The "Who can manage?" quiz.

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John Gibbons

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btdt

[Edgy MD]

Juan Samuel.

Take that, Al Pedrique.

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Norm Sherry.

Take that, Juan Samuel!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

not that guy

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5

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Hiller no manage. Undo that bow.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Ken Boyer

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[seawolf17]

Who the hell is Norm Sherry? You made him up.

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seawolf17 wrote: Who the hell is Norm Sherry? You made him up.

Norm also invented a vinegar.

[Edgy MD]

seawolf17 wrote: Who the hell is Norm Sherry? You made him up.

From the baseball card completionist, this is disappointing.

[Edgy MD]

Does the brief off-season tenure of Wally Backman count?

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Better late than never on Mike Cubbage:

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Edgy MD wrote: Does the brief off-season tenure of Wally Backman count?

Not in this quiz.

[Gwreck]

Didn't Mike Jorgensen manage the Cardinals in the mid-90s, between Torre and LaRussa?

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Gwreck wrote: Didn't Mike Jorgensen manage the Cardinals in the mid-90s, between Torre and LaRussa?

Was there some doubt there?

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I was 100% sure he played for the Mets. But only about 60% sure that he managed the Cardinals

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Gwreck wrote: I was 100% sure he played for the Mets. But only about 60% sure that he managed the Cardinals

I knew that Jorgy managed a team, but I forgot which one.

[Edgy MD]

Sandy Alomar, Jr. finished a season for Indians in recent years.

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Jim Marshall, Cubs, early '70sish.

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Jim Marshall was the last manager standing. Marshall was one of four '62 Mets to manage a major league team (Hodges, Zimmer and Craig).

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Was that the guy you thought would come last?

Funny. I had long known four 1962 Mets had become managers, but I couldn't for the life of me think of the last one.

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Edgy MD wrote: Was that the guy you thought would come last? Funny. I had long known four 1962 Mets had become managers, but I couldn't for the life of me think of the last one.

I thought the last manager standing would be between Marshall, Sherry and Pedrique. I was surprised to see Pedrique go so early. I woulda missed him, totally.

Other Mets teams to spawn four managers:

1966 (McMillan, Harrelson, Green, Boyer)
1977 (Mazzilli, Torre, Valentine, Harrelson)
1981 (Gardenhire, Mazzilli, Jorgensen, Cubbage)

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batmagadanleadoff wrote: Was that the guy you thought would come last? Funny. I had long known four 1962 Mets had become managers, but I couldn't for the life of me think of the last one. I thought the last manager standing would be between Marshall, Sherry and Pedrique. I was surprised to see Pedrique go so early. I woulda missed him, totally. Other Mets teams to spawn four managers: 1966 (McMillan, Harrelson, Green, Boyer) 1977 (Mazzilli, Torre, Valentine, Harrelson) 1981 (Gardenhire, Mazzilli, Jorgensen, Cubbage)

I'd rephrase my response to note that the last manager standing isn't the best way to determine which answer was the toughest, given the format of this quiz. Because someone with a good working knowledge of Mets history might log on at the beginning of the quiz and decide to go with the toughest answers first. But if this were a written sit-down quiz, like in school, and each contestant or quiz-taker was asked to name these 27 ex-Mets/mlb managers, I'd say that Marshall, Pedrique, Sherry, Boyer and Bochy would be the most missed Mets.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Was that the guy you thought would come last? Funny. I had long known four 1962 Mets had become managers, but I couldn't for the life of me think of the last one. I thought the last manager standing would be between Marshall, Sherry and Pedrique. I was surprised to see Pedrique go so early. I woulda missed him, totally. Other Mets teams to spawn four managers: 1966 (McMillan, Harrelson, Green, Boyer) 1977 (Mazzilli, Torre, Valentine, Harrelson) 1981 (Gardenhire, Mazzilli, Jorgensen, Cubbage)

I only remembered Pedrique because he was so unusual. Was he the guy who they got instead of Backman?

I guessed Chuck Hiller wrong, was convinced he was a Padres manager at some point.