Hill?'

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I made a case for Kingman but nobody's refuted it, they just not voting for him. F this

[Guest Edgy DC]

i guess I could have posted a ballot all-MLB like and invited folks to fill in 1-10 names.

[Valadius]

Gooden, Franco, Darling, and Doubleday, if only to infuriate Wilpon.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Gooden, Franco, Doubleday, Darling

[Guest Kong76]

Sign Guy
Kingman
Gooden
Franco