Mets Daily Trivia Jan 11

[Guest cooby]

Who was the last man to wear a Mets uniform that was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame?

[Ceetar]

cooby wrote: Who was the last man to wear a Mets uniform that was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame?

Robbie Alomar? (If this is the correct answer I imagine your calendar is already outdated)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Before him it was Whitey Herzog, I think, unless they make a distinction of Vet Committee inductees as selectees instead of electees, but i'm going with Herzog.

[Guest cooby]

no

[Guest cooby]

Oh geez, yes.

But let's go for the one before him. Not Whitey.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oh, grump.

[G-Fafif]

I have this calendar and guessed correctly because the key to this calendar is understanding there is lengthy lead time on printing.

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: I have this calendar and guessed correctly because the key to this calendar is understanding there is lengthy lead time on printing.

so the answer is Willie Mays then?

[G-Fafif]

Ceetar wrote: G-Fafif wrote: I have this calendar and guessed correctly because the key to this calendar is understanding there is lengthy lead time on printing. so the answer is Willie Mays then?

Something like that.

[Centerfield]

Rickey?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Rickey the H.

[Guest themetfairy]

CF is correct!

[batmagadanleadoff]

Ceetar's correct (Alomar). The calendar is wrong. Me and CF merely guessed the calendar's stale answer. Ceetar should get the point.

Edgy DC wrote: Before him it was Whitey Herzog, I think, unless they make a distinction of Vet Committee inductees as selectees instead of electees, but i'm going with Herzog.

Herzog hasn't worn a Mets uniform in over 40 years, Vet Committee or no Vet Committee.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Was the question looking for the guy most recently selected to the Hall, or the Hall guy who most recently wore the Mets uniform? (In either case, the answer is Alomar, no?)

[Guest themetfairy]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Ceetar's correct (Alomar). The calendar is wrong. Me and CF merely guessed the calendar's stale answer. Ceetar should get the point. Edgy DC wrote: Before him it was Whitey Herzog, I think, unless they make a distinction of Vet Committee inductees as selectees instead of electees, but i'm going with Herzog. Herzog hasn't worn a Mets uniform in over 40 years, Vet Committee or no Vet Committee.

I've presumptively awarded the point to CF based on the calendar. But cooby is the referee with the final word - she can settle this when she returns home from work.

[batmagadanleadoff]

themetfairy wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Ceetar's correct (Alomar). The calendar is wrong. Me and CF merely guessed the calendar's stale answer. Ceetar should get the point. Edgy DC wrote: Before him it was Whitey Herzog, I think, unless they make a distinction of Vet Committee inductees as selectees instead of electees, but i'm going with Herzog. Herzog hasn't worn a Mets uniform in over 40 years, Vet Committee or no Vet Committee. I've presumptively awarded the point to CF based on the calendar. But cooby is the referee with the final word - she can settle this when she returns home from work.

But there's nothing to settle. This is like giving credit to someone who thinks that one plus one equals four just because your auto mechanic also thinks that one plus one equals four.

[Chad ochoseis]

It's a reasonable assumption that any trivia questions on a paper 2011 calendar implicitly have "as of December 31, 2010" appended to them. So I'd give the point to CF.

And if 1+1 had been 4 last month, then I'd call 4 the correct answer to that question, too.

[G-Fafif]

Every question put forth from this calendar should be prefaced with an implicit, "Prior to 2010..."

[Guest cooby]

Let's give em both a point, Mom

[batmagadanleadoff]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: And if 1+1 had been 4 last month, then I'd call 4 the correct answer to that question, too.

Why? The question didn't ask us for last month's answer. There was no qualifier. Not only that, but Ceetar's correct answer preceded CF's wrong answer.

[Ceetar]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: It's a safe assumption that any trivia questions on a paper 2011 calendar implicitly have "as of December 31, 2010" appended to them. So I'd give the point to CF. And if 1+1 had been 4 last month, then I'd call 4 the correct answer to that question, too.

I'm fine with that, I even prefaced my answer with "it'll be wrong", and I suck at Trivia anyway (as you'll see if they ever air that Beer Money episode) so it's not like if we keep up with it I'll be competing for top spot anyway.

I also should've known Rickey was the answer. And the calendar should've known it was probable that it'd be wrong too.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Ceetar wrote: Chad Ochoseis wrote: It's a safe assumption that any trivia questions on a paper 2011 calendar implicitly have "as of December 31, 2010" appended to them. So I'd give the point to CF. And if 1+1 had been 4 last month, then I'd call 4 the correct answer to that question, too. I also should've known Rickey was the answer.

[Guest themetfairy]

cooby wrote: Let's give em both a point, Mom

As far as I'm concerned, whatever you say goes.