Countdown Quiz

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

3. Jennrrrrry Meijia

[seawolf17]

DAMMIT THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HARD. Hell, I even screwed up part of a question and you still got it right.

1. 34 AB as a first baseman in 2004, 4 AB for the Royals in 2007... and that's it. BRAZELL
2. Drafted by the Mets in 1995, but didn't get into a game as a Met until pitching the 7th inning in a blowout win over [crossout]Arizona[/crossout] Florida in April 2008. Got his 34 AB, though, and is still associated with the organization, of sorts. NELLIE
3. Was awful, then a key piece of the staff, then quickly became one of the most despised Mets of all time. Got a single off Roy Halladay in his third major league AB, then went 0-for-31. Still associated with the organization, of sorts. JERK McSTEROIDFACE

JCL 12
Batmags 9
GFafif 9
Edgy 7
Ben Grimm 5
FK 4
Hahn 3
Chad 2
SteveJR 1
Lefty 1
DocTee 1

[Edgy MD]

I couldn't fathom any of these when I logged on this morning. A few hours later, I looked again, and I was all, of course, Figueroa! Of course, Mejia!

Too lateski in both cases. Brazell was beyond my ken, though.

[seawolf17]

Perhaps these will ken you then?



1. 1964: 3-for-33, 1 2B, 5 K. Third baseman. Acquired from, then traded back to, Philadelphia.
2. 1995: 8-for-33, 3 RBI. Infielder. Got 600 AB in 1998-99 with Tampa Bay.
3. 1999-2000: 9-for-33, 4 RBI. Key part of the 1999 team, but not so much in 2000.
4. 2006: 6-for-33, 2 HR, 5 RBI. Played six positions.
5. 2012: 6-for-33, 2 HR, 5 RBI. Played three positions and I have zero memory of him ever wearing a Mets uniform. Still bopping around the minor leagues, although he hasn't seen MLB action since 2012 with Cleveland after leaving the Mets.

[G-Fafif]

5. Vinny Rottino it reads like.

[G-Fafif]

3. The guess here is Pat Mahomes.

[G-Fafif]

2. Aaron Ledesma, I think (he and Brook Fordyce seem to have been allowed to get away too soon from that team).

[G-Fafif]

4. Going with Eli Marrero here.

(And I gave an answer for No. 5 at the bottom of the previous page in case it gets lost.)

[Benjamin Grimm]

4. Eli Marrero?

[Ceetar]

is 3. Kurt Abbott? I feel like he got more than that but maybe not.

[G-Fafif]

Ceetar wrote: is 3. Kurt Abbott? I feel like he got more than that but maybe not.

Abbott wasn't on the 1999 club.

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: Ceetar wrote: is 3. Kurt Abbott? I feel like he got more than that but maybe not. Abbott wasn't on the 1999 club.

right! mixed up 2000 and 99 and was guessing maybe he stuck around for a few more the next season. oh well.

you're probably right with Mahomes anyway.

[G-Fafif]

Ceetar wrote: Ceetar wrote: is 3. Kurt Abbott? I feel like he got more than that but maybe not. Abbott wasn't on the 1999 club. right! mixed up 2000 and 99 and was guessing maybe he stuck around for a few more the next season. oh well. you're probably right with Mahomes anyway.

In some ways, it was one long season, in a mostly good way.

[seawolf17]

Greg BUSTS OUT THE WHOOPING STICK and retakes the lead. The "key part" on the Mahomes clue was my nod that it was a pitcher. (Nobody else has 33 AB in a "key part" role, methinks.)

1. 1964: 3-for-33, 1 2B, 5 K. Third baseman. Acquired from, then traded back to, Philadelphia.
2. 1995: 8-for-33, 3 RBI. Infielder. Got 600 AB in 1998-99 with Tampa Bay. AARON LEDESMA
3. 1999-2000: 9-for-33, 4 RBI. Key part of the 1999 team, but not so much in 2000. PAT MAHOMES
4. 2006: 6-for-33, 2 HR, 5 RBI. Played six positions. ELI MARRERO
5. 2012: 6-for-33, 2 HR, 5 RBI. Played three positions and I have zero memory of him ever wearing a Mets uniform. Still bopping around the minor leagues, although he hasn't seen MLB action since 2012 with Cleveland after leaving the Mets. VINNY ROTTINO

GFafif 13
JCL 12
Batmags 9
Edgy 7
Ben Grimm 5
FK 4
Hahn 3
Chad 2
SteveJR 1
Lefty 1
DocTee 1

[seawolf17]

Also funny that of the five guys with 33 AB, the one with the most hits was a pitcher.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Wayne Graham is the Philly connection. I know this mainly because of those card threads I used to make.

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[seawolf17]

Batmags is back!

1. 1964: 3-for-33, 1 2B, 5 K. Third baseman. Acquired from, then traded back to, Philadelphia. WAYNE "NOT MOONLIGHT" GRAHAM
2. 1995: 8-for-33, 3 RBI. Infielder. Got 600 AB in 1998-99 with Tampa Bay. AARON LEDESMA
3. 1999-2000: 9-for-33, 4 RBI. Key part of the 1999 team, but not so much in 2000. PAT MAHOMES
4. 2006: 6-for-33, 2 HR, 5 RBI. Played six positions. ELI MARRERO
5. 2012: 6-for-33, 2 HR, 5 RBI. Played three positions and I have zero memory of him ever wearing a Mets uniform. Still bopping around the minor leagues, although he hasn't seen MLB action since 2012 with Cleveland after leaving the Mets. VINNY ROTTINO

GFafif 13
JCL 12
Batmags 10
Edgy 7
Ben Grimm 5
FK 4
Hahn 3
Chad 2
SteveJR 1
Lefty 1
DocTee 1

A trio of 32s tomorrow, going aaaallllll the way back to 1962. See you there!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

is 5 Juaquin Arias?

[seawolf17]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: is 5 Juaquin Arias?

No, it's still Vinny Rottino. But I feel like knowing how many AB Joaquin Arias had as a Met will be of value relatively soon.

[seawolf17]

1. 1962: 11-32 with 3 HR (!!), which gave him far and away the highest OPS+ of any 1962 Met. 1B/OF.
2. 1980-83: 7-32 in 43 games. Spent his entire MLB career with the Mets, but did nothing of any memorable significance that I could find.
3. 1998: 6-32 after a midseason acquisition to help fill a hole created by another midseason acquisition.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Semi-wild guess here. Is number 2... Scott Holman?

[Edgy MD]

1. Tim Harkness.

OE: Nope

[batmagadanleadoff]

Jim Marshall is the first baseman/outfielder.

[G-Fafif]

3. Jorge Fabregas amid quite a year for catcher acquisitions.

[Benjamin Grimm]

G-Fafif wrote: 3. Jorge Fabregas amid quite a year for catcher acquisitions.

I forgot about Fabregas. The only pre-Piazza catcher from 1998 that I could remember was Tim Spehr, but I don't think he was a mid-season acquisition.

[G-Fafif]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: G-Fafif wrote: 3. Jorge Fabregas amid quite a year for catcher acquisitions. I forgot about Fabregas. The only pre-Piazza catcher from 1998 that I could remember was Tim Spehr, but I don't think he was a mid-season acquisition.

Those who forget Fabregas are doomed to repeat it.

[seawolf17]

Fantastic work all around right there.

1. 1962: 11-32 with 3 HR (!!), which gave him far and away the highest OPS+ of any 1962 Met. 1B/OF. JIM MARSHALL
2. 1980-83: 7-32 in 43 games. Spent his entire MLB career with the Mets, but did nothing of any memorable significance that I could find. SCOTT HOLMAN
3. 1998: 6-32 after a midseason acquisition to help fill a hole created by another midseason acquisition. JORGE FABREGAS

GFafif 14
JCL 12
Batmags 11
Edgy 7
Ben Grimm 6
FK 4
Hahn 3
Chad 2
SteveJR 1
Lefty 1
DocTee 1

[Benjamin Grimm]

2. 1980-83: 7-32 in 43 games. Spent his entire MLB career with the Mets, but did nothing of any memorable significance that I could find. SCOTT HOLMAN

The only thing I remember about him is that my sister thought he was cute.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

G-Fafif wrote: G-Fafif wrote: 3. Jorge Fabregas amid quite a year for catcher acquisitions. I forgot about Fabregas. The only pre-Piazza catcher from 1998 that I could remember was Tim Spehr, but I don't think he was a mid-season acquisition. Those who forget Fabregas are doomed to repeat it.

I think of Fabregas as the original Internet Met goat, one of the first guys to receive bulletin-board fan derision way out proportion to his suckiness, because he was a symbol of they felt was Steve Phillips incompetence and Fred Wilpon's stinginess. I mean his name was mud on the old mofo

[seawolf17]

"What, you were expecting someone else?"

1. 1998: 6-31. Outfielder who finished fourth in the ROY balloting in 1993 with Cleveland.
2. 2012-13: 7-31. Corner infielder who will spend 2017 with the Atlantic League's Somerset Patriots.