Rainy Day in Denver Doc Trivia

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Dwight Gooden made one regular-season start as a National Leaguer that wasn't for the Mets. It must have been strange pitching as an Astro in 2000, but at least he could take familiar and perhaps spiritual solace in having past and future Mets around him. In that one game, he was joined in the Houston box score by five former Mets and four future Mets...though one player in each category sits in both categories, so we're looking for eight players altogether.

Who kept Doc Metsian company in his one Astro outing? (No peeking for answers.) One name per guess, please.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Horseman Hidalgo!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Moises?

[TransMonk]

Octavio Dotel

[Frayed Knot]

Tim Bogar

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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Horseman Hidalgo!

Correct!

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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Moises?

Correct!

[TransMonk]

Billy Wagner

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Lima Time?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Roger Cedeno?

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TransMonk wrote: Octavio Dotel

Incorrect

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Frayed Knot wrote: Tim Bogar

Correct!

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TransMonk wrote: Billy Wagner

Correct!

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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Lima Time?

Incorrect

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Benjamin Grimm wrote: Roger Cedeno?

Correct and Correct!

He's the once and future Met in this crowd.

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To recap, thus far, Doc's teammates his one game as an Astro who were Mets to be were Moises Alou, Richard Hidalgo and Roger Cedeno.

Doc's teammates who were, like him, Mets upon a time were Roger Cedeno, Tim Bogar, and...?

Three names to go -- they do not include Octavio Dotel or Jose Lima.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Tim Redding?

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LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Tim Redding?

Not Tim Redding.

[Chad ochoseis]

Derek Bell?

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Chad Ochoseis wrote: Derek Bell?

Derek Bell...wearing No. 16 as a Doc tribute as a Met in 2000.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Jerry DiPoto.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Astacio?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Harnisch?

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No DiPoto. No Astacio. No Harnisch.

Which sounds like something a poorly stocked ethnic grocer might tell you.

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Hint: All three remaining former Mets sucked when being Mets. (Subjective, but I doubt I'd get an argument.)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hudek

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Hudek not it.

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Second hint: None of the remaining three were Mets at the same time, but one was a Met with Doc.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'm getting a middle-infield vibe, only I'm pretty sure it's not Vizcaino, since he was a decent Met, and was busy preparing to f*ck us over in the Bronx.

[Gwreck]

Bill Spiers?