memories of Argenis Reyes

[Guest Edgy DC]

Signed away by the Dodgers.

Hit his only homer against Brad Thompson to put the Mets up 7-1 in a late-July laugher as they cruised toward what turned out not to be a division title after all.

Was he really 28?

[TransMonk]

I showed up to a game in Milwaukee in June of 2009 and saw the lineups on a TV in the concourse. It said "Reyes" was leading off. I thought for a brief second that Jose had been magically cured and was now back in the starting lineup. Then I remembered that Argenis was on the team.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The kid who created a "MBTN" worship page on facebook also operates the Argenis Reyes group. Poor kid chooses his heroes poorly.

[Centerfield]

In my mind, he is one of the best examples of the notion that you can suck and still be a fan favorite just as long as you don't make lots of money.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Don't forget to have a funny name and not be pressed into too much service.

If the team is desperate enough that they might really need to overexpose you, try to get injured.

Argenis had this formula down.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Looking like a baby and/or a character from "The Wire" also helps.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Only Argenis in MLB history.

[Centerfield]

You think he looks like Bodie? Sheee-it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hold your head up, hold your head high

[Theoldmole]

And yet the Mets have had two Ambiorixes.

[ashie62]

I just liked saying Uranus Reyes

[Centerfield]

I'm just glad we're keeping our non-heinous Reyes.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Only Argenis in MLB history.[/quote:3tstl0wd]

I remember an Argenis Salazar, but Retrosheet has him as "Angel":

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/Psalaa001.htm

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

During the week or two he played last year, I saw three games in person with LWBH (an old-movie buff), during which I made her groan thrice with "Argenis and Old Face" jokes about our erstwhile middle infield.

[i probably smelled like ShackBurger and Old Beer at the time(s), too. Honestly, I don't know how she let me close enough to get her pregnant.]

[G-Fafif]

The Mets were 10-0 in the first ten games in which he played, which must be some kind of Met record. He was batting, slugging and on-basing .316 when that stretch ended.

[Guest Edgy DC]

That's pretty funking cool.

[Ceetar]

My 'favorite' memories were probably when he went a whole month without a hit in late 2008.

[G-Fafif]

That's pretty funking cool.[/quote:24k8qymg]

Isn't it? I've been trying to match up Met winning spurts with first Met appearances and can't find anybody matching Argenis, who had the good sense to sit out the Mets' 3-2 loss to the Phillies the night after he debuted in an 11-1 win over the Cardinals. A ten-game team winning streak commenced immediately thereafter, and Argenis saw action in nine of those contests.

Maybe if Argenis had played that one game when he sat, the Mets would have won that night (for evidence would suggest he was best luck charm ever).

Tom Paciorek's Mets lost their first game 1-0 and then won the next ten -- but get it right the next time, that's not the same thing.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

oh-oh-woe-oh

[G-Fafif]

Reliving the Reyes Hot Start of 'Genny and the Mets, here.

[Guest themetfairy]

D-Dad liked how he looked when we saw him play in Buffalo last August -



I remember always worrying about remembering to label him as AReyes in the POTG polls.