Countdown Quiz

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

1. Wayne Kirby

[Edgy MD]

2. Zach Lutz, you should've learned to play some outfield.

[seawolf17]

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.

GFafif 14
JCL 13
Batmags 11
Edgy 8
Ben Grimm 6
FK 4
Hahn 3
Chad 2
SteveJR 1
Lefty 1
DocTee 1

[seawolf17]

1998: 8 for 30. June pickup for the pennant drive who never quite did what we hoped.
2010: 6 for 30. Utility guy who's already been a wrong guess.

[G-Fafif]

2010: Joaquin Arias.

[G-Fafif]

1998: Gonna guess Hideo Nomo.

[Edgy MD]

1998: Wayne Kirby

[seawolf17]

Greg with the two-pointer!

GFafif 16
JCL 13
Batmags 11
Edgy 8
Ben Grimm 6
FK 4
Hahn 3
Chad 2
SteveJR 1
Lefty 1
DocTee 1

[seawolf17]

Three pitchers and an outfielder today.

1. 1965: 3-29. Big dude who was involved in the Mets "first no-hitter."
2. 1966: 1-29, 17 K. Played for the Mets and Yanks in the same season.
3. 1991: 6-29. A complete zero in his only MLB season.
4. 2009: 2-29. Probably the best player to ever come out of Monroe CC in Rochester.

[Edgy MD]

3. Terry McDaniel.

[G-Fafif]

4. Tim Redding

[G-Fafif]

1.Gary Kroll

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

2. Hal Reniff

[seawolf17]

Edgy picks up one, Greg picks up two, and our mystery MetYank is still on the board. (Reniff will show up again in a few weeks.)

1. 1965: 3-29. Big dude who was involved in the Mets "first no-hitter." KROLL
2. 1966: 1-29, 17 K. Played for the Mets and Yanks in the same season.
3. 1991: 6-29. A complete zero in his only MLB season. McDANIEL
4. 2009: 2-29. Probably the best player to ever come out of Monroe CC in Rochester. REDDING

GFafif 18
JCL 13
Batmags 11
Edgy 9
Ben Grimm 6
FK 4
Hahn 3
Chad 2
SteveJR 1
Lefty 1
DocTee 1

[G-Fafif]

Might we thank No. 2 for being a Friend?

[seawolf17]

Traveled down the road (from Pittsburgh) and back again. Figured the Pirates was too easy of a hint, so I didn't use it. Well done.

1. 1965: 3-29. Big dude who was involved in the Mets "first no-hitter." KROLL
2. 1966: 1-29, 17 K. Played for the Mets and Yanks in the same season. BOB FRIEND
3. 1991: 6-29. A complete zero in his only MLB season. McDANIEL
4. 2009: 2-29. Probably the best player to ever come out of Monroe CC in Rochester. REDDING

GFafif 19
JCL 13
Batmags 11
Edgy 9
Ben Grimm 6
FK 4
Hahn 3
Chad 2
SteveJR 1
Lefty 1
DocTee 1

Don't go up against Greg in Obscure Mets Jeopardy, by the way.

The points will start to pick up, folks, so get your guessing hats on. Don't let Greg run away with this. We've got three 28s, five 27s, and four 26s... and then it starts to blast wide open, with NINE points available each day Thursday and Friday.

[seawolf17]

1. 14th on the all-time Mets games pitched list, but only 2-28 at the plate from 1967-1971.
2. 5-24 in 1977, 0-4 in 1980... the entirety of this C/1B's major league career.
3. 4-28 in 2014. Drafted in the 3rd round by the Rangers but only got 500 MLB at-bats.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

2.Luis Rosado

[Benjamin Grimm]

1. Ron Taylor?

[seawolf17]

1. 14th on the all-time Mets games pitched list, but only 2-28 at the plate from 1967-1971. that's DOCTOR Ron Taylor to you, bub
2. 5-24 in 1977, 0-4 in 1980... the entirety of this C/1B's major league career. LUIS ROSADO
3. 4-28 in 2014. Drafted in the 3rd round by the Rangers but only got 500 MLB at-bats.

GFafif 19
JCL 14
Batmags 11
Edgy 9
Ben Grimm 7
FK 4
Hahn 3
Chad 2
SteveJR 1
Lefty 1
DocTee 1

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[crossout:jjxcfnx2]3. Juaquin Arias[/crossout:jjxcfnx2] oh, wrong year.

[G-Fafif]

3. Singular grand-slammer Taylor Teagarden

[seawolf17]

That's cool, everyone. Just let Greg win. WHATEVER.

1. 14th on the all-time Mets games pitched list, but only 2-28 at the plate from 1967-1971. that's DOCTOR Ron Taylor to you, bub
2. 5-24 in 1977, 0-4 in 1980... the entirety of this C/1B's major league career. LUIS ROSADO
3. 4-28 in 2014. Drafted in the 3rd round by the Rangers but only got 500 MLB at-bats. YOU NEVER PROMISED ME A TEAGARDEN

GFafif 20
JCL 14
Batmags 11
Edgy 9
Ben Grimm 7
FK 4
Hahn 3
Chad 2
SteveJR 1
Lefty 1
DocTee 1

[seawolf17]

We're less than four weeks from opening day. FOUR WEEKS! So tell me about these fellas, won't you?

1. 1984: Must have been those eleven hits in 27 AB that made him part of that big trade.
2. 1999-2001: Came in like gangbusters, hitting 25 HR in AA/AAA in 1999, but that never translated to big-league success, finishing just 7-27 with 0 HR, all with the Mets.
3. 2007: 5-27 in a short stint as a backup outfielder. Was a reasonably highly regarded prospect who never amounted to much success either.
4. 2011: Won a ROY, was part of a huge three-team deal, then finished his career quietly going 4-27 as a Met.
5. 2015: 4-27 as a backup infielder; now in camp with the Tigers.

[Benjamin Grimm]

1. Stanley Jefferson?

[DocTee]

1, Herm Winningham

[batmagadanleadoff]

Angel Berroa is the ROY. But he was here a lil bit before 2011.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

5. Danny Muno

[Benjamin Grimm]

2. Jorge Toca?

[Benjamin Grimm]

DocTee wrote: 1, Herm Winningham

Yes, that's it. I had guessed Stan Jefferson, but the name I was trying to think of was Herm Winningham. I conflated the two, thinking that Jefferson went to Montreal in the Carter trade (maybe because of the presidential names) but Jefferson, I think, went to San Diego. For McReynolds?