Who am I and the Creation of Butterball Field

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: Sorry, I thought we had those guys all in. I was ready to go with Cardenál.

I thought youse wuz stumped on Cardenal.

[Edgy MD]

Nah, I remember Cardenál well, because he was acquired between games of a doubleheader from the team (Philadelphia) the Mets were playing, so he strangely just walked through the tunnel to the other clubhouse. It would've made a better story if he played, but he sat both games.

The other thing worth remembering is the Phils were the class of the division, with solid players all over the field and big sluggers at third and in left, but they were platooning at first, with Hebner and Cardenál. Contending teams often get restless with a platoon, feeling like they're faking it. So when they got Pete Rose for first, both halves of the Hebdenál platoon ended up being scuttled Metsward, Hebner at the start of 1979 and José later that season.

He was a pretty good player, enjoying some time coming off the bench at the end of his career. I was a little surprised the Mets kept him around to start off 1980. He was mostly playing the corners by then, but I'd've guessed he got a game or two at first or in center.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

"Oh that's nothing. That same announcer once said of me: 'On the mound is [so and so], the left-hander with the Karl Marx hairdo.' Who am I"? [fimg=433]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7361/16562950221_a4288b8264_o.jpg[/fimg]

Randy Jones, former Cy Young winner by the time we got him.

And how tall is the profile on that cap!

[batmagadanleadoff]

"Oh that's nothing. That same announcer once said of me: 'On the mound is [so and so], the left-hander with the Karl Marx hairdo.' Who am I"? [fimg=433]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7361/16562950221_a4288b8264_o.jpg[/fimg] Randy Jones, former Cy Young winner by the time we got him. And how tall is the profile on that cap!

You're gonna hafta sort it out with Edgy over who gets the clapper for Harpo.

[batmagadanleadoff]

"I didn't miss playing for the crappy Mets. In fact, the team they traded me to won the next World Series. I got bling for that. Who am I"?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Wally Backman pays homage to original Met Don Zimmer by recreating Zim's 1962 pose at about the same exact spot on Butterball Field.

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[Edgy MD]

I dunno. Zim's got a third-base line behind him, while Backman seems to be in the middle of the diamond.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: I dunno. Zim's got a third-base line behind him, while Backman seems to be in the middle of the diamond.

Close enough.
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Where's Stallard in relation to everything else? Looks like he's where Grote is. Looks like the same car, too. Must be a private homeowner who kept the same car for at least most of the decade abutting the field.

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[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=366]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8682/16551116791_6020644943_o.jpg[/fimg] "I was a Met for one season and I'm the only Met from that year's squad to never appear on a Topps baseball card as a member of the Mets. Who am I"?

"I shagged fly balls alongside Nelson Briles and Skip Lockwood".

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Some mad posing action on the diamond at Butterball Field. Roger Craig practices his pitching poses for the photographer behind him. Could that be The Man From Topps himself about to shoot an unidentified Met on the dirt infield? I forgot. Who am I? Me. The guy on the infield dirt with a bat in his hands just behind Roger. That's a tough one. Such a blurry image. I'd really have to take a shot in the dark. My notes indicate it ain't Bobby Gene. But considering everything after your guess, that guy is a passable BGS.

I got Frank Thomas as the guy posing with the bat on the infield dirt. That guy could pass for BGS --- if BGS was taller.

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=366]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8682/16551116791_6020644943_o.jpg[/fimg] "I was a Met for one season and I'm the only Met from that year's squad to never appear on a Topps baseball card as a member of the Mets. Who am I"? "I shagged fly balls alongside Nelson Briles and Skip Lockwood".

I once appeared in an All-Star Game. I pitched an entire inning without giving up a run and struck out the only future Hall of Famer I faced.

Edited February 18, 2015 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

[fimg=280]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7423/16516006346_cb3052d2e3_o.jpg[/fimg] "That Man From Topps sure has a knack for photographing one-time Mets in the uniforms of teams they never played for. That also goes for me and the Tigers. I played hard to get by not signing with the first two teams that drafted me, and then played not worth getting for the team I finally did sign with -- the New York Mets. So who am I"? Veryzer? I have his '83 Topps card, which shows him hitting. TOPPS CARD, YOU ARE A LIAR. [fimg=280]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7423/16516006346_cb3052d2e3_o.jpg[/fimg] We're looking for someone who first signed with the Mets and never played for the Tigers. Not enough of a hint? "I was the subject of one of baseball's all-time great malapropisms when someone once said of me as I was warming up: '[so and so's] throwing up in the bullpen'. I guess that's another hint: I was a pitcher".

I got no more interesting things to hint about this player and youse all seem to have run out of gas on this one, so I might as well tell you that this guy is Rich Folkers, and leave you with one more Jerry Coleman malapropism.

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"Winfield goes back to the wall, he hits his head on the wall and it rolls off! It's rolling all the way back to second base. This is a terrible thing for the Padres."

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: "I didn't miss playing for the crappy Mets. In fact, the team they traded me to won the next World Series. I got bling for that. Who am I"?

Jack Lamabe, 67 Metropolitan.

How's that last name pronounced?

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=366]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8682/16551116791_6020644943_o.jpg[/fimg] "I was a Met for one season and I'm the only Met from that year's squad to never appear on a Topps baseball card as a member of the Mets. Who am I"? "I shagged fly balls alongside Nelson Briles and Skip Lockwood". I once appeared in an All-Star Game. I pitched an entire inning without giving up a run and struck out the only future Hall of Famer I faced.

Wayne Twitchell

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: "I didn't miss playing for the crappy Mets. In fact, the team they traded me to won the next World Series. I got bling for that. Who am I"? Jack Lamabe, 67 Metropolitan. How's that last name pronounced?

Lamabe was one of the first ever Who am I's in the first Butterball thread, which was, regrettagbly, locked down.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=366]https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8682/16551116791_6020644943_o.jpg[/fimg] "I was a Met for one season and I'm the only Met from that year's squad to never appear on a Topps baseball card as a member of the Mets. Who am I"? "I shagged fly balls alongside Nelson Briles and Skip Lockwood". I once appeared in an All-Star Game. I pitched an entire inning without giving up a run and struck out the only future Hall of Famer I faced. Wayne Twitchell

How'd you get Twitchell? Face recognition? One of the hints? What?

[batmagadanleadoff]

Should we name that spot where Mets pose in front of the black tarp batting eye?

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Edited February 19, 2015 by Guest

[batmagadanleadoff]

The Rajah in living color near first base at Butterball Field, 1962. Lotsa filming and shooting on the field. Couild that lensman be The Man From Topps? Or merely The Man From the Mets?

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[Edgy MD]

That's beautiful. He doesn't even look that old but seems unsure about where he belongs and what he's gotten into. The world is passing him by. He knows good things are afoot, but he has the vaguest idea that something important is being lost also, and he's helpless to stop it. He'd try to warn somebody, but he's not sure anybody gives a shit, and it might just isolate him further.

That photo captures how I feel every day.

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: How'd you get Twitchell? Face recognition? One of the hints? What?

I knew his face right away but couldn't get his name til you mentioned Lockwood.


That pic of Hornsby is priceless.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Roger Craig bets ol' Case that he could reach the top of the water tower from the mound on Butterball Field.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Pick a Sox. Any Sox. And guess who on White Sox Day at the Butterball Field Thread.

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[Edgy MD]

That's Tom Seaver's brother, Larry Bowa's cousin, and Art Howe's twin.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Edgy MD wrote: That's Tom Seaver's brother, Larry Bowa's cousin, and Art Howe's twin.

Zvon's gonna eat your lunch when he gets on here.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Is the middle Sox -- No. 24 -- Ken Henderson?

[Zvon]

Is the middle Sox -- No. 24 -- Ken Henderson?

I believe it is. With Bob Shaw and Arty Howe.

Bob Shaw now: http://www.snipview.com/q/Bob_Shaw_%28baseball%29

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Edgy MD wrote: That's Tom Seaver's brother, Larry Bowa's cousin, and Art Howe's twin. Zvon's gonna eat your lunch when he gets on here.

Crap, just finished my lunch before I logged in.

[batmagadanleadoff]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Should we name that spot where Mets pose in front of the black tarp batting eye? [fimg=344]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7391/16555641846_22ae343575_o.jpg[/fimg] [fimg=364]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7392/16555641576_c264cd5d5a_o.jpg[/fimg]

Is there anything I can't do? Is there any part of Butterball Field that shouldn't be named after me? Including Butterball Field itself.

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[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Should we name that spot where Mets pose in front of the black tarp batting eye?

Isn't that just the Sadecki Spot from another angle? That could be called the (Ralph) Terry Tarp

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: Should we name that spot where Mets pose in front of the black tarp batting eye? Isn't that just the Sadecki Spot from another angle? That could be called the (Ralph) Terry Tarp

I see what you mean. I saw the tarp and assumed that Seaver was standing in that part of the center-field shared by both fields. But he's not exactly at the Sadecki Spot either.

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