Tough Mets Trivia

[batmagadanleadoff]

Who am I? I was dealt to the Mets in a multi-player trade. I was formerly in the same organization with one of the players that was traded to the Mets with me -- this was a few organizations before we were traded to the Mets. That organization was the first major league franchise both me and my aforementioned trade-mate ever belonged to. Prior to the trade that landed me with the Mets, my first organization also traded the two of us together, in a transaction that did not involve the Mets.

When I arrived at the Mets, I was assigned the uniform number of a former Met whose last Met season was the season before I arrived. Ironically, before playing for the Mets, I was once traded for that player whose Met uniform number I inherited, in a transaction that also did not involve the Mets.

So who am I? Who was my trade-mate? And who is the former Met whose uniform number I was assigned?

(If you think you know the answer, fact check it for accuracy. I might not be around to marshall this quiz).

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

(brain explodes)

Carlos Baerga?

[batmagadanleadoff]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: (brain explodes) Carlos Baerga?

Oh that can't be. The last Met to wear #8 before Baerga was Steve Swisher. But Baerga was never traded for Swisher.

Nice Mazzilli piece, though. Boy did he have about the crappiest throwing arm I ever did see attached to a Mets outfielder. I can still remember some of his his throws arriving on so many bounces, that by the time the relay infielder was ready to pick up the ball, Maz's throw had lost so much momentum that the ball was actually rolling in. Rolling. Not bouncing. Not as bad as Chris Carter's arm, though. What the fuck was that all about? Carter's lobs came in like a wounded badminton shuttlecock.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ambidexterity is an overrated ability.

Mazzilli still threw a football left-handed!

[batmagadanleadoff]

OK. Here's a big hint to make this question a lot easier.

That former Met whose uniform number I was assigned, and whom I was once traded for in an earlier trade not involving the Mets, has the same last name that I do.

[Vic Sage]

yeah, that didn't help. i still have no idea what youse guys are talking about. maybe its time for my medication.

[Ceetar]

just gotta peruse mbtn.net and check for two players with the same name back to back in the numerical roster (it's not Ramon-Fernando Martinez)

[batmagadanleadoff]

Vic Sage wrote: yeah, that didn't help. i still have no idea what youse guys are talking about. maybe its time for my medication.

You could talk about Mazzilli's throwing arm if the quiz doesn't interest you.

[HahnSolo]

I got nothing.

Props for the diabolical, well-thought out, and crazy difficult trivia test.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I think I've got the answer, doctor.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I think I've got the answer, doctor.

I think you do.



Transactions

Before 1961 Season: Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent.
February 17, 1964: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Jim Beauchamp to the Houston Colt .45's for Carl Warwick.
June 15, 1965: Traded by the Houston Astros with Hal Woodeshick to the St. Louis Cardinals for Mike Cuellar and Ron Taylor.
October 18, 1971: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals with Jim Beauchamp, Chip Coulter and Harry Parker to the New York Mets for Jim Bibby, Rich Folkers, Charlie Hudson and Art Shamsky.
September 13, 1972: Selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the New York Mets.
March 29, 1973: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
April 11, 1973: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.
November 2, 1976: Released by the Montreal Expos.