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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: A classic performance here. Oh, PS Despondent Ivan challenges all of you to post you own [YOUTUBE]27aRwk5fGoA[/YOUTUBE] A friend of mine emailed me that Mets/Gershwinesque Rhapsody a few hours ago. Was that a coincidence or is that Mets video going viral?

Have all the teams qualify for the playoffs. Then have 'em play eleven game series's because more games equals more money. The teams that win at least one game out of the eleven advance to the next round. Repeat until there's just one team remaining. And World Series trophies for all the teams.

How about potato sack races? Catchers only.

=G-Fafif post_id=35951 time=1587828327 user_id=55] Homered as Mets at age 42 or over, according to Jayson Stark's revisit of Bartolo's homer in the Athletic.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Played into their 40s as Mets Yes. But because they weren't the only ones, that's not the sentence finish I was looking for. Besides. it'd be pretty ho-hum if that's what I was getting at.

... finish this sentence.

And they could also prevent the spread of covid-19 throughout the MLB community by playing out the 2020 season with Strrat-o-Matic baseball cards.

Eddie Robinson, born 12/15/1920, is the oldest living one-time major league baseball player. Robinson debuted in 1942. There are no living former major leaguers who played MLB in 1941, or earlier.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: http://www.beta.mbtn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/23-Apr-1970-66-Daily-News-at-Newspapers-com.png> Bud Harrelson got cropped out of that wifey watch shot. He was standing to the right of Nancy and like two or three seconds after she was done kissing her husband, Nancy turned around and planted one on Bud. Because roomies share. [FIMG=777]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/34/08/81/340881a2471342abb532a09cc9988ae3.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=777]https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/new-york-mets-bud-harrelson-and-tom-seaver-along-with-seavers-wife-picture-id97325663?s=612x612[/FIMG] You can catch the broadcast here if the WFAN time slot is less convenient. [YOUTUBE]si_GfOGmkMQ[/YOUTUBE]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: http://www.beta.mbtn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/23-Apr-1970-66-Daily-News-at-Newspapers-com.png> Bud Harrelson got cropped out of that wifey watch shot. He was standing to the right of Nancy and like two or three seconds after she was done kissing her husband, Nancy turned around and planted one on Bud. Because roomies share. [FIMG=777]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/34/08/81/340881a2471342abb532a09cc9988ae3.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=777]https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/new-york-mets-bud-harrelson-and-tom-seaver-along-with-seavers-wife-picture-id97325663?s=612x612[/FIMG]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: http://www.beta.mbtn.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/23-Apr-1970-66-Daily-News-at-Newspapers-com.png> Bud Harrelson got cropped out of that wifey watch shot. He was standing to the right of Nancy and like two or three seconds after she was done kissing her husband, Nancy turned around and planted one on Bud. Because roomies share.

The answer is, fittingly, one of the slowest Mets ever. John Olerud never once led off a Major League Baseball game. But when he led off an inning in 1999, he reached base at a .528 clip — more than 50 points better than 2000 Benny Agbayani. Olerud's 1.144 OPS leading off an inning that season is the best in franchise history for anyone who led off at least 100 innings in a campaign. Michael Conforto's 2017 is only three points behind, though that has more to do with his 14 homers and 23 extra-base hits than his on-base prowess. In 1962, Frank Thomas led off more innings with a home run than anyone in team history (18).

https://nypost.com/2020/04/21/mets-analyst-howie-rose-on-attending-tom-seaver-19-strikeout-gem/https://nypost.com/2020/04/21/mets-analyst-howie-rose-on-attending-tom-seaver-19-strikeout-gem/ High schooler Howie Rose cuts classes and plays hooky to catch Seaver and the Mets 50 years ago today. I don't know how Howie could've gotten his high school degree because it sounds like he cut classes every single day to catch the Mets at Shea.

The first Earth Day and Tom Seaver fans 19 Padres, including the last 10 batters he faced. https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-22-1970-mets-tom-seaver-strikes-out-19-padres-battershttps://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/april-22-1970-mets-tom-seaver-strikes-out-19-padres-batters

One of.youse already got the winning answer.

Part of the CARD CORNER series Written by: Bruce Markusen Excerpt: With the Kansas City Royals newly entrenched as world champions, some 30 years after they last took the title, the timing is especially good to look at my favorite Royals card of all time. There have been a number of interesting Kansas City cards produced over the years, including the 1975 Topps card of Steve Busby (which mistakenly shows backup catcher Fran Healy instead of the young pitching ace), the 1978 card of George Brett (a very cool profile shot of the Hall of Famer sans a cap), the 1982 Fleer card of Dan Quisenberry (who can be seen in a middle of a crowded calisthenics workout), or the 1987 action-packed “Future Stars” card of Bo Jackson. They are all excellent, and all worthy of a more in-depth profile. But my first choice remains the 1972 Topps card of Bob Oliver. First off, the 1972 set is still my favorite, in part because of the bright psychedelic colors that decorated the borders of the cards. Red is not one of the Royals' primary colors, but this set makes you think that it is. Then there is the actual photograph of Oliver, which saturates us in the style of the 1970s and the old school manner of Topps photography. We see Oliver wearing a bright satin windbreaker, as so many players did in Spring Training during that era. (This must have been considered a standard way to sweat off some excess poundage accrued during the winter months.) Oliver is also wearing a helmet while taking his fielding position, in a way that is reminiscent of two of his contemporary first basemen: Dick Allen and George “Boomer” Scott. And then we have the overly exaggerated pose, with Oliver stretching his front leg far for an imaginary throw, as if he were playing in an actual game. This kind of photograph typifies the over-the-top postures that Topps once preferred. Just to add to the fun, the angle of the Topps camera creates the illusion of a first baseman's mitt that is significantly larger than what the rules would allow. Oliver's mitt appears so oversized that it could be used to cook up a pancake; it might have had the length and width of your standard kitchen frying pan. As a final touch, Topps provides us with the backdrop of Spring Training, where so many of their photographs were shot in the early seventies. The presence of bright blue skies and palm trees, not to mention what appears to be some kind of storage shed deep in the background, tell us clearly that this is a Spring Training practice field, far removed from the rigors of the regular season at Royals Stadium. When you're collecting baseball cards during the last vestiges of winter in February and March, there is nothing better than seeing cards that have been photographed in the warmth of Florida. Now that I've established my admiration for this card, it's time to tackle the subject of the card itself; [FIMG=666]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71Pxy0MC0OL._AC_SL1366_.jpg[/FIMG] https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/card-corner/king-olliehttps://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/card-corner/king-ollie

=Ceetar post_id=35502 time=1587423335 user_id=102] what are we measuring by? minimums? Lerov Stanton. Matt Harvey was 10x as good when he led off an inning.

This is the topic that The Athletic tackles today. And they have lotsa answers, depending on the criteria they come up with. And they have quite a few ways of approaching this question. Here's an interesting one: Who is the Mets best leadoff hitter over just one single season counting only the at-bats that that player actually led off an inning with - irrespective of where he was slotted in that game's lineup? So if the Mets go down in order in the top of the first, then the cleanup hitter, leading off the second inning, would be credited with one leadoff at-bat for that second inning plate appearance.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49224249368_79f6e8d8fd_c.jpg> The photo above is from the actual "Harvey's Better!" game.

Dennis Musgraves; bursitis.

Edgy MD wrote: =batmagadanleadoff post_id=35367 time=1587255740 user_id=68]This allegation was denied years laer by Bob Scheffing, Mets GM. I don't know what's true and what's not, but Scheffing had a motive to lie and conceal the truth, while Winkles, as far as I know, didn't. And Jackson had motivations of his own. Perhaps. But Winkles never denied the story.

Edgy MD wrote: =batmagadanleadoff post_id=35367 time=1587255740 user_id=68]This allegation was denied years laer by Bob Scheffing, Mets GM. I don't know what's true and what's not, but Scheffing had a motive to lie and conceal the truth, while Winkles, as far as I know, didn't. And Jackson had motivations of his own.

It was ASU coach Bobby Winkles who told his superstar, Reggie Jackson, considered by many to be the best draft eligible amateur in the nation, that the Mets wouldn't use their overall #1 draft pick on Jackson because Jackson was black and Mets brass had racist-fueled concerns. This allegation was denied years laer by Bob Scheffing, Mets GM. I don't know what's true and what's not, but Scheffing had a motive to lie and conceal the truth, while Winkles, as far as I know, didn't. The Mets, as youse know, drafted Steve Chilcott with their #1 overall pick in baseball's June 1966 amateur draft. [FIMG=444]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61OslYqIa4L._AC_SL1050_.jpg[/FIMG] [FIMG=555]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71OgAHxWGfL._AC_SL1000_.jpg[/FIMG]

And I just looked up this game. Turns out that deGrom was already in peak career form. He was saddled with a 1-0 loss, pitching seven innings.