J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

[Guest Edgy DC]

As a Met minor leaguer, Boof Ricciardi played with 5 future Mets and 4 non-Met future big leaguers. At least two of the latter group are pretty damn obscure. Anyhow, name them. Three points for a Met, five for a non-Met, and minus one for incorrect guess.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Beane.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Dykstra.

[MFS62]

Lloyd McClendon

Later

[batmagadanleadoff]

Who's Boof Ricciardi? If this is slang for Boof Bonser, I'm guessing Jason Tyner and Joe Mauer.

If it's Ricciardi, I go with Jay Tibbs, Billy Beane, Jose Oquendo and Herm Winningham.

[MFS62]

Jeff Bittiger.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Correct Mets:
Biily Beane
Jeff Bittiger
Len Dykstra

Correct Non-Mets:
Lloyd McClendon
Jay Tibbs

Inccorectos
Joe Mauer
Jose Oquendo
Jason Tyner
Herm Winningham

"Boof," according to John Paul Bonser, is an appropriate nickname for a guy named John Paul.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Edgy DC wrote: "Boof," according to John Paul Bonser, is an appropriate nickname for a guy named John Paul.

Or according to urban dictionary

To stick something up your butt, generally drugs but can include anything.

Wally Backman?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Not Wally.

[HahnSolo]

Roger McDowell

[Guest Edgy DC]

Nope. Decent guesses.

I'll throw in that he played in the Mets system in 1980 and 1981, when Backman was already at the top of the system and shuttling between Tidewater and Flushing.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

dwight gooden
darryl strawberry

[Benjamin Grimm]

John Christensen? Kevin Mitchell?

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Dave Mag?

[Guest Edgy DC]

No, nein, ne, neen, mah nguh.

OK, hinty time. Of the three un-named Mets:
[list:3h8e55xm][*:3h8e55xm]One was traded along with one of the already named Mets;[/*:m:3h8e55xm]
[*:3h8e55xm]One was on the periphery of the Mets manager search;[/*:m:3h8e55xm]
[*:3h8e55xm]One might have been shot at by Sarah Palin.[/*:m:3h8e55xm][/list:u:3h8e55xm]

Of the three un-named non-Mets
[list:3h8e55xm][*:3h8e55xm]One is easily conflatable/confuseable with one of the named Mets;[/*:m:3h8e55xm]
[*:3h8e55xm]The other two have prefixes on their first names.[/*:m:3h8e55xm][/list:u:3h8e55xm]

[MFS62]

OK, hinty time. Of the three un-named Mets:
One was traded along with one of the already named Mets; Ronn Reynolds
The other two have prefixes on their first names. LaSchelle Tarver?

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Both correct.

Correct Mets:
Biily Beane
Jeff Bittiger
Len Dykstra
Ronn Reynolds

Correct Non-Mets:
Lloyd McClendon
Jay Tibbs
LaSchelle Tarver

Inccorectos
Wally Backman
John Christensen
Dwight Gooden
Dave Magaden
Joe Mauer
Roger McDowell
Kevin Mitchell
Jose Oquendo
Darryl Strawberry
Jason Tyner
Herm Winningham

[HahnSolo]

John Gibbons, who Ricciardi would later hire to manage his Blue Jays.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Gibby is correct.

Correct Mets:Biily Beane
Jeff Bittiger
Len Dykstra
John Gibbons
Ronn Reynolds
(One remains)

Correct Non-Mets:
Lloyd McClendon
LaSchelle Tarver
Jay Tibbs
(Two remain, both obscure)

Incorectos:Wally Backman
John Christensen
Dwight Gooden
Dave Magaden
Joe Mauer
Roger McDowell
Kevin Mitchell
Jose Oquendo
Darryl Strawberry
Jason Tyner
Herm Winningham

[MFS62]

Prefix - DeWayne Vaughn?
Jeff Bettendorf? (I'm stretching here. I used to confuse him with Jeff Bittiger, so I'm guessing they were on the same team.)

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Both correct. You are looking like the King of J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Correct Mets:Biily Beane
Jeff Bittiger
Len Dykstra
John Gibbons
Ronn Reynolds
(One remains.)

Correct Non-Mets:
Jeff Bettendorf
Lloyd McClendon
LaSchelle Tarver
Jay TibbsDeWayne Vaughn

Incorectos:Wally Backman
John Christensen
Dwight Gooden
Dave Magaden
Joe Mauer
Roger McDowell
Kevin Mitchell
Jose Oquendo
Darryl Strawberry
Jason Tyner
Herm Winningham

[MFS62]

I hope someone gets the last one, so I can ask my trivia questions about him.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Our final Met had a nice little career, but was a Met only ephemerally.

[MFS62]

Edgy DC wrote: Our final Met had a nice little career, but was a Met only ephemerally.

That clue just blew the fuse of the Jeapordy computer.
"Epemerally"?
You mean not as a player but a coach/ manager/ exec? (If it is, that was part of MY trivia question.)

My mind has to re-boot.
Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

It would mean that he was only briefly a Met. Perhaps a game or two.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

The suspense is killing me. I have to look up the answer.

[Guest Edgy DC]

C'mon.
[list:nmhopxkd][*:nmhopxkd]Played minor league ball with J.P. Ricciardi (in 1980 and/or 1981).[/*:m:nmhopxkd]
[*:nmhopxkd]A solid big league career. [/*:m:nmhopxkd]
[*:nmhopxkd]Only briefly a Met.[/*:m:nmhopxkd]
[*:nmhopxkd]Vulnerable to being hunted by Sarah Palin.[/*:m:nmhopxkd][/list:u:nmhopxkd]

I'll also lift some suspense by saying he was a doubles-hitting firstbaseman who walked like nobody's business.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy DC wrote: [*]Vulnerable to being hunted by Sarah Palin.[/list]

This is the hint that's confusing. It's not Bob Moose, and I don't recall anyone named "Wolf" either.

And really, I think anyone who doesn't wear an Uncle Sam hat with tea bags dangling from the brim might qualify.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Randy Milligan?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Randy "Moose" Milligan is correct. Thank you for playing J.P. Ricciardi Trivia.