Ultimate Mets Rum-Based Cocktails

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The thread for questions only the UMD can answer.

Like, how did Jason Roach manage to become today's (9/14) Most Popular Lookup?

[metirish]

What's interesting is that he has been the most popular lookup before too. April 20th , 2008 and this past Sunday the 13th

Looking at the memories of Jason Roach section might lead to a clue ,

Joe Figliola October 10, 2003 He may be a "cockroach" when he pitches, but Jason's a big larvae on campus when it comes to hitting. If he doesn't play another game for the Mets this season, then Jason would become the only Met player ever to hit 1.000 on a two-for-two.Think of it: Gary Bennett; Dave Liddell; Rodney McCray; and Ray Searage (I'm probably forgetting one or twomore) would all play second fiddle to a guy who had more hits in his only two at-bats of the year than Al Leiter had in 53 ABs and thirtysomething games. Such is the story of the 2003 Mets.

could he have been a trivia question?


I hope this wasn't a trivia question , was it?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Sometimes a search on Google News provides the answer, like it did recently with Ricky Otero.

This time, not so much, unless people were inspired to search on "Jason Roach" because of this article, which appeared on September 13:

http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=285899&sc=150

A chance meeting with Cheticamp pianist Jason Roach has led to engagements in Cape Breton, mainland Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and New England.

[ashie62]

I can't find Chico Esquela

[Edgy MD]

And Michael Joseph Bacsik yesterday. What the hell?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I have no idea.

Maybe he (or someone with the same name) was mentioned on the radio or something. Google News search comes up empty.

[Edgy MD]

Unhappy is he that does not know the cause of things.

[Guest themetfairy]

We remember Mike Bacsik -

[ashie62]

Edgy DC wrote: And Michael Joseph Bacsik yesterday. What the hell?

This might be why..he has been pontificating

[Benjamin Grimm]

Lee Mazzilli has bumped Tom Seaver down into fifth place in the all-time UMDB lookups. (I think this happened some time today.) When the UMDB started, Seaver was number 1, (which I think is appropriate) but he was eventually passed by Mike Piazza.

Since then, Piazza has slipped into third place. Keith Hernandez is number 1, by a sizable margin, followed by Dwight Gooden, Piazza, Mazzilli, and Seaver.

Mazzilli really doesn't belong in that company.

Ron Darling, Tug McGraw, Darryl Strawberry, Mookie Wilson, and David Wright round out the top ten.

[Centerfield]

Mazzilli might be explained by younger fans wanting to know why SNY hired such a creepy guy to be in the booth last year.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Believe it or not, I just "discovered" this page, and thought it was kinda cool, so I thought I'd share:

http://www.leaptoad.com/mets/memrecent.php?tabno=I

[Edgy MD]

That's a great page.

Seems like to get over 50 memories, you have as good a chance by being hated as you do by being loved. Guys who were both --- Gooden, Franco, Strawberry --- do particularly well, as do guys who had afterlives as managers or broadcasters.

Most Memorialized Mets[/bigpurple]

1 Mike Piazza 121
2 Tom Seaver 116
3 Dave Kingman 102
4 Keith Hernandez 101
5 Rusty Staub 95

6 Dwight Gooden 93
7 David Wright 87
8 Len Dykstra 86
9 Lee Mazzilli 85
10 Ed Kranepool 83

11 Darryl Strawberry 79
T-12 Jerry Koosman 78
T-12 Kevin McReynolds 78
14 Bruce Boisclair 76
15 John Franco 74

16 Bobby Valentine 72
T-17 Roberto Alomar 71
T-17 Mo Vaughn 71
19 Howard Johnson 69
20 Jose Reyes 67

21 Tom Glavine 66
22 Willie Randolph 65
23 Tommie Agee 64
24 Gary Carter 63
T-25 Robin Ventura 62

T-25 Mookie Wilson 62
27 Jerry Grote 61
T-28 Jeromy Burnitz 60
T-28 Steve Trachsel 60
T-30 Bobby Bonilla 58

T-30 Gregg Jefferies 58
T-32 Ron Darling 56
T-32 John Stearns 56
34 Ron Swoboda 55
35 Ron Hodges 54

T-36 Wally Backman 53
T-36 Cleon Jones 53
T-36 Ty Wigginton 53
T-39 Edgardo Alfonzo 51
T-39 Armando Benitez 51

T-39 Sid Fernandez 51
T-39 Richie Hebner 51
T-39 Felix Millan 51
44 Doug Sisk 50

Interesting that Bud Harrellson --- despite a long career as a player; an afterlife as a coach, manager, broadcaster; the key role in one of the most famous, if not the most famous, fights in Mets history; a high-profile post baseball career in the area as Duck owner; and being touched by notorious tabloid news --- is still so non-descript that he doesn't make this list. In fact, he has fewer memories posted (32) than Allen F. Watson (40).

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Bud's stint as manager I think somewhat tarnished his old-skool appeal.

This list proves that you just don't F with Bruce Boisclair!

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm really surprised by how high some of these numbers are. 87 memories about David Wright? They seem to just trickle in, but I never noticed how quickly they were adding up.

And I have no memory of creating that page. I was absolutely surprised to see it there. I must have knocked it out pretty quickly. (Either that, or it was put there by elves.)

[Benjamin Grimm]

A 1962 Met, Larry Foss, posted a memory of Gene Woodling today to the UMDB.

[Edgy MD]

That's a great memory.

[G-Fafif]

"Pimping"?

[Valadius]

He left his e-mail. I think Grimmy should reach out to him in some fashion.

[seawolf17]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: A 1962 Met, Larry Foss, posted a memory of Gene Woodling today to the UMDB.

You going to drop him a note as Val suggested? If not, I will, as I'd like to request if it's okay to mail him a card to be autographed.

[Benjamin Grimm]

seawolf17 wrote: You going to drop him a note as Val suggested? If not, I will, as I'd like to request if it's okay to mail him a card to be autographed.

Go right ahead. I don't expect I'll be contacting him.

[Fman99]

We're making Mets daiquiris? I'll have one please.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

What's the Mets' all-time record in doubleheaders? sweep/split/swept?

When was our last sweep? If I had to guess I'd say we're pretty rotten in this stat in recent years but I don't really know. We split last year at least once as I recall

[Fman99]

I swear, I was just about to make the exact same joke I made two posts ago back in March.

Fwife is right, I really only know about 10 funny things and I just beat them to death! Fuck. I'll watch George Lopez this week and I'll have some all new material for everyone.

[Valadius]

One little tidbit I found interesting is that the Mets have the all-time best record on Opening Day out of any MLB franchise.

[Gwreck]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: What's the Mets' all-time record in doubleheaders? sweep/split/swept? When was our last sweep? If I had to guess I'd say we're pretty rotten in this stat in recent years but I don't really know. We split last year at least once as I recall

We haven't won a home DH since 2006 and over the last ten years, only won 4, 3 of which were in 2000. We also haven't lost a home DH since 2003 either.

Home
4 Wins
11 Split
4 Losses

Road
2 Wins
2 Splits
4 Losses

2 Stadiums, 1 Day
1 Split
2 Losses

[ashie62]

Time to win one

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Gwreck wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: What's the Mets' all-time record in doubleheaders? sweep/split/swept? When was our last sweep? If I had to guess I'd say we're pretty rotten in this stat in recent years but I don't really know. We split last year at least once as I recall We haven't won a home DH since 2006 and over the last ten years, only won 4, 3 of which were in 2000. We also haven't lost a home DH since 2003 either. Home 4 Wins 11 Split 4 Losses Road 2 Wins 2 Splits 4 Losses 2 Stadiums, 1 Day 1 Split 2 Losses

So that's 6-14-10 Sweep/Split/Swept since 2000; and 3-14-9 since 2001? Can the umd check this out? Thanks!

[Willets Point]

I so thought this thread was about Ultimate Mets Daiquiris.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Mets, going into tonight's game, have played 470 doubleheaders.

They've swept 96 of them, and have been swept in 156.

214 of the doubleheaders ended in a conventional split, with the Mets winning the first game 98 times, and taking the nightcap in the other 116.

That leaves four less conventional results, four doubleheaders in which the second game ended in a tie. In those four twinbills, the Mets won the first game once, and lost the opener three times.

(These doubleheaders that included tie games were played on 6/7/64 vs. LA, 5/31,65 vs. the Cubs, 10/2/65 vs. the Phillies, and 9/2/68 against the Braves.)

In the 2000's decade, the Mets had only six sweeps, the last one coming on 6/29/07 in Philadelphia. The previous sweeps were 9/6/06 at home against the Braves and 8/19/04 in Denver. The Mets swept three doubleheaders in 2000, against the Cubs on 4/22, the Expos on 7/27, and the Rockies on 8/15.

The team that the Mets have swept by the most often is the Phillies, with 27 sweeps. The Cardinals are next with 17, then the Giants with 16, and then the Cubs, Expos, Pirates, and Reds with 13.

On the plus side, the Mets have swept the Pirates most frequently, at 14 times. The Cubs and Phillies are next, with 11, then the Braves, Expos, and Colts/Astros with 10.

As for today's opponent, the Mets have only swept the Dodgers once, on August 28, 1971.