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Six straight hits. I mean, the first was a squirt and the second was generous scoring, but ... .

=Cowtipper post_id=154635 time=1715129199 user_id=166] Woe unto us Mets fans.

THERE YOU GO!!!!

Keep hitting it to Arenado! Take a strike, Nimmo!

Nimmo bringing the glove.

J.D. not cooperating with predictions.

DH, first, left, right You can't make DJ sit a night

Cedrick Landrum - North Alabama (NOT an oxymoron) Later "Hey, Man That's What I" Ced Landrum is correct. Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Auburn was Terry Leach And it still is! Roy Lee Jackson went to Tuskegee University. Just after The Commodores. And U of Alabama was Dave Magadan. He may have even batted leadoff. Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Auburn was Terry Leach oh shit i was pre-guessed. now i'm out of this competition You're back in. Also, if I find out anybody has cheated — and I have sources — things will get unhappy. Alabama A&M: __________ Auburn U.: Terry Leach Troy University: __________ Tuskegee University: Roy Lee Jackson University of Alabama: Dave Magadan (also, Frank Lary) University of North Alabama: Ced Landrum University of South Alabama: __________ University of West Alabama: __________ Wallace Community College: __________

=kcmets post_id=154605 time=1715110907 user_id=53] University of Alabama: Joe Willy White Shoes

The great Willie Mays, of course, is from Fairfield, in the Greater Mobile area. He, however, was a pro with the Birmingham Black Barons before graduating high school, and spent what might have been his college years with the Giants as minor leaguer and then with the big team, as well as serving in Korea. Frank Lary did indeed matriculate in The Yellowhammer State. He was a member of UofA team, playing for two years before going pro, but he was not our greatest Crimson Tidesman. Alabama A&M: __________ Auburn U.: __________ Troy University: __________ Tuskegee University: __________ University of Alabama: __________ (Frank Lary) University of North Alabama: __________ University of South Alabama: __________ University of West Alabama: __________ Wallace Community College: __________

Wow, Brandon Crawford as a Cardinal is, like, a real thing.

You may have to guess. And also please consider the notion that a player who isn't from Alabama might have (🤯) gone to school there. Also, I bet you know at least two other Mets as being from Alabama.

What we're looking for is the top Met from each of these Alabama colleges and universities. We'll get the easy ones out of the way first. The following schools, though they have produced at least one minor or major league player during their existence, have shamefully failed to produce a Met: Alabama Christian College Alabama State U. Athens State U. Auburn U. at Montgomery Birmingham Souther College Coastal Alabama Community College-Bay Minette Daniel Payne College Faulkner U. George C. Wallace State Community College Huntingdon College Jacksonville State U. Miles College Oakwood U. Samford University Spring Hill College St. Bernard College Stillman College Talladega College University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Alabama in Huntsville University of Mobile University of Montevallo The following schools have honored the universe by producing Mets, and it's your job to name the greatest Met they produced, even if they only produced one. Where there is more than one, bWAR decides who qualifies as "greatest," but there really aren't any close races. Not in Alabama, anyhow. Alabama A&M: __________ Auburn U.: __________ Troy University: __________ Tuskegee University: __________ University of Alabama: __________ University of North Alabama: __________ University of South Alabama: __________ University of West Alabama: __________ Wallace Community College: __________ No, a player does not have to have a diploma to be considered a "product" of the school. Matriculation matters. Yes, a player can count as a "product" of more than one institution.

Jordany Day and Bartolo Day are THE SAME!

Wow, there's a lot of drama in this game.

This put them in the lead on the road. The "I'm the man" comment came after a subsequent home walkoff. In fairness to JV, Burkhardt set him up for that. [media=youtube]ciK03VQVwCw[/media]

And Reed Garrett is MVP-eligible.

I'm really curious what happened to Wendle. It was very much The Joey Wendle Game in an upside-down way. Not only does he get a start, but he bats ahead of McNeil. Then he gets replaced by Pete Alonso, and the Mets get better defensively, but worse offensively. Weird.

On this day, 12 years ago, rookie Jordany Valdespin, with zero MLB hits to his name, faced off against Jonathan Papelbon, who, as Gary Cohen notes, had not given up a hit with runners in scoring position all season. [media=youtube]hLR17xH2ZbE[/media] What rogues gallery of Mets are in that dugout to greet him — a bunch of guys like Andres Torres, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Ike Davis. All of them are talented — even multi-talented — like Valdespin, capable of doing a lot of things, but holding down a regular job for a good team wasn't one of them. You get a not-ready-for-primetime version of Justin Turner, playing shortstop that day, Murph as elder statesman, and a total non-starter in Mike Nickeas scoring ahead of JV on the homer.

J.D. Martinez, now 11 games into his Mets career, has 315 career homeruns. When will he hit number 316? [FIMG=500]https://www.newsday.com/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.newsday.com%2Fimage-service%2Fversion%2Fc%3AMWI1NGEyZjctZjVkZS00%3ANDFiZWFi%2Fspmets240502.jpg%3Ff%3DLandscape%2B16%253A9%26w%3D770%26q%3D1&w=1920&q=80[/FIMG]

Still and all, I'd take that bet. I can't help myself.

The guy he brought to trial was Clay Stone, Tommy Lee Jones' character.

Yeah, that's pretty much where I'm at. Stone can get terrific performances out of actors, including actors you'd never have guessed. To what end, though, is up in the air. He had me believing a whole bunch of stuff, and then by the end, Garrison makes a closing argument, and I'm moved to great patriotism and a deep commitment to the truth, and then he turns it over to the jury, and I'm thinking, "Nobody can convict on that. It's a big stupid mess that barely ties in anybody, let alone the guy you're prosecuting." Glad I finally saw it, though.

I was called away for a few innings there. Any reports on what became of Wendle?

Sweet Caroline!