Guest Edgy DC Guests Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 The Memories of Brian Stokes Thread.I remember Brian's coming being marked with scomething less than a warm welcome from Valadius.http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/7800/f1_t7869.shtml
Guest themetfairy Guests Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 He shares a birthday with my daughter. And this will likely change soon, but for the moment his Wikipedia page features a picture that I took this season.
Guest themetfairy Guests Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 He shares a birthday with my daughter. And this will likely change soon, but for the moment his Wikipedia page features a picture that I took this season.
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 I like that photo. I may end up using it for Stokes' UMDB page.Stokes, by the way, was a five-time winner of the Schaefer Mets Relief Pitcher of the Month award, twice in 2008 and three times in 2009.
Guest themetfairy Guests Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 I like that photo. I may end up using it for Stokes' UMDB page.[/quote:3cvnxcaj]I would be honored BG!
smg58 Old-Timey Member Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 Getting Pujols to hit into a double play with the bases loaded (6/22/09) has to be the high point.He was a good situational guy for us, but his control unraveled as the innings piled up. Still, he didn't come completely unhinged like a few Mets relievers have over the past couple of years.
Guest Edgy DC Guests Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 Similarity scores through age 29:[*:d3nd819u]Carlos Almanzar (992) [/*:m:d3nd819u][*:d3nd819u]Tyler Yates (988) [/*:m:d3nd819u][*:d3nd819u]Roman Colon (986) [/*:m:d3nd819u][*:d3nd819u]Santiago Casilla (986) [/*:m:d3nd819u][*:d3nd819u]Mike Stanton (984) [/*:m:d3nd819u][*:d3nd819u]Steve Shields (983) [/*:m:d3nd819u][*:d3nd819u]Britt Reames (982) [/*:m:d3nd819u][*:d3nd819u]Jay Baller (982) [/*:m:d3nd819u][*:d3nd819u]Darrel Akerfelds (980) [/*:m:d3nd819u][*:d3nd819u]Belve Bean (980)[/*:m:d3nd819u][/list:o:d3nd819u]Belve Bean?
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 Beveric Benton (Belve) Bean. Played for Cleveland from 1930 to 1935, and with the Senators for 10 games in 1935.
Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket Guests Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 The Mets only trusted him to do so much, but he made a pretty good showing for himself and he certainly proved worth the "risk" of picking up. That said, I think you gotta move these easy-come, easy-go placeholders while you can, get some good and move onto the next.I think my best memory was finding his wedding photos on the Internet.
Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Guests Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 Between Schneider and him, we've taken a significant hit in the WAG-hotness department.
Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket Guests Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 Find that thread.[/quote:1scy34b3]I saw it not all that long ago, now it's disappeared
Guest Edgy DC Guests Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 Between Schneider and him, we've taken a significant hit in the WAG-hotness department.[/quote:13yqzn9p]Matthews had a hot paternity suit laid on him.
Benjamin Grimm Old-Timey Member Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 I like that photo. I may end up using it for Stokes' UMDB page.
Guest themetfairy Guests Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 Very nice The other pitcher was Jaime Cerda, whom we remember fondly because he was very nice to my kids on a couple of occasions.
G-Fafif Old-Timey Member Posted January 22, 2010 Posted January 22, 2010 For about ten minutes there in first ten or so days of September 2008, I was amazed we were riding the Stokes-Ayala combination through the eighth and ninth innings. Imagine such an unlikely setup/closer pair clearing the way to a division crown!Imagining, alas, was all we were left to do.Stokes was another of those guys I was always forgetting when trying to remember who was on the roster at any given moment. Every year there's a couple. In 2009 there must have been a dozen.
Valadius Old-Timey Member Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 In my defense, he had a god-awful track record before he arrived.
MFS62 Old-Timey Member Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 For about ten minutes there in first ten or so days of September 2008, I was amazed we were riding the Stokes-Ayala combination through the eighth and ninth innings. Imagine such an unlikely setup/closer pair clearing the way to a division crown!Imagining, alas, was all we were left to do.
Guest Edgy DC Guests Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 The Mets lost on the last day, so I certainly didn't think the season was definitely lost until it was definitely lost, no matter who was in the pen.
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