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  1. Wagner is correct for the last Piazza answer. I was a little surprised he never got Mussina.
  2. Piazza did not get Lee Smith (or Gossage).
  3. This might be better answered by JCL but I believe the only numbers that were never reissued after a player left the Mets are 5, 41, and 48.
  4. Just looking for one more Piazza victim. Kranepool (7) 1. Marichal 2. Niekro 3. Jenkins 4. Bunning 5. Gibson 6. Blyleven 7. Perry Milner (6) 1. Carlton 2. Gibson 3. Jenkins 4. Niekro 5. Marichal 6. Sutton Agee (7) 1. Palmer 2. Carlton 3. Jenkins 4. Niekro 5. Marichal 6. Bunning 7. Perry Garrett (7) 1. Jenkins 2. Hunter 3. Niekro 4. Marichal 5. Gibson 6. Sutton 7. Wilhelm Piazza (7) 1. Smoltz 2. Randy Johnson 3. Glavine 4. Maddux 5. Hoffman 6. Halladay Swoboda (7) 1. Carlton 2. Jenkins 3. Niekro 4. Marichal 5. Koufax 6. Drysdale 7. Perry Incorrect: Pedro Martinez Sabathia Eckersely Sutter Seaver Spahn Gossage
  5. Best starting pitchers (using BBREF’s JAWS ranking) to debut between 1970 and 1985: Clemens Blyleven Rick Reuschel Brett Saberhagen Dave Stieb Orel Hershisher Frank Tanana Mark Langston Frank Viola Jimmy Key
  6. Wayne Garrett hit a walk-off homer off Wilhelm on September 28, 1970 in the bottom of the 12th inning. It was the only homer he ever allowed to a Met. Could you name the team Wilhem was pitching for? I could not before doing this Quiz.
  7. Spahn did give up a few homers to the Mets - including to Al Jackson - but not to the players here.
  8. Melendez may well be out of options, But he’s also not exactly a great hitter and is exactly the sort of guy who is likely to clear waivers if he gets sent down. The oddity with calling up Mauricio is that the very point of keeping him at AAA was to get him regular playing time, and he doesn’t have any path to regular playing time on the major league roster, even with Soto injured.
  9. I was being somewhat facetious. I of course know why Carl Pohlad (net worth of >$3B in 2009) didn’t want to spend the money for a retractable roof.
  10. It’s not just TV money, it’s also attendance. Move all the weeknight games to afternoon and people with jobs aren’t going to come. The first weeknight series of the year is usually the lowest-selling series but there’s still a lot of people being inconvenienced with a last-minute change (and no, refunds will not be offered). As for Minnesota, I’ve never been quite able to understand why they willingly went back to a fully-outdoor stadium.
  11. The White Sox and Guardians also moved up the start times of their games on Tuesday. Boston, Pittsburgh, and Washington have not (yet) done so. And, this is one of the odd weeks where the Yankees are also home at the same time as the Mets and haven’t made any change.
  12. Yeah, it was seeming too cumbersome with having to guess Jenkins or Marichal or Carlton for each of six different guys. Perry is correct: Agee, Kranepool, and Swoboda all got him. Two answers left: one for Piazza, one for Garrett.
  13. Mauricio is an odd choice since he’s not going to play over Bichette or Lindor, he’s probably not going to play over Semien, he doesn’t play first base, and DH is pretty clogged right now with Vientos too hot to sit and Polanco maybe not able to play the field much. Mauricio last played left field in 2023 (26 games in Syracuse).
  14. The Tuesday 4/7 and Wednesday 4/8 games have been both moved up to 4:10 starts because of expected cold temperatures. I can’t recall this ever happening before for April games.
  15. Good answers here. Piazza got Halladay in June 1999, Halladay’s rookie year. Kranepool’s final homer of his career was off Blyleven in September 1979, during Bert’s brief stint in the National League. 3 more total pitchers on the the board. Kranepool (7) 1. Marichal 2. Niekro 3. Jenkins 4. Bunning 5. Gibson 6. Blyleven Milner (6) 1. Carlton 2. Gibson 3. Jenkins 4. Niekro 5. Marichal 6. Sutton Agee (7) 1. Palmer 2. Carlton 3. Jenkins 4. Niekro 5. Marichal 6. Bunning Garrett (7) 1. Jenkins 2. Hunter 3. Niekro 4. Marichal 5. Gibson 6. Sutton Piazza (7) 1. Smoltz 2. Randy Johnson 3. Glavine 4. Maddux 5. Hoffman 6. Halladay Swoboda (7) 1. Carlton 2. Jenkins 3. Niekro 4. Marichal 5. Koufax 6. Drysdale Incorrect: Pedro Martinez Sabathia Eckersely Sutter Seaver
  16. Those three are all correct. I’ve also added Gibson, Carlton, Sutton, and Bunning to the players who have them (since multiple guys got each pitcher). Takeaway: if a pitcher’s been guessed, he shows up here. But there are still a few tough answers out there. Kranepool (7) 1. Marichal 2. Niekro 3. Jenkins 4. Bunning 5. Gibson Milner (6) 1. Carlton 2. Gibson 3. Jenkins 4. Niekro 5. Marichal 6. Sutton Agee (7) 1. Palmer 2. Carlton 3. Jenkins 4. Niekro 5. Marichal 6. Bunning Garrett (7) 1. Jenkins 2. Hunter 3. Niekro 4. Marichal 5. Gibson 6. Sutton Piazza (7) 1. Smoltz 2. Randy Johnson 3. Glavine 4. Maddux 5. Hoffman Swoboda (7) 1. Carlton 2. Jenkins 3. Niekro 4. Marichal 5. Koufax 6. Drysdale Incorrect: Pedro Martinez Sabathia Eckersely Sutter
  17. It’s happened fairly frequently and there are lots of video clips out there but I can’t find one for a game involving the Mets.
  18. Yeah, I’ll admit I was ready for him to be DFAed on about 15 different occasions over the past year or so. In fairness, even Gary seemed pretty surprised at the arm on Young?
  19. No to Kranepool/Spahn.
  20. Kranepool (7) 1. Marichal 2. Niekro 3. Jenkins Milner (6) 1. Carlton 2. Gibson 3. Jenkins 4. Niekro 5. Marichal Agee (7) 1. Palmer 2. Carlton 3. Jenkins 4. Niekro 5. Marichal Garrett (7) 1. Jenkins 2. Hunter 3. Niekro 4. Marichal Piazza (7) 1. Smoltz 2. Randy Johnson 3. Glavine 4. Maddux 5. Hoffman Swoboda (7) 1. Carlton 2. Jenkins 3. Niekro 4. Marichal Incorrect: Piazza/Pedro Agee/Sutton Piazza/Sabathia Piazza/Eckersley Agee/Gibson Sutter/Kranepool I filled in Jenkins, Marichal, and Niekro for everyone since they're correct answers for everyone other than Piazza.
  21. Tommie has no homers against Gibson, in 1969 or otherwise.
  22. Kranepool (7) 1. Marichal 2. Niekro 3. Jenkins Milner (6) 1. Carlton 2. Gibson 3. Jenkins Agee (7) 1. Palmer 2. Carlton Garrett (7) 1. Jenkins Piazza (7) 1. Smoltz 2. Randy Johnson 3. Glavine 4. Maddux Swoboda (7) 1. Carlton Incorrect: Piazza/Pedro Agee/Sutton
  23. Piazza/Hoffman is correct. Agee never homered off Don Sutton.
  24. Kranepool (7) 1. Marichal 2. Niekro 3. Jenkins Milner (6) 1. Carlton 2. Gibson Agee (7) 1. Palmer 2. Carlton Garrett (7) 1. Jenkins Piazza (7) 1. Smoltz 2. Randy Johnson 3. Glavine 4. Maddux Swoboda (7) 1. Carlton Incorrect: Piazza/Pedro
  25. Sorry for the font issue. I typically am using an iOS mobile on dark mode (for which there are text edit options of bold/italic/underline but not font color). @Brock Beauchamp
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