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I think Vic's plan is wise. Maybe a little too rigid with his bullpen roles but I'd roll with that over what Mickey's doing now.

We're no different than where we were at the start of the season: 1. Fred and Jeff, for being cheap. 2. Brodie, for making a stupid trade for Cano and Diaz. Yes, we didn't know Diaz would be this awful. But we all knew it was a stupid trade at the time at least as far as Cano went. In conjunction with #1, instead of giving up useful prospects, we could have just spent money like a major market team and signed Manny Machado. 3. Mickey's made a lot of stupid moves. 4. Familia. This was a good signing, and he turned out to be awful. This one isn't Brodie's fault. 5. Diaz. Wasn't his fault the Brodie overpaid. But he also inexplicably became awful.

Oops. Edited prior post instead of posting below. That's all the correct answers. Nice job all. I thought the McClure and De Aza answers were next to impossible...

1. Ed Hearn 2. Kevin Plawecki 3. Cal Koonce 4. Randy Niemann 5. Matt Reynolds 6. Barry Lyons 7. Jim McAndrew 8. Royce Ring 9. Ramon Castro 10. Jack DiLauro 11. Fernando Salas 12. Josh Edgin 13. Robert Gsellman 14. Jerry Blevins 15. Alejandro de Aza 16. Bob McClure 17. Buzz Capra That's all the correct answers!

1. Ed Hearn 2. Kevin Plawecki 3. Cal Koonce 4. Randy Niemann 5. Matt Reynolds 6. Barry Lyons 7. Jim McAndrew 8. Royce Ring 9. Ramon Castro 10. Jack DiLauro 11. Fernando Salas 12. Josh Edgin 13. Robert Gsellman 14. Jerry Blevins 15. ... No to Ledee. 3 names remain, none of whom were relief pitchers from the Wild Card roster in ‘16.

Henderson is a good guess, but not on the postseason roster in 16. Lastings also missed out in ‘06. 1. Ed Hearn 2. Kevin Plawecki 3. Cal Koonce 4. Randy Niemann 5. Matt Reynolds 6. Barry Lyons 7. Jim McAndrew 8. Royce Ring 9. Ramon Castro 10. Jack DiLauro 11. Fernando Salas 12. Josh Edgin 13. ...

Yes to Salas. Neither Matz nor DeGrom was on the roster for the Wild card game in ‘16. But keep in mind the quiz is only looking for players who never made it into a postseason game. DeGrom started 4 games in the ‘15 postseason. 1. Ed Hearn 2. Kevin Plawecki 3. Cal Koonce 4. Randy Niemann 5. Matt Reynolds 6. Barry Lyons 7. Jim McAndrew 8. Royce Ring 9. Ramon Castro 10. Jack DiLauro 11. Fernando Salas 12. ...

Goeddel was not on the wild card game roster in ‘16, but he did pitch in the division series in ‘15. Anderson Hernandez made it into a couple of LCS games in 2006; he ran for LoDuca as the winning run in the bottom of the ninth of Game 7. There are 5 players left on the board from the 2016 Wild Card game roster...but another 2 players left from elsewhere.

Steven was the starting pitcher for 3 games in ‘15.

Correct. 1. Ed Hearn 2. Kevin Plawecki 3. Cal Koonce 4. Randy Niemann 5. Matt Reynolds 6. Barry Lyons 7. Jim McAndrew 8. Royce Ring 9. Ramon Castro 10. Jack DiLauro 11. ...

Walker got hurt and had surgery in September 2016, missing the rest of the season and wild card game. 1. Ed Hearn 2. Kevin Plawecki 3. Cal Koonce 4. Randy Niemann 5. Matt Reynolds 6. Barry Lyons 7. Jim McAndrew 8. Royce Ring 9. Ramon Castro 10. ...

Got you covered. Plawecki is the only other player to miss in 2 seasons, although missing the wild card game is a lot different than missing two series that went the max number of games.

1. Ed Hearn 2. Kevin Plawecki 3. Cal Koonce 4. Randy Niemann 5. Matt Reynolds 6. Barry Lyons 7. Jim McAndrew (credit Batmags, transferred from prior quiz. Didn't play in ‘69 or ‘73) 8. ...

Elster didn't get any hits in ‘86, but he did play (and also in ‘88). Reynolds was added to the NLCS roster after the illegal slide, vicious assault, and profoundly erroneous officiating debacle in the division series in which Ruben Tejada's leg was broken. He didn't play but it would have been his ML debut if he had. He was removed from the roster in favor of Juan Uribe for the World Series. 1. Ed Hearn 2. Kevin Plawecki 3. Cal Koonce 4. Randy Niemann 5. Matt Reynolds 6. ...

Thanks!

Correct. Never played in either ‘15 or ‘16. 1. Ed Hearn 2. Kevin Plawecki 3. ...

=‘seawolf17']Gary caught every inning of every game, and they couldn't even find Ed a single spot? Oof. I don't know how I never realized that.

And there it is. Correct Answers: Lenny Harris Anderson Hernandez JC Martin Jim Beauchamp Juan Uribe Ty Kelly Duffy Dyer Ron Hodges Dave Magadan Michael Tucker Bobby Bonilla Chris Woodward Julio Franco Ted Martinez

Loney started the wild card game in 2016.

=seawolf17 post_id=20114 time=1566994903 user_id=91] =Gwreck post_id=20043 time=1566935406 user_id=56]Ed Hearn (never got to play)

=G-Fafif post_id=20113 time=1566993852 user_id=55] Two from the same season. Helpful hint because one unimaginative manager seemed likely to not deploy his available players to the fullest extent of their utility. 2006: Chris Woodward and Julio Franco.

Bonilla is correct. He was 1-4 with a walk in five plate appearances. In NLDS game 3, he walked as a pinch-hitter. He was not pinch-run for and went first to third when the next batter, Henderson, singled, and then scored on an Olerud single. He was the first of 6 runs to score that inning. In NLCS, he hit for Mahomes in the top of the 5th and was not pinch-run for. The next batter struck out to end the inning. —- 3 answers left on the board. Two from the same season. Yes Lenny Harris Anderson Hernandez JC Martin Jim Beauchamp Juan Uribe Ty Kelly Duffy Dyer Ron Hodges Dave Magadan Michael Tucker Bobby Bonilla No Mackey Sasser (double-switched into a game in ‘88) Rod Gaspar (in the field for the NLCS) Kelly Johnson (defensive replacement, Game 1 of DS in 15) Bubba Trammell (started Game 5 of WS in 2000) Ed Hearn (never got to play) Matt Franco (nothing in ‘99, but got a few innings at first in two games in 2000) Todd Pratt (started 3 games; defensive replacement in others) George Theodore (73 WS Game 4) Danny Heep (started 86 WS Game 2)

Leadoff triple against Cubs and failing to score the run? During a wild card chase? Going to trigger PTSD...

George Theodore got into the field in Game 4 of the 73 World Series, replacing Cleon. Danny Heep was the Mets' first-ever DH in Game 3 in 1986, but he also started Game 2, in left field.

=HahnSolo post_id=20047 time=1566936903 user_id=63] Michael Tucker in 2006