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Kris Benson made $38 million through 2010 from MLB. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bensokr01.shtml What kind of business is he starting that he needs whatever deferred money is owed him from his Mets contract? Today's athletes might as well be from another planet compared to the rest of us.

As a Mets memorabilia collector, I knew all along that the Shea seats were overpriced. I thought that in the past, the charm in owning stadium seats was due to the fact that most of the seats were destroyed and that relatively few people thought to obtain a seat. Ebbets Field and The Polo Grounds and even Yankee Stadium I were torn down when collecting baseball memorabilia was a fringe hobby. Fan interest in owning a stadium seat was a fraction of what it is today. But with Shea, and most of the other stadiums that were torn down recently in the midst of today's memorabilia craze, most of the seats were purposely preserved to be sold to collectors. With tens and tens of thousands of seats available, I knew that the original selling prices for those seats wouldn't hold. I picked up a Shea turnstile about a year ago. I think that the turnstile is way cooler than a seat. And as far as scarcity goes, there can't be more than two, maybe two and a half dozen turnstiles in existence. If that many.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Any day now. Well if she ever hands you your walking papers, maybe you could stay with me for a while. I'd definitely be the Oscar Madison. Here, nothing ever gets thrown out. Especially if it's Mets related. You'd dig that, though, before it wears off.

Edgy DC wrote: I guess an in-house promotion was most likely, but they must've put him through the ringer to confirm he was clean. My personal hunch is that Samuels was able to do what he did for as long as he did, not so much because Mets oversight was lax (it was) but mainly, because Mets brass really liked Samuels and had a soft or blind spot for him.

I'm hoping for the best from Beltran. The little boy Mets fan inside of me tells me that Carlos could belt 40 HR's in 2011 just because he did that before. But if baseball records were actuarial tables, I'd say that Beltran's days of putting up all-star numbers are over and done with.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: ... as part of my purging of old scorecards .... The way this is going, one day the wifey is going to get rid of you in the name of more space.

Lee Mazzilli.

Here are your top 100 Mets with the most career HR's. Even Mike Bordick made this list. 1. Willie Mays (660) Hahn 2. Gary Sheffield (509) Hahn 3. Eddie Murray (504) TM 4. Carlos Delgado (473) TM 5. Dave Kingman (442) G-Fafif 6. Mike Piazza (427) LWFS 7. Duke Snider (407) G-Fafif 8. Jeff Kent (377) Ceetar 9. Gil Hodges (370) Hahn 10. Yogi Berra (358) (none as a Met) G-Fafif 11. George Foster (348) Mole 12. Darryl Strawberry (335) Hahn 13. Moises Alou (332) LWFS 14t. Mo Vaughn (328) TM 14t. Shawn Green (328) G-Fafif 16. Gary Carter (324) G-Fafif 17. Jeromy Burnitz (315) TM 18. Rickey Henderson (297) LWFS 19. Robin Ventura (294) TM 20. Rusty Staub (292) G-Fafif 21. Bobby Bonilla (287) Edgy 22. Frank Thomas (286) G-Fafif 23. Ken Boyer (282) G-Fafif 24. Carlos Beltran (280) G-Fafif 25. Mike Cameron (269) LWFS 26. John Olerud (255) TM 27. Todd Zeile (253) G-Fafif 28. Joe Torre (252) Edgy 29. Tony Clark (251) G-Fafif 30. Jose Valentin (249) Hahn 31. Ken Singleton (246) Edgy 32. Kevin Mitchell (234) G-Fafif 33. Cliff Floyd (233) TM 34t. Howard Johnson (228) G-Fafif 34t. Dick Stuart (228) G-Fafif 36. Jeff Conine (214) (none as a Met) G-Fafif 37. Kevin McReynolds (211) Seawolf 38. Roberto Alomar (210) TM 39. Richie Hebner (203) LWFS 40t. Todd Hundley (202) TM 40t. Carl Everett (202) G-Fafif 42. Jay Bell (195) (none as a Met) Edgy 43. Amos Otis (193) (none as a Met) 44. Jason Bay (191) 45. Preston Wilson (189) (none as a Met) Edgy 46. Julio Franco (173) LWFS 47t. Richard Hidalgo (171) CF 47t. Melvin Mora (171) LWFS 49. David Wright (169) G-Fafif 50. Claudell Washington (164) JCL 51. Damion Easley (163) Edgy 52. Keith Hernandez (162) LWFS 53. Juan Samuel (161) 54. Tony Phillips (160) 55t. Donn Clendenon (159) 55t. Jim Hickman (159) 57. Tommy Davis (153) 58. Jim Fregosi (151) 59. Shawon Dunston (150) 60. Hubie Brooks (149) 61. Mike Marshall (148) 62. Edgardo Alfonzo (146) 63. Ty Wigginton (143) 64t. David Segui (139) 64t. Willie Montanez (139) 66t. Jose Cardenal (138) 66t. Matt Lawton (138) 68. Trot Nixon (137) 69t. Carlos Baerga (134) 69t. Derek Bell (134) 71. John Milner (131) 72. Tommie Agee (130) 73. Gregg Jefferies (126) 74. Michael Tucker (125) 75. John Valentin (124) 76. Ellis Valentine (123) 77. Ken Henderson (122) 78. Jay Payton (119) 79t. Kevin Bass (118) 79t. Ed Kranepool (118) 79t. Bernard Gilkey (118) 82. Fernando Tatis (113) 83. Sandy Alomar, Jr. (112) 84. Rod Barajas (109) 85. Rico Brogna (106) 86. Jimmy Piersall (104) 87. Brian McRae (103) 88t. George Altman (101) 88t. Jeff Francoeur (101) 90. Mike Jacobs (100) 91. Mike Jorgensen (95) 92t. Eddie Bressoud (94) 92t. Tony Fernandez (94) 94t. Xavier Nady (93) 94t. Lee Mazzilli (93) 94t. Cleon Jones (93) 97t. Mike Bordick (91) 97t. Don Zimmer (91) 99. Felix Mantilla (89) 100. Kevin Elster (88)

Extra Credit. Name the Mets that are ranked 41 & 44-51 in this category. 41. Jay Bell (195) (none as a Met) Edgy _________________________________ 42. Amos Otis (193) (none as a Met) 43. Jason Bay (191) ________________________ 44. Preston Wilson (189) (none as a Met) Edgy 45. Julio Franco (173) LWFS 46t. Richard Hidalgo (171) CF 46t. Melvin Mora (171) LWFS 48. David Wright (169) G-Fafif 49. Claudell Washington (164) JCL 50. Damion Easley (163) Edgy 51. Keith Hernandez (162) LWFS Extra Credit Round Edgy 3 LWFS 3 G-Fafif 1 CF 1 JCL 1 Here's the rest of this list: (italics are unguessed Mets) Wrong Answers and Unguessed Mets 52. Juan Samuel (161) 53. Tony Phillips (160) 54t. Donn Clendenon (159) 54t. Jim Hickman (159) 56. Tommy Davis (153) 57. Jim Fregosi (151) 58. Shawon Dunston (150) 59. Hubie Brooks (149) 60. Mike Marshall (148) 61. Edgardo Alfonzo (146) 62. Ty Wigginton (143) 63t. David Segui (139) 63t. Willie Montanez (139) 65t. Jose Cardenal (138) 65t. Matt Lawton (138) 67. Trot Nixon (137) 68t. Carlos Baerga (134) 68t. Derek Bell (134) 70. John Milner (131) 71. Tommie Agee (130) 72. Gregg Jefferies (126) 73. Michael Tucker (125) 74. John Valentin (124) 75. Ellis Valentine (123) 76. Ken Henderson (122) 77. Jay Payton (119) 78t. Kevin Bass (118) 78t. Ed Kranepool (118) 78t. Bernard Gilkey (118) 81. Fernando Tatis (113) 82. Sandy Alomar, Jr. (112) 83. Rod Barajas (109) 84. Rico Brogna (106) 85. Jimmy Piersall (104) 86. Brian McRae (103) 87t. George Altman (101) 87t. Jeff Francoeur (101) 88. Mike Jacobs (100) 89. Mike Jorgensen (95) 90t. Eddie Bressoud (94) 90t. Tony Fernandez (94) 92t. Xavier Nady (93) 92t. Lee Mazzilli (93) 92t. Cleon Jones (93) 95t. Mike Bordick (91) 95t. Don Zimmer (91) 97. Felix Mantilla (89) 98. Kevin Elster (88) 99t. Charlie Neal (87) 99t. Del Unser (87) Joel Youngblood (80) Jesus Alou (32 -- Off the Charts (OTC))

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: It would be more fun if I didn't know the name Mike Bordick. Ever. I blame Rey Ordonez for the Melvin Mora fiasco. I blame Fred Wilpon, who I believe, rolled over Bobby Valentine and caved in to pressure from the Mike and the Mad Dog crowd: that ilk preferred stupid pop up slides and other empty calories instead of one HR a week from your freakin' shortstop. It's about time this round of trivia ended. What took you so long?

Extra Credit. Name the Mets that are ranked 41 & 44-51 in this category. 41. Jay Bell (195) (none as a Met) Edgy _________________________________ 42. Amos Otis (193) (none as a Met) 43. Jason Bay (191) ________________________ 44. Preston Wilson (189) (none as a Met) Edgy 45. Julio Franco (173) LWFS 46t. Richard Hidalgo (171) CF 46t. 48. David Wright (169) G-Fafif 49. Claudell Washington (164) JCL 50. Damion Easley (163) Edgy 51. Keith Hernandez (162) LWFS Extra Credit Round Edgy 3 LWFS 2 G-Fafif 1 CF 1 JCL 1 Wrong Answers 56. Tommy Davis (153) 59. Hubie Brooks (149) 61. Edgardo Alfonzo (146) 62. Ty Wigginton (143) 63t. David Segui (139) 63t. Willie Montanez (139) 65t. Jose Cardenal (138) 65t. Matt Lawton (138) 68t. Carlos Baerga (134) 68t. Derek Bell (134) 70. John Milner (131) 71. Tommie Agee (130) 75. Ellis Valentine (123) 78t. Ed Kranepool (118) 78t. Bernard Gilkey (118) 83. Rod Barajas (109) Lee Mazzilli (93) Cleon Jones (93) Joel Youngblood (80) Jesus Alou (32 -- Off the Charts (OTC))

Extra Credit. Name the Mets that are ranked 41 & 44-51 in this category. 41. Jay Bell (195) (none as a Met) Edgy _________________________________ 42. Amos Otis (193) (none as a Met) 43. Jason Bay (191) ________________________ 44. Preston Wilson (189) (none as a Met) Edgy 45. Julio Franco (173) LWFS 46t. Richard Hidalgo (171) CF 46t. 48. David Wright (169) G-Fafif 49. Claudell Washington (164) JCL 50. Damion Easley (163) Edgy 51. Keith Hernandez (162) LWFS Extra Credit Round Edgy 3 LWFS 2 G-Fafif 1 CF 1 JCL 1 Wrong Answers 56. Tommy Davis (153) 59. Hubie Brooks (149) 61. Edgardo Alfonzo (146) 62. Ty Wigginton (143) 63t. David Segui (139) 63t. Willie Montanez (139) 65t. Jose Cardenal (138) 65t. Matt Lawton (138) 68t. Carlos Baerga (134) 68t. Derek Bell (134) 70. John Milner (131) 75. Ellis Valentine (123) 78t. Ed Kranepool (118) 78t. Bernard Gilkey (118) 83. Rod Barajas (109) Lee Mazzilli (93) Cleon Jones (93) Joel Youngblood (80) Jesus Alou (32 -- Off the Charts (OTC))

Unless these relief pitcher hopefuls come with a killer knockout pitch, you might as well consult your coffee grind droppings to try and divine their future effectiveness. It's a total crap shoot from what I know, given the small sample size of innings they pitched. Thirty, 40, 50 innings is nothing to go on. Given the right -- or wrong -- 50 innings, Jonathon Niese might appear to be better than Koufax, while Johan Santana might make you wish that Oliver Perez, the bad Ollie, were starting, instead.

Extra Credit. Name the Mets that are ranked 41 & 44-51 in this category. 41. Jay Bell (195) (none as a Met) Edgy _________________________________ 42. Amos Otis (193) (none as a Met) 43. Jason Bay (191) ________________________ 44. Preston Wilson (189) (none as a Met) Edgy 45. Julio Franco (173) LWFS 46t. Richard Hidalgo (171) CF 46t. 48. David Wright (169) G-Fafif 49. Claudell Washington (164) JCL 50. Damion Easley (163) Edgy 51. Keith Hernandez (162) LWFS Extra Credit Round Edgy 3 LWFS 2 G-Fafif 1 CF 1 JCL 1 Wrong Answers 56. Tommy Davis (153) 59. Hubie Brooks (149) 61. Edgardo Alfonzo (146) 63t. David Segui (139) 63t. Willie Montanez (139) 65. Jose Cardenal (138) 68t. Carlos Baerga (134) 68t. Derek Bell (134) 70. John Milner (131) 75. Ellis Valentine (123) 78t. Ed Kranepool (118) 78t. Bernard Gilkey (118) 83. Rod Barajas (109) Lee Mazzilli (93) Cleon Jones (93) Joel Youngblood (80) Jesus Alou (32 -- Off the Charts (OTC))

Big Mo placed in the top 40, tied with Shawn Green for 14th place (328 HR's).

Extra Credit. Name the Mets that are ranked 41 & 44-51 in this category. Hint: None of these Mets were guessed. 41. Jay Bell (195) (none as a Met) Edgy _________________________________ 42. Amos Otis (193) (none as a Met) 43. Jason Bay (191) ________________________ 44. Preston Wilson (189) (none as a Met) Edgy 45. Julio Franco (173) LWFS 46t. Richard Hidalgo (171) CF 46t. 48. David Wright (169) G-Fafif 49. Claudell Washington (164) JCL 50. Damion Easley (163) Edgy 51. Keith Hernandez (162) LWFS Extra Credit Round Edgy 3 LWFS 2 G-Fafif 1 CF 1 JCL 1 Wrong Answers 56. Tommy Davis (153) 59. Hubie Brooks (149) 61. Edgardo Alfonzo (146) 63t. David Segui (139) 63t. Willie Montanez (139) 65. Jose Cardenal (138) 68t. Carlos Baerga (134) 68t. Derek Bell (134) 70. John Milner (131) 75. Ellis Valentine (123) 78t. Ed Kranepool (118) Lee Mazzilli (93) Cleon Jones (93) Joel Youngblood (80) Jesus Alou (32 -- Off the Charts (OTC))

You were the model of dignity up until now, combining restraint with brilliant submissions like Richie Hebner. You were the Greta Garbo of this contest.

Extra Credit. Name the Mets that are ranked 41 & 44-51 in this category. Hint: None of these Mets were guessed. 41. Jay Bell (195) (none as a Met) Edgy _________________________________ 42. Amos Otis (193) (none as a Met) 43. Jason Bay (191) ________________________ 44. Preston Wilson (189) (none as a Met) Edgy 45. Julio Franco (173) LWFS 46t. Richard Hidalgo (171) CF 46t. 48. David Wright (169) G-Fafif 49. Claudell Washington (164) JCL 50. Damion Easley (163) Edgy 51. Keith Hernandez (162) LWFS Extra Credit Round Edgy 3 G-Fafif 1 CF 1 JCL 1 LWFS (-8) Wrong Answers Tommy Davis (153) Hubie Brooks (149) Edgardo Alfonzo (146) David Segui (139) Willie Montanez (139) Jose Cardenal (138) Carlos Baerga (134) Derek Bell (134) John Milner (131) Ellis Valentine (123) Lee Mazzilli (93) Cleon Jones (93) Joel Youngblood (80) Jesus Alou (32 -- Off the Charts (OTC)) Did you read the fine print where it clearly states that from 12:40 PM to 1:00 PM on Thursday, Jan 6, 2011, five points will be deducted for each wrong answer submitted in the extra credit round?

Vic Sage wrote: 2011 Holdovers for 2012 ballot: Barry Larkin Jack Morris Lee Smith Jeff Bagwell Tim Raines Edgar Martinez Alan Trammell Larry Walker Mark McGwire Fred McGriff Don Mattingly Dale Murphy Rafael Palmeiro Juan Gonzalez I think that only these players from this year's remaining candidates will ultimately be inducted: Larkin Bagwell Raines Martinez Walker Trammell My guess is that Walker will be the last of these six to get voted in and that Bagwell's candidacy will pick up considerably beginning with next year's vote. So far, I'd vote for all of those but Larry Walker, though I remain open-minded about his candidacy.

Extra Credit. Name the Mets that are ranked 41 & 44-51 in this category. Hint: None of these Mets were guessed. 41. Jay Bell (195) (none as a Met) Edgy _________________________________ 42. Amos Otis (193) (none as a Met) 43. Jason Bay (191) ________________________ 44. Preston Wilson (189) (none as a Met) Edgy 45. Julio Franco (173) LWFS 46t. Richard Hidalgo (171) CF 46t. 48. David Wright (169) G-Fafif 49. Claudell Washington (164) JCL 50. Damion Easley (163) Edgy 51. Keith Hernandez (162) LWFS Extra Credit Round Edgy 3 LWFS 2 G-Fafif 1 LWFS 2 CF 1 JCL 1 Wrong Answers Tommy Davis (153) Hubie Brooks (149) Edgardo Alfonzo (146) David Segui (139) Willie Montanez (139) Jose Cardenal (138) John Milner (131) Ellis Valentine (123) Lee Mazzilli (93) Cleon Jones (93) Joel Youngblood (80) Jesus Alou (32 -- Off the Charts (OTC)) Now we're talking. That's the way to game the rules.

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Now this looks like fun...wish I'd noticed it before the first 49 spots were guessed. Mazzilli? If you blinked, you would've missed this contest. This contest was over in the time it took me to type "Willie Mays". And no wrong answers either. Not only that, but all the correct answers were submitted in precise descending order of Home Runs hit.

Extra Credit. Name the Mets that are ranked 41 & 44-51 in this category. Hint: None of these Mets were guessed. 41. Jay Bell (195) (none as a Met) Edgy _________________________________ 42. Amos Otis (193) (none as a Met) 43. Jason Bay (191) ________________________ 44. Preston Wilson (189) (none as a Met) Edgy 45. Julio Franco (173) LWFS 46t. Richard Hidalgo (171) CF 46t. 48. David Wright (169) G-Fafif 49. Claudell Washington (164) JCL 50. Damion Easley (163) Edgy 51. Keith Hernandez (162) LWFS Extra Credit Round Edgy 3 LWFS 2 G-Fafif 1 LWFS 2 CF 1 JCL 1 Wrong Answers Tommy Davis (153) Hubie Brooks (149) Edgardo Alfonzo (146) David Segui (139) Willie Montanez (139) Jose Cardenal (138) John Milner (131) Ellis Valentine (123) Lee Mazzilli (93)

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I think the key is thinking of really, really old Mets players. Because most of them used to be good for a while, while wearing other clothes. You don't think it's Donn Clendenon? Take a shot. I'm not penalizing for wrong answers in this round. If I was in your position, standings wise, I'd throw out a guess every four seconds. Makes sense tactically, no? I'd do the same if I was Edgy.

metirish wrote: Eric fucking Valent hit for a fucking cycle....some respect to the departed please.... I know what you mean. That was my point. Valent hit 13 HR's in 2004 in only 32 starts. And he doesn't register. Quirk: Valent was a major leaguer for five seasons (2001-05). He hit 13 HR's for the Mets in 2004 - the only 13 HR's in his entire ML career.