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Positions Ranked by the Number of Players Appearing There for the Mets in Their History With Career Leaders, Active Leaders, and Most Recent Debuts) Left Field: 242 Jones #1: 800 Duda #23: 110 Brown Most Recent Debutante: 6/20/2013 [*]Right Field: 211 Strawberry #1: 1,062 Duda #22: 123 Ankiel Most Recent Debutante: 5/16/2013 [*]Center Field: 168 Wilson #1: 907 Nieuwenuis #62: 60 Young Most Recent Debutante: 6/19/2013 [*]Third Base: 150 Wright #1: 1,326 Wright #1: 1,326 Lutz Most Recent Debutante: 6/27/2013 [*]First Base: 146 Kranepool #1: 1,302 games Davis #6: 382 games Rottino Most Recent Debutante: 5/21/2012 [*]Second Base: 136 Backman #1: 681 Murphy #12: 221 Young Most Recent Debutante: 6/25/2013 [*]Shortstop: 118 Harrelson #1: 1,280 Tejada #11: 229 Quintanilla Most Recent Debutante: 5/29/2012 [*]Catcher: 86 Grote #1: 1,176 Buck #35: 61 Recker Most Recent Debutante: 4/7/2013 [*]Designated Hitter: 47 Piazza #1: 34 Duda #5: 8 Brown Most Recent Debutante: 6/25/2013 Lucas Duda is the team's active leader at three positions. He's versatile!

Perhaps there was a certain charm to the beat writers hanging onto the legend. It was silly by the time a cameo by Gary Carter became "He's the XXXth person to man the hot corner since the franchise's inception," as if he's somehow there in pursuit of an actual solution due to the utter failure of Howard Johnson, Ray Knight, and Kevin Mitchell. The position was actually stacked at the time (with Gregg Jefferies and Dave Magadan in the pipeline) but they had column inches to fill, and I had a basic need to consume them. But when it persisted into the nineities, as right field became THE position the team couldn't fill, but wasn't reported as such, the story became problematic. On May 16, Rick Ankiel became the 211th rightfielder chewed through by the Mets. Interestingly, on June 20th, I officially forgot Rick Ankiel was ever a Met.

Is there a fast way of telling, though the IMDB, what the earliest date is from which that the Mets have a .500+ record?

I couldn't find a screen shot of James Spader fighting hoods from the saddle of his bicycle in Tuff Turf, but I did find this great shot of him jamming with Jim Carroll and Iron Man.

Ross Detwiler, Washington's fourth-best starter, opposes Matt Harvey, the Mets' (and the world's) very best. But gentelmen, it's still the big leagues, and you still have to play until your asses fall literally off. There are no mismatches here. Friday night, winning baseball being played, back in the New York groove, Matt Harvey, and summer arrived. This game has got it all.

June 28, 2013. Mets 3, Rockies 2. A one-game sweep in which they pass Milwaukee in the league-wide standings and remain tied with Chicago. GET OUT YER BROOMS!!

I'm guessing that the Mrs. Met of today and the Lady Met of yore are either different lasses or the same lass in a different marital state. If they never married, they are pretty shameless about the family.

There. To the right of the tunnel. Party on, Garth.

He didn't look blind. He just looked like Wayne Campbell from Aurora, Indiana.

Who else noticed Garth's pal Wayne behind home plate the whole game?

Satin looking more like Yankee-bait every inning.

Tack some on!

I really like Lagarry, but I think he's given good reason to suggest Nieuwie should get the lion's share (or the Lyons share) of the righties. He just doesn't look confident up there. Even his successful bunt was something of a copout. On the other hand, Coors Field.

That's some bad Hirschbecking there.

Bunt again, Juan.

This ain't basketball, but momentum is swinging our way.

Wow, gutsy to let his swing 2-0, but the real RBI should go to Recker for coming in hard. And what secondbaseman doesn't want that?

Wow, gutsy to let his swing 2-0, but the real RBI should go to Recker for coming in hard. And what secondbaseman doesn't want that?

[bigpurple:2hfqzrx3]Setting up Recker is good strategy![/bigpurple:2hfqzrx3]

[bigpurple:1iokwz5z]Satin walk is a start. Pop single by Lutz continues the BATTERY![/bigpurple:1iokwz5z]

[bigpurple:16aefe1b]We're totally gonna pile up some hits this inning.[/bigpurple:16aefe1b]

Just learning now (or re-learning) that Walt Weiss is the Rockies manager.

With no Tulowtzky. Heffie getting it done novel in inning one. Q too.

Those who said Josh Edgn, come forward and collect your prizes. Josh is back with the team and pitching modestly well in low-leverage situations, as the starters have gone deep enough that the team hasn't had to play matchups as much. Tim Byrdak --- Debuted in the Gulf Coast League, threw one inning and struck out one. Moved up to the high-A Florida State League, and he's appeared in two more games, thrown two more innings, and struck out two more batters. Has yet to surrender so much as a baserunner. Mark Cohoon --- was starting in Binghamton when I first started this poll, and has been getting smacked around ever since, pitching five innings each in his last four starts and giving up 19 runs in those 20 innings, 17 of them earned. Not an option. Cohoon voters, what WERE you thinking? Pedro Feliciano --- is a little ahead of Byrdak in rehabilitation, and comparably successful. He stared out in St. Lucie, appeared in five games, throwing 4 2/3 innings. He's given up three runs, one earned, striking out four and walking two. He then moved up to Bingo where he's been rock solid, going 4 1/3 over four games (did he actually throw more than an inning in one game?) while allowing no runs, one hit, no walks, and striking out three. Darin Gorski --- Getting his head handed to him as a starter in Vegas, he's been demoted to Bingo where he's been more effective. Still starting. Justin Hampson --- a AAA lefty reliever, with big-leaguey experience, was a more serious option, but sporting a 4.33 ERA and coming off his worst appearance last week. Sean Henn --- moving ahead of Hampson as a lefty in Vegas, with a 4.05 ERA in 26 2/3 innings, but a real wild child, walking 17 to go with his 25 strikeouts. That's kind of like Byrdak, actually. And not good Byrdak. Chase Huchingson --- (note: no "t" in that name) this guy is more serious. Young, southern, and angry, with a 2.21 ERA, 41 strikeouts against 16 walks in 36 2/3 innings, and a 2.26 ground-out/air-out ratio, I can see him appearing for the Mets before the year is out. Adam Kalorek --- got hit like a pinata in AAA, but holding 'em to a .198 average in AA. Still young, but do it in the PCL and we'll talk. Jack Leathersich --- was blowing minds like a Rush album when this poll went up and he was in AA. With 55 strikeouts in 29 1/3 innings, there was magic to be found. In AAA, it's a little more of a grind, with his ERA hitting 4.91 in seven innings, after sitting at 1.53 in Bingo. Don't be sore, though, as the peripherals remain right where you want 'em, with a .185 BAA (it was .181 in Bnigo) and 15.96 K/9. He may like a good burrito from Chipoltle, but he himself is the spicely salsa. Like Huchinson, his last name achieves the "tch" sound without needing a "t." Shawn Teufel --- Changed his motion and as he adjusts, is going in the wrong direction, now pitching for Brooklyn, but at least he and his dad can share a place.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm officially declaring this one a Big Game, seeing as its the difference between a 7-4 road trip ("wow, terrific!") and a 6-5 one ("eh, not bad.") Like that all the Vegas guys (uh, excpet Brown) get to recreate the conditions that made Area 51 so special. I'm a little worried that the flight will make it a little hard for them to get their big game faces on.