Benjamin Grimm

How about this guy? Admiral Charles Maynard "Savvy" Cooke Jr., USN (19 December 1886 – 24 December 1970), was a United States Navy four star admiral who saw service in World War I and World War II and later served as commander of United States Seventh Fleet (COMSEVENTHFLT) from 1946 to 1947 and commander of U.S. Naval Forces, Western Pacific (COMNAVWESPAC) from 1947 to 1948. Born the day after Ty Cobb was born.

Ty Cobb, maybe? He retired at 41, which would be young to be the oldest, but maybe??

There are definitely some things we can be optimistic about. The month of June destroyed this season and left a lingering stink, but the Mets aren't as bad as they were at their worst. If we could magically take June out of the mix, the Mets would be 51 and 49 and, perhaps, on the fringe of contending for a Wild Card. If they can have a smart and productive off-season, under the guidance of a wise GM, next year could be quite a bit better.

d'Kong76 wrote: Who are your MLB Endcaps? FIRST PLAYER YOUNGER THAN YOU Ed Nunez was the first player to debut who was younger than you. He was born on 5/27/1963 and he made his debut on 4/7/1982, so he was 18! Learn more about him at Retrosheet. Nunez is two days older than me!

That site was blocked for me. I'll have to try it again when I'm not on my employer's VPN. I do already know my Mets endcaps: Jose Oquendo and Julio Franco.

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I think the scheduler makers are just treating July 4 as if it was any other Thursday.

Edgy MD wrote: Mickey should use about 35 pitchers. I think there's at least a 50 per cent chance that someone else will be managing the team by then.

Think they'd trade Bryce Harper for Steven Matz?

Mr. Lance Hatfield,1 the p. m., states (May, 1938) that the n. is for Red Jacket, an Indian chief whose tribe used to camp here.2 Hodge (Part II, pp. 360-63) gives the following account of this chieftain: "Red Jacket. A noted Seneca orator and chief of the 'merit' class ... of the Wolf Clan, b. about 1756, probably at Canoga, in Seneca co., N.Y., where a monument commemorated his birth; d. on the former 'Buffalo reservation' of the Seneca, on lands now within the limits of Buffalo, N.Y., Jan. 20, 1830.... In the American Revolution, his tribe, the Seneca, having reluctantly espoused the cause of Great Britain, Red Jacket, although strongly opposed to this course of his people, took the field with his fellow warriors. At once his ability and intelligence attracted the attention of British officers, one of whom gave him a brilliant red jacket, which, when worn out, was replaced by a second, and so on until this distinctive dress became a characteristic feature of its wearer, whence his popular name. . . . [in] 1884 . . . [his] remains [were] reinterred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y., where a handsome memorial was unveiled June 22, 1891. . . ." 1 The grandson of Floyd Hatfield who, with Devil Anse Hatfield, was one of the first settlers on Male Cr. 2 Despite this claim, it is very unlikely that the n. has any historical connection with W.Va.[/quote:1bzq0k79] Edgy MD Aug 21 2018 07:06 PM Re: RIP Doc Edwards, 1936-2018 Devil Anse Hatfield? SIGN DEVIL ANSE HATFIELD NOW!!!!

The Associated Press wrote: Howard Rodney Edwards was born in Red Jacket, West Virginia. His nickname came from his time as a Navy medic.

As part of the most recent CBA, you can't make a QO to a player that's acquired during the season. But you're right, the once-per-career thing may have already been in effect anyway. And, why does it seem like every time we see something attributed to Jon Heyman, he has a different employer?

Wow! That means, among other things, that anyone signing him this winter won't have to lose a draft pick.

Wow, he's not even a current Yankee. I just looked it up, and the Frazier currently in the Bronx is "Clint". Edgy seems to be showing signs of Kiner Syndrome.

Centerfield wrote: I think that's what Edgy was going for with the thread title. But he mixed up his heavyweights. I guess you're right! I think I must have disregarded the "George Frazier" part of the thread title because it didn't make any sense to me. George Frazier is a Yankee, isn't he? I must have opened the thread thinking it was about a Met meeting a Yankee, and then forgot that thought when I saw it was about something else.

It takes a hell of an ego to name three sons after yourself. Even Donald Trump only did it once!

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seawolf17 wrote: A Japan trip that includes baseball is absolutely on my bucket list. "You Gotta Have Wa" is one of the best baseball/culture books I've ever read. I'd like to do that too. We were in Japan in 2006, but it was November into December, so no baseball was going on. Maybe some day.

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Did the Mets and Phillies do the "Good game, good game, good game" thing after the game? Which one of the players' moms was on snack duty?

I would have thought so too, but I guess I'm forgetting how that website works!

And... there's one ballpark where they've played post-season but not regular-season games: Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.

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Yahoo Sports wrote: The Texas Rangers did something that hasn’t been done since the Dodgers still played in Brooklyn, a loaf of bread only cost a nickel and the world was only two months removed from the Titanic tragedy. Rangers teammates Jurickson Profar and Rougned Odor turned a triple play without retiring a batter for the first time since June 13, 1912, when those Brooklyn Dodgers did it against the Cincinnati Reds.