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    Johan Santana is only 39 and has never officially retired.
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    The Mets have hired two new PA announcers: TV veteran Marysol Castro and local scholastic sports reporter Colin Cosell, whose last name connects him to the first pregame radio host in Mets history. He's Howard's grandson. Alex Anthony was offed unceremoniously before the season (hints and allegations have it that he was heard telling an inappropriate joke). Rob Rush was filling in.
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    Benjamin Grimm wrote: The ZIP Code also appears on the 1979 cover. I can't think of a logical reason why. Return to sender? Would make sense where the 1979 Mets were concerned.
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    "OK, everybody, put your markers down. Let's see what you created. We'll start with 1968." "Well, I thought it would be neat to have a painting within an illustration. Here the artist is painting the new manager, expressing the enthusiasm everybody felt for him. I tried to get across a feel for the process and convey the message of the moment." "Very nice, 1968. So much thought and work went into that." "Thank you. I wanted to live up to what everybody before me did." "You definitely did. Now let's hear from 1976...1976, you were supposed to be done by now." "Uh, one second...done." "So what do you have there?" "Um, this is the team mascot, except his hat is different because of the Bicentennial. And you've got the flag, sort of..." "That's clever. Say, did you just trace that picture and then color in the hat?" "What? Uh, no. I mean, I dunno. Oh, and there's a logo over here in the bottom left corner. And the ZIP Code!" "Why is the ZIP Code in there?" "I dunno. It, um, fills out the, uh, doesn't somebody else want to go?"
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    Conlon optioned, Bautista sticks around.
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    Anthony Swarzak has alighted with the 51s.
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    Benjamin Grimm wrote: Maybe Vargas can try pitching right handed. If he's good, it's a revelation. If he's bad, it couldn't be much worse.
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    batmagadanleadoff wrote: Here's the article link: https://pudding.cool/2018/04/one-hit-wonders/ Two other one time Mets made the list, though not for Mets connected seasons-- Hideo Nomo and Cliff Floyd. Andres Torres (2012 Met) and Rick Wilkins (1998 pre-Piazza Met placeholder) also made the list. Wouldn't have guessed them either.
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    Vargas reported likely to go on short rest Wednesday since he went only three innings in sucking in his last start.
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    James Wagner of Times suggests this is precautionary: splint for now, bullpen session this weekend, perhaps back as soon as eligible to take on Orioles.
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    batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: seawolf17 wrote: According to B-R, Dykstra had a 6.6 WAR in 1993 -- but an 8.9 WAR in 1990. (!!) And so this post answers FAFIF's question about Dykstra. Plus, Dykstra in 1993, like Elster three years later, never played for the Mets. "Mets-connected" was a hang-up here as well. Didn't comprehend it meant partial season as a Met.
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    batmagadanleadoff wrote: Ah! On the 30 years thing. I thought perhaps as an exMet he was your connection The remaining answer played for the Mets during the outlier season in question. I kept going back to '86 from the Mike Scott reference. Misunderstanding on my part. Didn't realize Cespedes's 2015 was such a departure from his norm. I had been thinking earlier today that his five weeks of thunder have certainly resonated in our expectations for the years that have followed.
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    Kevin Elster's atypically strong 1996 with Texas?
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    seawolf17 wrote: According to B-R, Dykstra had a 6.6 WAR in 1993 -- but an 8.9 WAR in 1990. (!!) Also as alluded to above, I knew his 1990 was good, though I wouldn't have suspected it was THAT good, let alone better than his 1993. Allegedly the Phillies offered him back to the Mets after his indifferent Phillie stint in 1989. Would have been helpful.
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    seawolf17 wrote: Now that Plawecki is back It was thought Plawecki would disappear forever into the cornfield and he came back with a bang. Perhaps there's a best-case as opposed to a Mets-case scenario where Thor is concerned.
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    batmagadanleadoff wrote: Ah! On the 30 years thing. I thought perhaps as an exMet he was your connection The remaining answer played for the Mets during the outlier season in question. Dykstra 1993 as alluded to above?
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    Yeah, anyway... We're down to 19 Mets who've been on the active roster every day of 2018: Gonzalez Cabrera Rosario Reyes Matz Lugo Familia Gsellman Sewald
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    seawolf17 wrote: We're down to 10 Mets who've been on the active roster every day of 2018: Gonzalez Cabrera Rosario Reyes Syndergaard Matz Lugo Familia Gsellman Sewald Or nine, with Syndergaard now on the shelf. Holy fuck. On all counts.
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    We're down to 10 Mets who've been on the active roster every day of 2018: Gonzalez Cabrera Rosario Reyes Syndergaard Matz Lugo Familia Gsellman Sewald
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    seawolf17 wrote: Davey Johnson's 1969 season I thought of that, too, in the pre-30 years ago, though it was 1973.
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    Can "Mets-connected" be expanded upon without giving away the answer?
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    Apologies for possibly violating the code of consecutive guesses, but just wanted to throw Dave Magadan's outstanding 1990 into the conversation. Probably not high-profile enough to be the answer, but it really was the outlier of his otherwise "oh yeah, him" career. It was certainly the best Dave Magadan-style season one could have imagined.
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    Without having read the article that inspired the quiz, I'm thinking Hundley and Johnson and even Dickey had seasons that echoed or foretold the years we recognize as their breakouts. Gilkey had never done anything like his 1996. I was gonna guess Dykstra's 1993, but he had a top-notch season in 1990 as well.
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    On the Mets-connected train, Kevin Mitchell's 1989 season (asked above)?
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    Edgy MD wrote: G-Fafif wrote: BTW, is "Mets-connected" your way of saying not necessarily two Mets seasons? And in that spirit, I'll guess Joe Torre, 1971. Last 30 years. My non-Mets season guess is Kevin Mitchell, 1989.
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