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The others... 1) Jon Berti (CF) 2) Garrett Cooper (RF) 3) Brian Anderson (3B) 4) Starlin Castro (2B) 5) Jorge Alfaro © 6) Martin Prado (1B) 7) Harold Ramirez (LF) 8) Miguel Rojas (SS) 9) Pablo Lopez (P)

Also in the shared gap conversation: Tom Seaver and Mike Jorgensen were on the field together as Mets on September 30, 1971, and then not again until April 20, 1983.

Kingman hit his 17th in Game 43, putting him three ahead of Alonso, though Dave probably didn't know that at the time.

If only Robinson Cano had been a Met then and modeled his version of strategically leisurely play in his role as leader by example.

Four Mets who seemed to have played their final games as Mets on September 29 would later return as second-termers: Bob Miller (1962; 1973); Brady Clark (2002; 2008); Anderson Hernandez (2007; 2009); and Carlos Gomez (2007; 2019). When he debuted for the 2019 Mets, Gomez became the 234th player to play for the Mets in this decade, and the 30th to play in both the 2000s and 2010s. Carlos Gomez and Jason Vargas debuted as Mets on the same homestand in 2007 as the 811th and 812th players in franchise history, respectively. They both went more than a decade between Met appearances and, pending Vargas's return from the DL (and Gomez's imminent staying power), will play in a game together as Mets in 2019 for the first time since July 3, 2007. It looms as the longest gap between two Mets being on the same field as Mets. The reigning record-holders appear to be Bob L. Miller and Ed Kranepool, who were starters on September 23, 1962 (the occasion of Krane's first hit), and then not on the field together again until May 7, 1974, when Miller relieved in a game Eddie started in left and never departed...though Krane pinch-hit in the first game Miller 2.0 pitched, on September 26, 1973, and they shared a few more box scores in early '74. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I look forward to Vargas coming back, if only for this reason.

Kingman shouldn'ta dove. If he hadn't, Alonso would be on pace to perhaps pass Todd and Carlos for second. But he dove and finished with 37. Which reminds me — don't dive, Pete. Not awkwardly, anyway.

Ol' Limber Limbs and Facial Follicles Callaway. He can fold and scruff with the best of ‘em.

Is the franchise's single-season home run record on the endangered species list? Todd Hundley, en route to 41 in 1996, hit his 14th in the Mets' 59th game. Carlos Beltran, en route to 41 in 2006, hit his 14th in the Mets' 49th game. Pete Alonso tonight reached 14 in the Mets' 43rd game.

What's the point?

Broxton entered Wednesday's game 10-for-16 vs Corbin. Callaway not only didn't start him or use him at all, but per Howie, sounded proud to dismiss the idea that 10-for-16 was any kind of sample. One hitter vs one very good pitcher, though...if you're not gonna tap that particular vein, you're clearly looking for every reason not to play him. That sample-scoffing business may have been a concept foisted on the manager by the front office, but either way, they were content to let him rot. (Lagares, who did start, entered 3-for-17 vs Corbin and went 1-for-3 in the 5-1 loss.)

Go-Go to wear No. 91 because the Mets DGAF.

Broxton DFA'd. Sewald up as well.

The Mets have played 1,825 games since Carlos Gomez last played for them, 23 fewer than passed between Jason Isringhausen's final 1999 appearance and first 2011 appearance.

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If the Mets can't get the Kinks out against the Marlins, what's the point? The Mets are 5-0 vs Miami, Trevor Richards is 0-5 vs everybody and Jacob deGrom is Jacob deGrom...again.

Multiple sources reporting Carlos Gomez en route to Miami to take concussed Conforto's roster spot. No, Zack Wheeler is not headed to Milwaukee.

They're sending him back to New York on a train, which shows they've learned something since sending Ryan Church around the world on a plane. As long as Michael doesn't get dizzy walking through Penn Station, everything will be swell.

If Rita Ora is gonna forget only one among her hat or her pants, I'm glad she erred on the side of the latter. Because I like seeing the Mets hat, ya creeps.

Twins DFA Addison Reed.

We're gonna need a bigger shot.

Danny Ainge was a baseball player first in my mind because Topps no longer had a baseball card monopoly. With the coming of Donruss and Fleer into the market in 1981, I experienced a resurgence in card-buying interest the spring of my senior year in high school...and from one of those three companies I kept getting Danny Ainge of the Blue Jays. Later I noticed he also played basketball. SPEAKING OF THE BLUE JAYS, their starter in San Francisco this afternoon is Edwin Jackson, participating in major league game for his record fourteenth team, topping old friend Octavio Dotel.

Kendrys Morales, one of those fucking 2015 Royals, is now a fucking 2019 MFY.

Wilson Ramos, wearing No. 40, put the Mets up 4-0 with a grand slam in the first inning on May 14, 2019, exactly 47 years after Rusty Staub, wearing No. 4, put the Mets up 4-0 with a grand slam in the first inning on May 14, 1972. Staub's accomplishment was lost in the later heroics of Willie Mays, who homered in his first game as a Met (against his old team, the Giants). Likewise, Ramos had to at least share star-of-the-game honors with his pitcher, Noah Syndergaard, who flirted with a no-hit bid. Take a modestly deep dive into this particular quirk http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2019/05/15/the-big-four-oh/here.

Ramos wearing 40 made it 4-0.

The Captain Tuttle of the 40-man roster. I just took infield with the man.