Edgy MD

Give the error to both Yankees.

Damn, the opposite field flare serves McNeil last week. The opposite field flare hurts him this week.

=seawolf17 post_id=12657 time=1560271174 user_id=91] =bmfc1 post_id=12653 time=1560266645 user_id=73] Thanks seawolf17--I questioned my ability to count to 40 (so why don't they have someone else there? and why is Rahme there?).

"Big win! Get in the clubhouse! Big win! Back in the New York groove! Show it to me!"

I was hoping somebody would guess Nori Aoki for some reason. I also hope Willets will tell us how he went 3-for-3. Here's the whole list. Mets Ranked by Their Home OPS at Citi Field 1) Carlos Delgado: .993 (in 61 plate appearances) 2) J.D. Davis: .966 (74) 3) Peter Alonso: .952 (119) 4) Cory Sullivan: .920 (69) 5) Jeff McNeil: .913 (210) 6) Bobby Abreu: .880 (73) 7) Michael Conforto: .850 (875) t-8) Carlos Beltran: .848 (455) t-8) Yoenis Cespedes: .848 (600) t-8) Wilson Ramos: .846 (99) 11) Lucas Duda: .837 (1,422) 12) David Wright: .825 (1,830) 13) Brandon Nimmo: .822 (464) 14) Gary Sheffield: .819 (175) 15) T.J. Rivera: .817 (177) 16) Angel Pagan: .806 (766) 17) Fernando Tatis: .801 (223) 18) Jason Pridie: .789 (114) 19) Asdrubal Cabrera: .774 (725) 20) Robinson Cano: .771 (62) 21) Jose Reyes: .766 (1,213) 22) Luis Castillo: .757 (437) 23) Neil Walker: .751 (400) 24) Jason Bay: .750 (515) 25) Ike Davis: .748 (827) 26) Scott Hairston: .736 (272) 27) Daniel Murphy: .735 (1,654) 28) Todd Frazier: .722 (297) 29) Wilmer Flores: .715 (1,000) 30) Marlon Byrd: .712 (223) t-31) Chris Carter: .711 (64) t-31) Juan Uribe: .711 (72) t-33) Nori Aoki: .708 (51) t-33) Jeff Francoeur: .708 (367) 35) Omir Santos: .704 (168) 36) Michael Cuddyer: .702 (214) 37) Justin Turner: .700 (456) t-38) Curtis Granderson: .698 (1,133) t-38) Travis d'Arnaud: .698 (711) 40) Matt Reynolds: .697 (111) 41) Andres Torres: .692 (196) 42) Josh Satin: .686 (146) 43) Josh Thole: .685 (503) 44) Kelly Johnson: .681 (156) 45) Dominic Smith: .678 (194) 46) Henry Blanco: .673 (55) 47) Andrew Brown: .670 (104) 48) Rene Rivera: .668 (205) 49) Rod Barajas: .667 (132) 50) Jose Bautista: .665 (153) 51) Jay Bruce: .659 (481) t-52) Ruben Tejada: .649 (1,086) t-52) Nick Evans: .649 (173) t-54) Ronny Cedeño: .647 (90) t-54) Brian Schneider: .647 (81) 56) Kirk Nieuwenhuis: .645 (306) 57) James Loney: .637 (186) 58) Mike Baxter: .635 (212) 59) Jordany Valdespin: .633 (184) 60) Alejandro De Aza: .632 (132) 61) Juan Lagares: .626 (981) 62) John Buck: .621 (201) 63) Amed Rosario: .613 (469) 64) Chris Young: .612 (144) 65) Austin Jackson: .605 (82) 66) Kevin Plawecki: .601 (371) 67) Jeremy Reed: .598 (78) 68) Dilson Herrera: .595 (85) 69) Ronny Paulino: .592 (127) 70) Alex Cora: .580 (245) 71) Ryan Church: .576 (111) 72) Tomas Nido: .575 (64) 73) Devin Mesoraco: .561 (118) 74) Anthony Recker: .560 (203) 75) John Mayberry: .559 (51) t-76) Matt den Dekker: .551 (127) t-76) Eric Campbell: .551 (268) 78) Jesus Feliciano: .540 (82) 79) Adrian Gonzalez: .534 (93) 80) Eric Young Jr.: .533 (341) 81) Willie Harris: .531 (140) 82) Omar Quintanilla: .522 (206) 83) Steven Matz: .468 (71) 84) Jon Niese: .462 (190) 85) Anderson Hernandez: .449 (77) 86) R.A. Dickey: .447 (110) 87) Noah Syndergaard: .445 (118) 88) Zack Wheeler: .444 (103) 89) Jacob deGrom: .441 (167) 90) Mike Nickeas: .439 (111) 91) Fernando Martinez: .416 (52) 92) Ty Kelly: .409 (52) 93) Luis Guillorme: .390 (60) 94) Johan Santana: .340 (86) 95) Matt Harvey: .315 (106) 96) Mike Pelfrey: .296 (113) 97) Dillon Gee: .252 (121) 98) Bartolo Colon: .204 (92)

That's a great PF track up above by the way. Even with the sorta-sweet/rather-icky way Keef sings a luv song to his younger siblings. That's the Wrecking Crew backing that track. It's funny to see this poor little non-musician 10-year-old trying to mime a drum track laid down by Hal Blaine, or Lori trying to pump all those great horn lines out of her electric parlor organ.

BOOM!

Tatis is, again, our highest-ranked wrong guess, coming in 17th place with an .801 OPS as a Met at Citi Field in his 223 visits to home plate. Ramon Castro (I assume you mean him and not Marisol) was with the Mets for 3+ seasons, but most of it was in the pre-Citi Field Era, and he only got to the plate 35 times at home in 2009. (Smoked the ball when he did, though.) Valentino Pascucci, while also a non-qualifier, is an interesting case. He came to the plate only 11 times as a Met. He was 0-3 on the road, but rocked a 1.125 OPS in eight trips at home. Also Guessed: Lucas Duda (#11), David Wright (#12), Brandon Nimmo (#13), Gary Sheffield (#14), T.J. Rivera (#15), Angel Pagan (#16), Fernando Tatis (#17), Asdrubal Cabrera (#19), Neil Walker (#23), Ike Davis (#25), Scott Hairston (#26), Daniel Murphy (#27), Marlon Byrd (#30), Juan Uribe (#32), Kelly Johnson (#34), Curtis Granderson (#38), T.J. Rivera (#15), Kelly Johnson (#44), Dom Smith (#45), Mike Baxter (#58), Ramon Castro (DNQ), Zach Lutz (DNQ), Val Pasucci (DNQ). HINT TIME The guy we're looking for probably won't make the Hall of Fame. He might not even make a second ballot. But he probably won't get shut out on the first one.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Are we still looking for guys with less than 100 PAs ? One guy, yeah.

I was thinking the same thing. The Kenye biopic would be called I, Branding.

Good thinking as Shef is our highest-remaining wrong answer as the 14th-best guy in this category. Sadly the highest-remaining wrong answer, still falls within the category of wrong answers. Also Guessed: Lucas Duda (#11), David Wright (#12), Brandon Nimmo (#13), Gary Sheffield (#14), Angel Pagan (#16), Asdrubal Cabrera (#19), Neil Walker (#23), Ike Davis (#25), Scott Hairston (#26), Daniel Murphy (#27), Marlon Byrd (#30), Juan Uribe (#32), Kelly Johnson (#34), Curtis Granderson (#38), T.J. Rivera (#15), Kelly Johnson (#44), Dom Smith (#45), Mike Baxter (#58), Zach Lutz (DNQ)

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Not Walkie-Talkie. Neil is the 23rd best OPS man at Citi Field among players who've called the place home. Also Guessed: Lucas Duda (#11), David Wright (#12), Brandon Nimmo (#13), Angel Pagan (#16), Asdrubal Cabrera (#19), Neil Walker (#23), Ike Davis (#25), Scott Hairston (#26), Daniel Murphy (#27), Marlon Byrd (#30), Juan Uribe (#32), Kelly Johnson (#34), Curtis Granderson (#38), T.J. Rivera (#15), Kelly Johnson (#44), Dom Smith (#45), Mike Baxter (#58), Zach Lutz (DNQ)

Strange times when the Yankees have more money on the DL than the Mets. They should match up in a game of Strat: Wright and Céspedes vs. Ellsbury and Stanton.

Kelly Johnson? She was good. But certainly not top-ten good. Kelly is our 44th best home OPS guy at Citi Field, with a .681 OPS across 156 plate appearances. He's beaten Dom Smith, though ... so far! How 'bout Frenchy? That's the sort of guess we used to call "The French Mistake." Jeff Francoeur was what the French call, "un peu mieux que terrible," coming in 34th place with a .708 OPS in 367 Citi trips to the plate. On the other hand, do that, Kelly Johnson. Willets Point wrote: Cory Sullivan. Well, hose me down and splash me all over with Jean Naté. I thought we'd still be at this two weeks before anybody guessed Sullivan. I mean, what kind of name is that?! Ridiculous!! But here you are, pulling a Cory out of your pants and more or less clinching the contest. My stars and garters, I'm impressed! Cory F. Sullivan has the fourth-highest home OPS in Citi Field history among dudes with 50 or more plate appearances, rocking a .920 figure across 69 trips to the dish. Congratulations! We'll keep the last one up until somebody guesses it or another working day has ended. Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Zach Slutz And that's not it!! Zach is, in fact, the first guess among folks who don't even qualify, having amassedd only 37 plate trips over small parts of two seasons. Chad ochoseis wrote: Mike Baxter Not in the ballpark. Poor Mike finished 58th inn our charts, clocking a .611 OPS in 212 plate appearances. Carlos Delgado: .993_____ J.D. Davis: 966_________ Pete Alonso: .952_______ Cory Sullivan: 920______ Jeff McNeil: .913________ _____________________ Carlos Beltran .848______ Yoenis Céspedes: .848___ Michael Conforto: .848___ Wilson Ramos: .846_____ Also Guessed: Lucas Duda (#11), David Wright (#12), Brandon Nimmo (#13), Angel Pagan (#16), Asdrubal Cabrera (#19), Ike Davis (#25), Scott Hairston (#26), Daniel Murphy (#27), Marlon Byrd (#30), Juan Uribe (#32), Kelly Johnson (#34), Curtis Granderson (#38), T.J. Rivera (#15), Kelly Johnson (#44), Dom Smith (#45), Mike Baxter (#58), Zach Lutz (DNQ) Scoring Willets Point: 9 d'Kong: 3 Fman 99: 3 batmagadanleadoff: 2 Chad Ochoseis: 2 John Cougar Lunchbucket: 1 HahnSolo: 1 Benjamin Grimm: -1 kcmets: -1 stevejrogers: -1 Vic Sage: -1 41 Forever: -2 seawolf: -2 G-FaFiF: -2

What an incredible concentration of Met moments, good, bad, and weird. As a writer, I would have been paralyzed by the proliferation of angles to take. The Met Fairy had a press pass for that Beanie Baby Day. https://pictures.ozy.com/pictures/1500xany/1/5/3/116153_115983_2919396135_045ae778ae_o.jpg>

Joe Malloy was married to Steinbrenner's daughter, but I don't think they had a Joe, Jr. Maybe it's one of Hank's sons.

I'm reading reports of organ damage. Hang in there, big guy.

Juan Uribe Always a fun answer. A guy who looked 100, carried an extra 44 pounds, swung as hard as anybody, and tried to fake it as a middle infielder. But Juan is #32 on our list with a .711 OPS in 72 plate appearances in Citi Field. Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: i came here also to guess Uribe Through your lateness you are spared the ignominy of a subtracted point! Carlos Delgado: .993_____ J.D. Davis: 966_________ Pete Alonso: .952_______ _____________________ Jeff McNeil: .913________ _____________________ Carlos Beltran .848______ Yoenis Céspedes: .848___ Michael Conforto: .848___ Wilson Ramos: .846_____ Also Guessed: Lucas Duda (#11), David Wright (#12), Brandon Nimmo (#13), Angel Pagan (#16), Asdrubal Cabrera (#19), Ike Davis (#25), Scott Hairston (#26), Daniel Murphy (#27), Marlon Byrd (#30), Juan Uribe (#32), Curtis Granderson (#38), T.J. Rivera (#15), Dom Smith (#45) Scoring Willets Point: 6 Chad Ochoseis: 3 d'Kong: 3 Fman 99: 3 batmagadanleadoff: 2 John Cougar Lunchbucket: 2 HahnSolo: 1 Benjamin Grimm: -1 seawolf: -1 stevejrogers: -1 Vic Sage: -1 41 Forever: -2 G-FaFiF: -2

David Ortiz is reportedly in stable condition after https://www.mlb.com/news/david-ortiz-shot-wounded-in-dominican-republicgetting shot at an "amusement center" (video arcade? strip club?) in Santo Domingo.

But shouldn't I get a bonus point for esotericness? Our last two will be distinctly more esoteric than T.J., once we reward Willets for ... Willets Point wrote: Wilson Ramos Yes, yes, yes! There's not a whole lot of speed factor feeding into OPS, so short-timer Wilson zooms in at #10 with an .846 OPS during his 99-PA tenure thus far at Citi Field. GOOD FOR SOLE POSSESSION OF FIRST PLACE!! Carlos Delgado: .993_____ J.D. Davis: 966_________ Pete Alonso: .952_______ _____________________ Jeff McNeil: .913________ _____________________ Carlos Beltran .848______ Yoenis Céspedes: .848___ Michael Conforto: .848___ Wilson Ramos: .846_____ Also Guessed: Lucas Duda (#11), David Wright (#12), Brandon Nimmo (#13), Angel Pagan (#16), Asdrubal Cabrera (#19), Ike Davis (#25), Scott Hairston (#26), Daniel Murphy (#27), Marlon Byrd (#30), Curtis Granderson (#38), T.J. Rivera (#15), Dom Smith (#45) Scoring Willets Point: 6 Chad Ochoseis: 3 d'Kong: 3 Fman 99: 3 batmagadanleadoff: 2 HahnSolo: 2 John Cougar Lunchbucket: 2 Benjamin Grimm: -1 seawolf: -1 stevejrogers: -1 Vic Sage: -1 41 Forever: -2 G-FaFiF: -2

I salute your derring-do, continuing to play with a partial share of the lead. T.J. is an excellent guess, but he sadly comes in #16, with an .817 OPS in 177 plate appearances as a Citi Field Met. As far as I can see, he hasn't caught on with anybody for 2019. Carlos Delgado: .993_____ J.D. Davis: 966_________ Pete Alonso: .952_______ _____________________ Jeff McNeil: .913________ _____________________ Carlos Beltran .848______ Yoenis Céspedes: .848___ Michael Conforto: .848___ _____________________ Also Guessed: Lucas Duda (#11), David Wright (#12), Brandon Nimmo (#13), Angel Pagan (#16), Asdrubal Cabrera (#19), Ike Davis (#25), Scott Hairston (#26), Daniel Murphy (#27), Marlon Byrd (#30), Curtis Granderson (#38), T.J. Rivera (#15), Dom Smith (#45) Scoring Chad Ochoseis: 3 d'Kong: 3 Fman 99: 3 Willets Point: 3 batmagadanleadoff: 2 HahnSolo: 2 John Cougar Lunchbucket: 2 Benjamin Grimm: -1 seawolf: -1 stevejrogers: -1 Vic Sage: -1 41 Forever: -2 G-FaFiF: -2

I'm surprising myself by going with "Pennant Pressure." "Mona" is inspired, but there's puzzling detail. Is her camouflage undershirt meant to invoke Randy Myers? Randy was gone for about a year and a half by this point. And he only wore short-sleeve camo, as I imagine any exposed sleeves of the pitcher's have to be uniform in color. Plus, if it's a Myers reference, Mona should be lefthanded. And her glove looks like it's from 1932. The pissy, childish, God-dammit-every-call-is-supposed-to-benefit-ME! face that Rose is making cinches it for me, even if half the shot is obscured.

I feel consumed by guilt, because when a quiz stumps Greg, it is a categorically unfair quiz. Marlon comes in at #30 with a .712 OPS over 223 plate appearances. Then he and John Buck brought in Vic Black and Dilson Herrera. Carlos Delgado: .993_____ J.D. Davis: 966_________ Pete Alonso: .952_______ _____________________ Jeff McNeil: .913________ _____________________ Carlos Beltran .848______ Yoenis Céspedes: .848___ Michael Conforto: .848___ _____________________ Also Guessed: Marlon Byrd, Asdrubal Cabrera, Ike Davis, Lucas Duda, Curtis Granderson, Scott Hairston Daniel Murphy, Brandon Nimmo, Angel Pagan, Dom Smith, David Wright Scoring batmagadanleadoff: 3 Chad Ochoseis: 3 d'Kong: 3 Fman 99: 3 Willets Point: 3 HahnSolo: 2 John Cougar Lunchbucket: 2 Benjamin Grimm: -1 seawolf: -1 stevejrogers: -1 Vic Sage: -1 41 Forever: -2 G-FaFiF: -2

Angel is always a good answer to quizzes such as this, in part because just to invoke his name is to conjure up the most perfect beard in Mets history. Alas, Angel's two Met tenures bring him in at #16 on our list, with an .806 OPS over 766 plate appearances. We're doing a spanking good job of coming up with #s 11-20. Important to note, our remaining three will be a special challenge, because each has fewer than 100 plate appearances as a Met. Thinking caps: on. Carlos Delgado: .993_____ J.D. Davis: 966_________ Pete Alonso: .952_______ _____________________ Jeff McNeil: .913________ _____________________ Carlos Beltran .848______ Yoenis Céspedes: .848___ Michael Conforto: .848___ _____________________ Also Guessed: Asdrubal Cabrera, Ike Davis, Lucas Duda, Curtis Granderson, Scott Hairston Daniel Murphy, Brandon Nimmo, Angel Pagan, Dom Smith, David Wright Scoring batmagadanleadoff: 3 Chad Ochoseis: 3 d'Kong: 3 Fman 99: 3 Willets Point: 3 HahnSolo: 2 John Cougar Lunchbucket: 2 Benjamin Grimm: -1 G-FaFiF: -1 seawolf: -1 stevejrogers: -1 Vic Sage: -1 41 Forever: -2