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On Where Have You Eaten, Joe DiMaggio?, (S23E11) the show that tracks the eating habits of famous baseball players, none other than Kevin Burkhardt follows the culinary adventures of one-time Met farmhand, Eddie Rosario. None other than Eddie Rosario! Segments include Eddie eating an avocado taco in some Washington Heights bodega and Russian food in a Brighton Beach dive. Sturgeon with Chechikhov and cocktails with Molotov!

Kevin Burkhardt covered last season's 49ers-Chiefs game. Also, one of last season's 49ers-Rams games.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: He had all the hand-eye coordination in the world. So did Wayne Gretzky and Muhammad Ali. Jimi Hendrix, too. But I wouldn't want them taking any at-bats for the Mets. Fraudonez was an awful baseball player who had the capacity to make highlight reel worthy plays. And personally, having been a full season ticket holder for his entire Mets stint and having seen more of his games than I can remember up close, I would swear that he was a fucking fraud, who purposely timed some of his defensive stops to turn what should have been an easy routine defensive play into something that ESPN would replay later that evening.

You can't be as horseshit of a hitter as Fraudonez was and claim to be an asset. Do you know how good of a fielder he'd have to have been to overcome his sad, pathetic ineptitude with the bat -- to justify the absurd and unjustified vomit-inducing accolades smart Mets fans have had to endure during Fraudonez's Mets tenure? So good that no stat, no statistician could possibly overlook the value of his defensive prowess. It'd be like not seeing the tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur living in your backyard.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I remember hearing, perhaps on WFAN, that "the Mets don't need A-Rod because they have Rey Ordonez." WFAN? You probably heard that everywhere. Everybody lost their minds over Rey Fraudonez. The guy couldn't hit the ball past the pitcher's mound if you spotted him four bounces. His fans are probably the same knuckleheads who think that Gary Carter's number should be retired. They traded a future all-star, Melvin Mora, who could hit more HRs in a month than Fraudonez could hit in his entire career, all because of their ridiculous fascination with the piece of crap player. And he was a bad guy, too. A prima Donna. A diva who threw tantrums and made scandals whenever it was decided that he needed a day off. You woulda thought he was Lou Fucking Gehrig the way he carried on whenever he was rested with the manufactured outrage. It got so bad that Bobby V had to rest the brat like on the same day that somebody good, like John Olerud, would get a day off. "See? I'm resting Oly, too! He also needs a rest. It's not just you, Rey."

Sergio Valente.

Scott Sauerbeck.

Claudio Guzman.

Felix Gomez!

Lefty Specialist wrote: Playoffs are not a given with this team. Braves, Phillies, Mets, Cubs, Brewers, Dodgers, Padres, and D-Backs are all pretty good shots to hit that mid-80's mark. That's 8 fannies for 6 seats. Plus, you can pretty much guarantee that there'll be a team or two not on anybody's radar to compete for a playoff spot, competing for a playoff spot. It happens every year and now with almost half the teams making the playoffs, it's even more likely to happen.

Eddie Rosario!

I reacted the same way, even though I could care less other than if the money affects draft position. It's just that I was getting the impression that the Mets were micro-managing some financial line that they did not want to cross, presumably to manage the luxury tax penalties.

Wow. But will it cost the Mets draft position? I could care less about the money. First of all, it's not my money. And second of all, $30M to Steve Cohen is like a slice of pizza to a regular person.

Pete Alonso’s short-term deal with Mets showcases the need for a bounce-back 2025 season https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6118091/2025/02/06/pete-alonso-mets-contract-boras/

For the Kansas City Royals But that HR wouldn't count on Pete's Mets ledger.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: It looks more like the Nationals have declined the Expos history. I suspect that if Montreal gets an expansion team, they'd revive those retired numbers. I think something similar (but perhaps not exactly) happened with the Cleveland Browns. The new franchise got the history, the team that's now the Baltimore Ravens is disassociated with its past in Cleveland. Yes. Which is the exact opposite of what baseball did to the original Washington Senators. The new Senators (who went on to become the Texas Rangers) did not inherit the history of the original Senators.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: =batmagadanleadoff post_id=184669 time=1738870149 user_id=68] Rusty Staub, Expos. The Nationals ditched all of the retired numbers from Montreal, didn't they?

Rusty Staub, Expos.

So is that a yes or a no? So we're talking 21 total correct answers, including four who never technically played for the Mets? And Herzog is a correct answer? And the feller what never "donned a Met uniform ", would that be Jackie Robinson? Because if it is, I might shoot you.

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=184642 time=1738865189 user_id=68] =batmagadanleadoff post_id=184639 time=1738865065 user_id=68] =stevejrogers post_id=184638 time=1738864923 user_id=57] Of the first two I thought of who never played, there is one who never even donned a Met uniform, even for a nostalgic photo op. Though Herzog actually was a member of the major league coaching staff at one point during a season, I thought it was only fair to add him and another fellow to the ranks.

Is Whitey Herzog, Cards, one of the people that never "played" for the Mets? And if so, why are you calling it a "Met Numerical Retirement "? Of the first two I thought of who never played, there is one who never even donned a Met uniform, even for a nostalgic photo op. Though Herzog actually was a member of the major league coaching staff at one point during a season, I thought it was only fair to add him and another fellow to the ranks. So is that a yes or a no? So we're talking 21 total correct answers, including four who never technically played for the Mets?

Is Whitey Herzog, Cards, one of the people that never "played" for the Mets? And if so, why are you calling it a "Met Numerical Retirement "? Of the first two I thought of who never played, there is one who never even donned a Met uniform, even for a nostalgic photo op. Though Herzog actually was a member of the major league coaching staff at one point during a season, I thought it was only fair to add him and another fellow to the ranks. So is that a yes or a no?

Is Whitey Herzog, Cards, one of the people that never "played" for the Mets? And if so, why are you calling it a "Met Numerical Retirement "? Richie Ashburn, Phillies.

Is Whitey Herzog, Cards, one of the people that never "played" for the Mets? And if so, why are you calling it a "Met Numerical Retirement "?

Rickey Henderson, A's.