Another Quiz

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Who's the next Met in this sequence? Why?

[Guest Swan Swan H]

That nine-year gap between the end of Stearns' Mets career and the beginning of Burnitz's first run is killing me.

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Swan Swan H wrote: That nine-year gap between the end of Stearns' Mets career and the beginning of Burnitz's first run is killing me.

It's a chronological quiz and figuring out the reason for that gap you noticed is probably key to solving this one. Stearns -- a gap of about a decade and a half -- and then a flurry of activity.

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Notice that none of the Mets pictured are pitchers? That's just the way things turned out. But a pitcher could've, in theory, been a part of that sequence. BTW, we're looking for an everyday player, not a pitcher, as the answer to this quiz.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, I noticed that. I feel like I was close on this.

Then life happened.

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Who's the next Met in this sequence? Why?




1. The players are pictured in a specific sequence because of something they accomplished on the field, between the white lines. So, this is not a quiz about players initials, or their birthplaces, for example.

2. It's a chronological quiz. Swoboda did whatever he did before Hunt, who in turn did it before Kranepool. Kranepool did it twice -- hence two pictures of Steady Eddie.

3. Whatever it is that these players did, could've only been accomplished once. Thus, for example, nobody else could've done or accomplished whatever it is that Swoboda did to put him in this sequence. You only get one chance to make a first impression. Or something like that.

[MFS62]

Waitaminnit!
I got duped into clicking on this.
It was just another baseball card thread, cleverly labelled to lure us in.

Later

[ashie62]

Too complicated

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batmagadanleadoff wrote: 1. The players are pictured in a specific sequence because of something they accomplished on the field, between the white lines. So, this is not a quiz about players initials, or their birthplaces, for example. 2. It's a chronological quiz. Swoboda did whatever he did before Hunt, who in turn did it before Kranepool. Kranepool did it twice -- hence two pictures of Steady Eddie. 3. Whatever it is that these players did, could've only been accomplished once. Thus, for example, nobody else could've done or accomplished whatever it is that Swoboda did to put him in this sequence. You only get one chance to make a first impression. Or something like that.

Another hint: Whatever it is that those Mets did to get their cards in the sequence, all happened on the road. None of it happened at Shea Stadium or Citi Field. And Swoboda never played in the Polo Grounds, thus ruling out the Mets first home.

[G-Fafif]

Ike hit the first Met HR in Marlins Park, becoming the latest visiting Met to hit a first home run in a new National League park.

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Ike hit the first Met HR in Marlins Park, becoming the latest visiting Met to hit a first home run in a new National League park.

Congratulations. You hit it out of the park. The Mets pictured in the original post were the first to homer in each Mets opponents' permanent National League Park that did not exist or was not in use in 1962, beginning with Ron Swoboda, the first Met to homer in The Astrodome. Here's the rundown:


8/15/65 � Ron Swoboda, The Astrodome, Astros
4/22/66 � Ron Hunt, Atlanta Fulton-County Stadium, Braves
8/12/66 - Ed Kranepool, Busch-Memorial Stadium, Cardinals
4/29/69 - Ed Kranepool, Jarry Park, Expos
8/26/69 - Donn Clendenon, San Diego Stadium, Padres
8/8/70 - Donn Clendenon, Three Rivers Stadium, Pirates
8/11/70 - Cleon Jones, Riverfront Stadium, Reds
6/28/71 - Tommie Agee, Veterans Stadium, Phillies
6/1/77 - John Stearns, Olympic Stadium, Expos
6/29/93 - Jeromy Burnitz, Joe Robbie Stadium, Marlins
8/21/93 - Ryan Thompson, Mile High Stadium, Rockies
4/26/95 - Rico Brogna, Coors Field, Rockies
7/10/97 - Manny Alexander, Turner Field, Braves
4/12/98 - Butch Huskey , Milwaukee County Stadium, Brewers
8/14/98 - Brian McRae, Bank One Ballpark, Diamondbacks
5/1/00 - Todd Zeile, Pac-Bell Park, Giants
8/7/00 - Robin Ventura, The Ballpark at Union Station, Astros
4/24/01 - Edgardo Alfonzo, Miller Park, Brewers
9/18/01 - Joe McEwing, PNC Park, Pirates
7/4/03 - Jeromy Burnitz, The Great American Ballpark, Reds
5/2/04 - Danny Garcia, Petco Park, Padres
5/31/04 - Jason Phillips, Citizens Bank Park, Phillies
7/6/05 - Mike Cameron, RFK Stadium, Nationals
5/16/06 - Jose Reyes, New Busch Stadium, Cardinals
4/24/08 - Carlos Beltran, Nationals Park, Nationals
5/11/12 - Ike Davis, Marlins Park, Marlins

[G-Fafif]

Great quiz, per usual. The hint REALLY helped.