Hurricane Geography Quiz

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or mine, either.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

BOO! THIS QUIZ IS NOTHING BUT A TRUMPED-UP EXCUSE FOR THE LOCAL NEWS TO SELL EMERGENCY MET HISTORY BOOKS!

[G-Fafif]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: BOO! THIS QUIZ IS NOTHING BUT A TRUMPED-UP EXCUSE FOR THE LOCAL NEWS TO SELL EMERGENCY MET HISTORY BOOKS!

Some say we were overprepared for this quiz. We should just be thankful that this trivia storm was not as devastating as the experts were predicting. The best result from any quiz is that all your answers come out alive even if a little damaged. People, it's just not worth it go out in a quiz like this and foolishly take on the elements just to find out if Wyoming really is one of the answers.

We expect Con Edgy will restore answers to these questions as soon as possible. We ask you for your patience.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sorry. Jury service during the day and sporadic internet service at my hurricane-challenged home in the evening conspired with my need for sleept to turn me into a crap quizmaster.

[Guest Edgy DC]

wyoming

Two days later, the judges acknowledge that they have their fifth state.

Future Mets Born in Wyoming? Brandon Nimmo. (Cheyenne).

Greatest Player Born in Wyoming? Tom Browning. (Casper).

Biggest Big Shot Born in Wyoming? Jackson Pollock (Cody). Dick Cheney was born in Indiana.

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[crossout]Alaska
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Utah[/crossout]

Thank you all for playing Giant Metless States of the West. I appreciate your participation and apologize for my lack thereof. We can actually turn this into a cool thread. Go state by state, starting with Alabama, and name the:

First Met from there.
Current Mets from there.
Minor leaguers in the pipeline who are from there. (I'm sure this is availalbe, but damnaed if I know where to find it easily. I tiried)
Greatest Met from there.
Greatest ballplayer from there.
Greatest man from there.
Greatest woman from there.
Greatest band from there.

California, for instance would be Tom Seaver, Tom Seaver, Tom Seaver, Tom Seaver, Tom Seaver, Tom Seaver, Tom Seaver, and Tom Seaver.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Minor leaguers in the pipeline who are from there. (I'm sure this is availalbe, but damnaed if I know where to find it easily. I tiried)

This isn't entirely up to date, but it ain't bad. These are US-born players that have appeared in minor league games for the Mets in 2011, but have never played for the big league club:

Dustin Lawley, Alabama (Adger)
Gregory Pron, Alabama (Daphne)
Brandon Sage, Alabama (Mobile)
Xorge Carrillo, Arizona (Tempe)
Chase Huchingson, Arkansas (Fayetteville)
Nick Carr, California (Bakersfield)
Val Pascucci, California (Bellflower)
Phillip Evans, California (Carlsbad)
Cory Vaughn, California (Carmichael)
Tyler Pill, California (Covina)
Jeffrey Kaplan, California (Dana Point)
Rylan Sandoval, California (Hayward)
Joshua Satin, California (Hidden Hills)
Dustin Emmons, California (La Crescenta)
Travis Taijeron, California (La Mesa)
Daniel Muno, California (Long Beach)
Guillaume Leduc, California (Longueuil)
Dusty Ryan, California (Merced)
Brian Valenzuela, California (Murrieta)
Jason Botts, California (Paso Robles)
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, California (Ripon)
Allan Dykstra, California (San Diego)
Beck Wheeler, California (San Diego)
Steve Winnick, California (San Diego)
Robert Gsellman, California (Santa Monica)
Michael Hebert, California (Saugus)
Christopher Schwinden, California (Visalia)
Matt Harvey, Connecticut (New London)
Eric Campbell, Connecticut (Norwich)
Chase Greene, Florida (Boca Raton)
Brandon Brown, Florida (Catonment)
Robbie Shields, Florida (Dade City)
Travis Ozga, Florida (Fort Lauderdale)
Matt den Dekker, Florida (Ft. Lauderdale)
Richard Lucas, Florida (Jacksonville)
John Church, Florida (Lake Wales)
Randy Fontanez, Florida (Oviedo)
Erik Turgeon, Florida (Palm Harbor)
Boof Bonser, Florida (St. Petersburg)
Jeff Walters, Florida (Windermere)
Taylor Whitenton, Georgia (Conyers)
Colin McHugh, Georgia (Covington)
John Gant, Georgia (Savannah)
Zack Wheeler, Georgia (Smyrna)
Justin Hampson, Illinois (Belleville)
Jeremy Gould, Illinois (Buffalo Grove)
Jonathan Clark, Illinois (Chicago)
Luke Stewart, Illinois (Normal)
Joshua Stinson, Illinois (Springfield)
Brandon Moore, Indiana (Crawfordsville)
Jacob Lugo, Louisiana (Bossier City)
Chad Sheppard, Louisiana (Enterprise)
Adam Kolarek, Maryland (Baltimore)
Matthew Budgell, Massachusetts (Beverly)
Jack Leathersich, Massachusetts (Beverly)
John Leathersich, Massachusetts (Beverly)
Nelfi Zapata, Massachusetts (Dorchester)
Michael Powers, Michigan (St. Clair Shores)
Eric Niesen, Michigan (Wyandotte)
Joe Bonfe, Minnesota (Woodbury)
Chris Hilliard, Mississippi (Ecru)
Robert Carson, Mississippi (Hattiesburg)
Alonzo Harris, Mississippi (McComb)
Donnie Tabb, Mississippi (Philadelphia)
Lorenzo Scott, Missouri (St. Louis)
Taylor Tankersley, Montana (Missoula)
Casey Hauptman, Nebraska (Omaha)
Chasen Bradford, Nevada (Henderson)
Kenny McDowall, Nevada (Las Vegas)
Todd Weldon, New Mexico (Carlsbad)
T. J. Rivera, New York (Bronx)
Carlos Guzman, New York (Brooklyn)
Charles Thurber, New York (Elmira)
Camden Maron, New York (Huntington)
Ricky Brooks, New York (North Tonawanda)
Jack Egbert, New York (Staten Island)
Eric Beaulac, New York (Troy)
Brian Sweeney, New York (Yonkers)
Brad Holt, North Carolina (Albermarle)
Russ Adams, North Carolina (Laurinburg)
Scott Moviel, Ohio (Lakewood)
Tyson Seng, Oklahoma (Norman)
Michael Fulmer, Oklahoma (Oklahoma City)
Shane Bay, Oklahoma (Tulso)
Darrell Ceciliani, Oregon (Madras)
Thomas Chism, Pennsylvania (Brookhaven)
Joe Tuschak, Pennsylvania (Dillsburg)
Cory Mazzoni, Pennsylvania (Evans City)
Darin Gorski, Pennsylvania (Mount Joy)
Zachary Lutz, Pennsylvania (Reading)
Juan Centeno, Puerto Rico (Arecibo)
Luis Figueroa, Puerto Rico (Bayamon)
Brahiam Maldonado, Puerto Rico (Carolina)
Javier Rodriguez, Puerto Rico (Dorado)
Matt Bouchard, Rhode Island (East Greenwich)
Dylan Owen, South Carolina (Chesterfield)
Dock Doyle, South Carolina (Conway)
Josh Edgin, South Carolina (Florence)
Brian Harrison, South Carolina (Hilton Head)
Robert Lake, South Carolina (Prosperity)
Reese Havens, South Carolina (Sullivan's Island)
Hamilton Bennett, South Carolina (Tega Cay)
Chad Zurcher, Tennessee (Knoxville)
Michael Fisher, Tennessee (Nashville)
J. B. Brown, Texas (Alvin)
Mark Picca, Texas (Arlington)
Sam Honeck, Texas (Austin)
Mark Cohoon, Texas (Burleson)
Tant Shepherd, Texas (Flower Mound)
Bubba Bell, Texas (Houston)
Tyler Carpenter, Texas (Houston)
Jose De La Torre, Texas (Houston)
Roy Merritt, Texas (Houston)
Ryan Hutson, Texas (Round Rock)
John Lujan, Texas (Waco)
Peter Birdwell, Washington (Spokane)
Greg Peavey, Washington (Vancouver)
Brandon Nimmo, Wyoming (Cheyenne)

[Guest Edgy DC]

OK, outstanding Grimmwork. Let's start with Alabama.



Nickname: The Crimson Tide State.

First Met from There: Cleon Jones (Plateau, 1963).

Greatest Met from there: Cleon Jones (Plateau, 1963-1975)

Current Mets from There: None.

Mets Minor Leaguers in the Pipeline Who Are from There:
Dustin Lawley (Adger, .284 / .325 / .500 // .825 in 57 games in Kingsport at 22).
Gregory Pron (Daphne, .318 / .389 / .493 // .882 in 58 games in Kingsport at 22).
Brandon Sage, Alabama (Mobile, 5-4, .556, 1 sv, 5.13 in 45 games at Savannah, St. Lucie, and Binghamton at 24).

Greatest Ballplayer from There: Willie Mays (Westfield, 1951-1973).

Biggest Male Bigshot from There: Jesse Owens (Oakville).

Biggest Female Bigshot from There: Rosa Parks (Tuskegee).

Greatest Band from There: Alabama (Lookout Mountain).

[Benjamin Grimm]

I would have guessed that Cleon was born in Mobile, but I looked it up (on UMDB, Retrosheet, and Baseball Reference) and it seems that he was born in Plateau which, according to Google Maps, is 5.5 miles away from downtown Mobile.

Selma is 154 miles away from Mobile.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oops. Corrected.

[Chad ochoseis]

First Met from There: Cleon Jones (Plateau, 1963).

I was thinking Vinegar Bend Mizell (R-NC). BBRef has him as born in Leakesville, Mississippi, but Wikipedia says Vinegar Bend, Alabama. The Times obit goes with Leakesville.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Don't be such Alaskaphobes

Nickname: The Last Frontier.

First Met from There: Dave Williams (Anchorage, joining the Mets in 2006).

Greatest Met from there: Dave Williams (Anchorage, playing for them from 1988 to 2007)

Current Mets from There: None.

Mets Minor Leaguers in the Pipeline Who Are from There: None

Greatest Ballplayer from There: Curt Schilling (Anchorage, playing from 2006 to 2007 --- 2007 being a bad year for Anchoragers).

Biggest Male Bigshot from There: Ted Stevens wasn't born there, nor was Tom Sexton. Who was? A whole lot of dog sled racers and a handful of modestly venerated Orthodox saints. Let's go with NPR's Corey Flintoff (Fairbanks).

Biggest Female Bigshot from There: Valerie Plame (Anchorage)? (Sarah Palin and Jewel were both born in the lower 48 --- sorry, fanbois).

Greatest Band from There: 36 Crazyfists (Anchorage).

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[MFS62]

Let's start with Alabama. Greatest Ballplayer from There: Willie Mays (Westfield, 1951-1973).

Hank Aaron was from Mobile.
Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Let's start with Alabama. Greatest Ballplayer from There: Willie Mays (Westfield, 1951-1973). Hank Aaron was from Mobile. Later

Mays was a greater ballplayer.

[MFS62]

Let's start with Alabama. Greatest Ballplayer from There: Willie Mays (Westfield, 1951-1973). Hank Aaron was from Mobile. Later Mays was a greater ballplayer.

Probably, but Aaron had more home runs and I wanted to post something in honor of my power being restored.

Later

[Benjamin Grimm]

Tom Seaver played baseball in Alaska for a team in Fairbanks.

The 1965 Midnight Sun Game

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, I was thinking of including a category of "Greatest Ballplayer to Represent the State or a City or Town Therein."



But as nobody really has shown much interest in participating except to comment on how they wouldn't have included what I included, feh.

[Chad ochoseis]

But as nobody really has shown much interest in participating except to comment on how they wouldn't have included what I included, feh.

Whoa....deep cleansing breaths. It's a fine idea. We're just in lazy late-season mode here.



Nickname: The Grand Canyon State

License Plate Color: Maroon

First Met from There: Gary Gentry, Phoenix

Greatest Met from there: Gentry

Current Mets from There: Jason Pridie (Phx), Nick Evans (Glendale)

Mets Minor Leaguers in the Pipeline Who Are from There: Not gonna happen while I'm trying to meet a deadline at work

Greatest Ballplayer from There: There's a distinct lack of greatness in Arizona, probably because it's pre-1975 population consisted of a million Saguaro cacti and Gary Gentry. Phoenix's own Andre Ethier is the best of a weakish lot.

Greatest Ballplayer Name from There: Steve Phoenix of - yes - Phoenix pitched a total of six unimpressive innings for the Athletics in 1994 and 1995.

Biggest Male Bigshot from There: Mo Udall

Biggest Female Bigshot from There: I dunno. I vote for my Aunt Rachel. She's a sweetheart.

Greatest Band from There: Machines of Loving Grace (Tucson).

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[Benjamin Grimm]

Mets Minor Leaguers in the Pipeline Who Are from There: Not gonna happen while I'm trying to meet a deadline at work

Xorge Carrillo, Arizona (Tempe)

[Guest Edgy DC]

Great work and thanks. Viva Aunt Rachel. Kicked Mary Peters ass.