Ollie for real I.G.T Dodgers @ Mets 4/27 Game 2

[Guest Edgy DC]

Don't look now, but the Mets are running the bases better than anybody.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

What was the trivia tid bit they threw out about Wright
and Gherig, Ruth, and maybe Mantle? I was on the phone.[/quote:2i2hjwgz]
Only other New York players to get this many hits and this many homers by this age. Pretty good for a booed guy.[/quote:2i2hjwgz]

Just guessing here, but it seems to me that Willie Mays would have likely met that criteria as well.

[Guest Kong76]

I can see it tomorrow in the rags, Wilpon's cut corners and
can't even buy quality belt wear.

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's Gehrig, DiMaggio, and somebody else --- I don't think Mantle. Ruth got a late start ptiching and didn't start in New York. Mays missed most of two years serving his country, though, so he had some catching up to do.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Don't look now, but the Mets are running the bases better than anybody.[/quote:3k4skkpn]

We're also fielding better than the other guys almost every night. Anyone see Bay's catch early?

[batmagadanleadoff]

It was Gehrig DiMaggio and Ruth, according to the telecast.

[Guest Kong76]

Holy CRAP

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

kaching!

[Gwreck]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[Guest Edgy DC]

Thing is, that's the adjustment Wright needs to make. He hit well to that spot until last year when they park started eating them up. Hitting it there with less elevation will make him an MVP.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Don't look now, but the Mets are running the bases better than anybody.[/quote:2kpxehx3]

We're also fielding better than the other guys almost every night. Anyone see Bay's catch early?[/quote:2kpxehx3]
Chip Hale for MVP.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Regarding the earlier trivia question, it appears that Willie Mays misses out on a technicality. His first six years were with the NY Giants. During that time he appeared in 762 games in which he ammassed 903 hits of which 228 were home runs. It's a reasonably safe assumption that Mays collected the needed 97 hits to reach the 1,000 hit plateau in his next 120 (or so games) since he hit .347 that next season. Unfortunately, they were as a member of the San Francisco Giants following their westward migration.

Still, some pretty lofty company Mr. Wright is hanging out with early in his career.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

The IGT's are much more enjoyable of late. It's amazing what winning does for one's mental outlook.

Ashie for MVP!

[Guest Kong76]

Keith cracks me up, wonders aloud who's got the cow bell.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, it was kind of a screwy question.
The wording went something along the lines of '1,000+ hits, and more than X no. of HRs, within so many games from the start of their NY career'

So while Mays misses out on account of losing two years to the army and then leaving NYC too soon, Ruth gets in on account of spending his earlier & non-hitting years NOT in NY.

[bmfc1]

I apologize if this has been posted already, but I looked up Chip Hale's Wikipedia article and found this:

Chip Hale is also associated with probably one of the most memorable bloopers in baseball history when on May 27, 1991, while playing for the AAA-level Portland Beavers, he hit a deep fly ball to right where outfielder Rodney McCray attempted to catch the ball and ran through the wall.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I get it. It wasn't "by this age," but rather "by this number of games." And to get into that club, better to be in Boston than in Korea. Pretty cool that no mid-career free-agent grab like Winfield qualifies either.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I apologize if this has been posted already, but I looked up Chip Hale's Wikipedia article and found this:

Chip Hale is also associated with probably one of the most memorable bloopers in baseball history when on May 27, 1991, while playing for the AAA-level Portland Beavers, he hit a deep fly ball to right where outfielder Rodney McCray attempted to catch the ball and ran through the wall.[/quote:2k80ed5s]
Yup, his presence makes people around him better fielders.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'M YOUR HUCKLEBERRY, NATIONAL LEAGUE.

[Fman99]

I'll drink to that!

[Fman99]

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mejia shows his full repetoire.

[ashie62]

The best part of David racking up the 1000 hits and HR's is that none of the comparable 3 MFY's are named Jeter

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Mejia shows his full repetoire.[/quote:10lv7d5w]

Papa like.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

OK, I'm working on the city desk as night editor tonight, and I had three college kids job shadowing me, so I couldn't check the score until now.

1) Ollie couldn't make it out of fourth inning? Was he hurt, or did he suck that badly?

2) Looks like Wright got the big hit. But surprised to see 10 runs and no homers.

Love this double-header!

[Methead]

That's one emmmmmmmmmmpty ballpark.

[Frayed Knot]

OK, I'm working on the city desk as night editor tonight, and I had three college kids job shadowing me, so I couldn't check the score until now.

1) Ollie couldn't make it out of fourth inning? Was he hurt, or did he suck that badly?[/quote:33nlbd3e]


Walked the 7th 8th & 9th hitters w/2 outs.

[Fman99]

Some sloppy 9th inning defense, we'll give em a pass. They've been out there freezing their asses off all night.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ollie had some trouble throwing strikes and the few he did were rapped pretty hard. It wasn't pretty but wasn't a classic meltdown.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

OK, I'm working on the city desk as night editor tonight, and I had three college kids job shadowing me, so I couldn't check the score until now.

1) Ollie couldn't make it out of fourth inning? Was he hurt, or did he suck that badly?[/quote:2faf4ux7]


Walked the 7th 8th & 9th hitters w/2 outs.[/quote:2faf4ux7]


Ah. That was Ollie-like.