New Uni Numbers

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

A Hu should be no more than 2.

[G-Fafif]

You can bet Charlie Samuels would have done it right.

[Valadius]

G-Fafif wrote: You can bet Charlie Samuels would have done it right.

He also would have stolen the jersey in the dead of night.

[batmagadanleadoff]

If Jerry Seinfeld bought the Mets, he'd retire Keith's old number.

[G-Fafif]

From Rubin, presumably from the Mets:


Pitchers (19)
36 Manny Acosta
67 Manny Alvarez
70 Pedro Beato
33 Taylor Buchholz
38 Chris Capuano (L)
77 D.J. Carrasco
43 R.A. Dickey
35 Dillon Gee
32 Jenrry Mejia
48 Pat Misch (L)
49 Jon Niese (L)
39 Bobby Parnell
34 Mike Pelfrey
46 Oliver Perez (L)
66 Armando Rodriguez
75 Francisco Rodriguez
57 Johan Santana (L)
55 Chris Young

Catchers (3)
13 Mike Nickeas
9 Ronny Paulino
30 Josh Thole

Infielders (12)
1 Luis Castillo
29 Ike Davis
68 Brad Emaus
3 Luis Hernandez
25 Chin-lung Hu
65 Zach Lutz
28 Daniel Murphy
7 Jose Reyes
11 Ruben Tejada
2 Justin Turner
63 Jordany Valdespin
5 David Wright

Outfielders (7)
44 Jason Bay
15 Carlos Beltran
21 Lucas Duda
6 Nick Evans
12 Scott Hairston
26 Fernando Martinez
16 Angel Pagan

Non-roster invitees

Pitchers (7)
27 Boof Bonser
23 Blaine Boyer
40 Tim Byrdak (L)
18 Ryota Igarashi
50 Mike O'Connor (L)
61 Tobi Stoner
47 Taylor Tankersley (L)

Catchers (3)
19 Raul Chavez
71 Kai Gronauer
62 Dusty Ryan

Infielders (1)
4 Russ Adams

Outfielders (3)
72 Kirk Nieuwenhuis
22 Willie Harris
20 Jason Pridie

[G-Fafif]

And in order...

1 Luis Castillo
2 Justin Turner
3 Luis Hernandez
4 Russ Adams
5 David Wright
6 Nick Evans
7 Jose Reyes
9 Ronny Paulino
11 Ruben Tejada
12 Scott Hairston
13 Mike Nickeas
15 Carlos Beltran
16 Angel Pagan
18 Ryota Igarashi
19 Raul Chavez
20 Jason Pridie
21 Lucas Duda
22 Willie Harris
23 Blaine Boyer
25 Chin-lung Hu
26 Fernando Martinez
27 Boof Bonser
28 Daniel Murphy
29 Ike Davis
30 Josh Thole
32 Jenrry Mejia
33 Taylor Buchholz
34 Mike Pelfrey
35 Dillon Gee
36 Manny Acosta
38 Chris Capuano (L)
39 Bobby Parnell
40 Tim Byrdak (L)
43 R.A. Dickey
44 Jason Bay
46 Oliver Perez (L)
47 Taylor Tankersley (L)
48 Pat Misch (L)
49 Jon Niese (L)
50 Mike O'Connor (L)
55 Chris Young
57 Johan Santana (L)
61 Tobi Stoner
62 Dusty Ryan
63 Jordany Valdespin
65 Zach Lutz
66 Armando Rodriguez
67 Manny Alvarez
68 Brad Emaus
70 Pedro Beato
71 Kai Gronauer
72 Kirk Nieuwenhuis
75 Francisco Rodriguez
77 D.J. Carrasco

10 is Terry Collins

[Guest Edgy DC]

Going to be very exciting to see what happens to the universe when Chris Young and Ken Oberkfell appear on the same field.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Not for nothin but 95% of this has been in this thread for almost a month;

http://www.cranepoolforum.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=15436

[Benjamin Grimm]

2 Justin Turner

I find this one rather intriguing.

Is that what he wore last year?

Also, if you gave me ten guesses, I probably wouldn't have picked 43 for R.A. Dickey. Is that what he wore last year? I'm much less attentive to uniform numbers than I used to be. I still associate 43 with Jim McAndrew.

[G-Fafif]

Combine threads at will.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: 2 Justin Turner I find this one rather intriguing. Is that what he wore last year? Also, if you gave me ten guesses, I probably wouldn't have picked 43 for R.A. Dickey. Is that what he wore last year? I'm much less attentive to uniform numbers than I used to be. I still associate 43 with Jim McAndrew.

I've got a blue shirt with DICKEY and 43 on the back. so i imagine so.

[G-Fafif]

Izzy listed at 45.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Like, 44 plus some experience?

[G-Fafif]

Like Bay's being paid a lot more.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yeah, I know.

Is it me, or does it seem like there isn't quite as much of the FA-signee/trade-arrival-pays-a-guy-to-take-his-customary-number thing as there used to be (or as there still is in other sports, like foo' ball)?

[G-Fafif]

Maybe players have gotten more sophisticated since the days a case of beer would do the trick.

Izzy probably won't make the team but the 1995 Mets fan in me wants Bay to give him 44 immediately. Then again, I'd like to believe this is some kind of tribute to John Franco. Or Jerry DiPoto.

Or whatever number was vacant.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I have a hard time finding the 1995 Mets fan in me. I can get the 1972 version, and the 1985 and 1999 versions, but 1995 is deeply buried.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I believe I read Izzy make some remark about Franco when he took that number. I'd argue 44 has more significance for Izzy than Bay, seeing that Izzy took 44 so as to remind him (others) of his lowly draft round and has worn it everywhere he played (he in fact was assigned 29 initially but switched before having made an appearance). The Mets rolled out 44 for Bay because he wore it in Boston but had no equity for him prior to that.

[G-Fafif]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I have a hard time finding the 1995 Mets fan in me. I can get the 1972 version, and the 1985 and 1999 versions, but 1995 is deeply buried.

I have a quiet, abiding affection for the 1995 Mets, particularly the 1995 SHaMs (h/t JCL). 44-31 after the break; 34-18 at the end, sweeps of all three division champs down the stretch, clinching a second-place tie (albeit in another time zone from the Braves) on the final day -- I listened to the crackly broadcast of the Phillies-Marlins game when I got home from Shea to celebrate that particular 21 Games Out accomplishment. They were my refresh button after the strike and the miserable first-half realization that at 25-44, they really, really sucked. Izzy was definitely at the heart of all that.

That second half kept my 0/5 streak alive. Starting in 1970 and running through 2005, I felt that every half-decade on the half-decade, I experienced some kind of elevation as a Mets fan, some sense of feeling my team in a new and deeper way. That streak, sad to say, ended in 2010.

[Valadius]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I believe I read Izzy make some remark about Franco when he took that number. I'd argue 44 has more significance for Izzy than Bay, seeing that Izzy took 44 so as to remind him (others) of his lowly draft round and has worn it everywhere he played (he in fact was assigned 29 initially but switched before having made an appearance). The Mets rolled out 44 for Bay because he wore it in Boston but had no equity for him prior to that.

In fact Bay wore 38 through all his years in Pittsburgh.

1999 was a fun year to be a Mets fan. The Billy Taylor trade, however, remains one of the all-time stinkers.

[Ceetar]

Valadius wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I believe I read Izzy make some remark about Franco when he took that number. I'd argue 44 has more significance for Izzy than Bay, seeing that Izzy took 44 so as to remind him (others) of his lowly draft round and has worn it everywhere he played (he in fact was assigned 29 initially but switched before having made an appearance). The Mets rolled out 44 for Bay because he wore it in Boston but had no equity for him prior to that. In fact Bay wore 38 through all his years in Pittsburgh. 1999 was a fun year to be a Mets fan. The Billy Taylor trade, however, remains one of the all-time stinkers.

Especially the way Billy Beane describes it in Moneyball from the other side.

For some reason I always connected Izzy and Dotel, even to the point that I always think they were traded together for Hampton.

[G-Fafif]

Izzy's greatest moment in Shea Stadium might have been the home run he served up to Beltran to end the Crash! Boom! Bang! 8-7 slugfest of August 22, 2006.



Greatest for us, anyway.

Of course if Izzy doesn't get hurt and Adam Wainwright isn't facing Beltran in the ninth inning two months later...

[Guest Edgy DC]

="David Waldstein, cribbing from mbtn.net"]Bay never wore No. 44 until he joined the Red Sox in 2008, and now with the Mets. So Isringhausen thinks there is room to negotiate.

�Let�s see if I make the team first,� he said with a smile. �We�ll talk about it then.�

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Ceetar wrote: Valadius wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I believe I read Izzy make some remark about Franco when he took that number. I'd argue 44 has more significance for Izzy than Bay, seeing that Izzy took 44 so as to remind him (others) of his lowly draft round and has worn it everywhere he played (he in fact was assigned 29 initially but switched before having made an appearance). The Mets rolled out 44 for Bay because he wore it in Boston but had no equity for him prior to that. In fact Bay wore 38 through all his years in Pittsburgh. 1999 was a fun year to be a Mets fan. The Billy Taylor trade, however, remains one of the all-time stinkers. Especially the way Billy Beane describes it in Moneyball from the other side. For some reason I always connected Izzy and Dotel, even to the point that I always think they were traded together for Hampton.

Anybody remember what number Octavio wore?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Should have been 88.

[TransMonk]

The Second Spitter wrote: Anybody remember what number Octavio wore?

There's a website that will tell you. I remember Duckie wearing 29.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

How very polite. How very Canadian.

Bay, who has worn the number since he was traded from the Pirates to the Red Sox at the trading deadline in 2008, said he is hoping to give the number to Jason Isringhausen if Isringhausen makes the team. �I�ve tried to hit against him and I know how good he is,� Bay said. �I hope he makes it because he�s a great pitcher and he�ll make our team better. And if he does, I�m giving him the shirt. It�s his. I want him to have it.�

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Gee, that would pee-off those who dished out for his jersey last year. Maybe Bay, being a well-mannered Canadian and all, will foot the bill like Nicklas Bendtner did when he switched numbers.

Anyhow, moving onto other number related issues, is Davis gonna switch to "20"?

[G-Fafif]

I believe I read Izzy make some remark about Franco when he took that number.

"Geez, John Franco scared me a lot when I was a rookie. Between him and Jay Horwitz, I couldn't believe how ethnic New York was."

[Ceetar]

Instructors. don't think I saw this anywhere.

86 Backman, Wally
84 Bones, Ricky
87 Conti, Guy
82 Easler, Mike
78 Floyd, Bobby
88 Jackson, Al
76 Jauss, Dave
83 Johnson, Lamar
80 Landestoy, Rafael
79 McCraw,Tom
00 Morgan, Kevin
85 Natel, Bob
73 Niemann, Randy
89 Scott, Dick
81 Teufel,Tim
74 Valdes, Marc