Edgy MD

Really? That's sounds like Mozeliak was asking for a lot of faith.

More seriously, that guy's team had a terrific second half, starting with pretty much the moment I dreamed up the notion that the Cards would be bailing at the deadline and sending the Mets Adam Wainwright. #DOH

I'm pretty sure it was one of those what's the right way to hang the toilet paper? thingies. That's ended more than one managerial tenure. #PhilosophicalDifferences

Sounds like the post-season meeting didn't go as planned.

Chad ochoseis wrote: I'm loving this kwiz, though the bonus questions are maybe a little over the top. Oh man, I can't wait to give you a bonus question.

No bonus points there either. There was a first round that included eight future Mets, but it wasn't 1974. Somebody poke Lefty Specialist or this kwiz is going to die the death it deserves.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Johnny Lunchy's bonus question: How many Mets were #1 overall draft picks? Bonus question: 9 You're coming in high.=Fman99 post_id=79752 time=1634210643 user_id=86] When it comes to draft pick lore I am utterly retarded.

Lefty is clearly delayed by the devastation of having two HIGH VALUE questions on the board at once. But lest I let proceedings grind to an ABSOLUTE halt, I've continued to score. Unfortunately, that means Lefty has to juggle one more question (though not the two more that he was looking for). A new display of data below may perhaps prove more or less useful. (Please let me know gently.) Lefty Specialist wrote: Jon Matlack. Matlack is correct. He is our first #1 draft pick to flourish. This gives you three additional points putting you, at the time of this posting, within one point of the lead! Lefty's new bonus question (and our first to be repeated!): How many Mets first rounders were born in New York state? Lefty Specialist wrote: Ron Darling. As noted, the judges consider this to be a consecupost, and have disallowed it. Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Lee Mazzilli Mazzilli indeed! Who needs five tools when you can have three and a half, with a bonus plate discipline tool! You're on the board with three points! Johnny Lunchy's bonus question: How many Mets were #1 overall draft picks? Tim Leary! The Milkshake knows. The Milkshake exclaims! Milkman's bonus question: Which year's draft has thus far produced the first round that has included the most future Mets? Scoring Seawolf:: 12 Lefty Specialist: 11 Ben Grimm:: 9 Frayed Knot:: 5 Johnny Lunchbucket:: 3 Marshmallow Milkshake:: 3 (Click a section of the chart below to see a larger version of that portion of the chart.) [NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.01.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.01.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink][NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.07.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.07.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink][NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.13.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.13.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink] [NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.02.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.02.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink][NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.08.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.08.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink][NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.14.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.14.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink] [NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.03.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.03.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink][NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.09.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.09.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink][NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.15.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.15.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink] [NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.04.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.04.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink][NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.10.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.10.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink][NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.16.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.16.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink] [NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.05.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.05.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink][NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.11.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.11.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink][NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.17.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.17.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink] [NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.06.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.06.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink][NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.12.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.12.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink][NewWindowLink=https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.18.png][FIMG=300]https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.06.18.png[/FIMG][/NewWindowLink]

Twelve comes in low. I like your spirit, however. I'll work on a couple more scorings while we wait for Lefty Specs to answer his two bonus questions.

Yeah, this felt awful paint-by-numbers. Emma Thompson is the host of a long-running talk show that, as noted, is running on fumes. As the ratings are falling, a new network head tells her it's her last year. This feels a little false, because in my experience, late night viewers are so brand loyal that stale, formulaic execution night after night doesn't tend to hurt ratings. Jay Leno's Tonight Show felt stale almost from the beginning, but the ratings held steady (and generally ahead of Letterdude) year after year. People like familiarity before bed or something. But that's not this woman's fate. Fortunately for her, she's recently fired a dude for having the temerity to ask for a raise, and he tells her on the way out the door that she hates other women. So just when she needs to freshen up her brand, she brings in a replacement who is the first woman (Mindy Kaling) on the writing staff in living memory. And despite clashes, they work to make Thompson's character fresh again — too fresh to replace. Firstly, what a damned shame that, in late middle age, Emma Thompson has allowed herself to be typecast as a vampiric shrew, sucking the youth and life out of female protagonists. I don't know if this is the sixth straight time she's played such a character, but it feels like it. And she sucks. It's neither a believably horrible character, which tends to be much more insidious, nor is she a dazzlingly entertaining Disney sort of evil, which perhaps they seem to be going for. In fact, her character works best as a cutout stand-in for Ellen, with the short blonde hair and the sneakers on the set working as visual cues, and the simultaneous contempt of her writing staff alongside her demand that they save her working as character cues. Like most standup comedy on TV and in movies, she's not funny. Even good comics don't tend to come across in such scripts, but she doesn't even seem to have much of an idea what comedy is. Neither do her observations or political digs come across as meaningful or sincere. What does wring true is seeing the writing staff drag themselves through the workday, plow through the newspapers for setups, and mail in their shit. I do believe that's how real late night comedy staffs work, and it does tend to very quickly make funny folks tired. But the young(ish) female writer takes an unthinkable amount of shit (from the colleagues as well as the boss), commits to changing the show's tone, and keeps throwing life preservers to folks who don't deserve it, coming back from a termination not once but twice, ultimately changing the whole old-boys-club-under-a-dehumanizing-bitchy-woman culture. It just doesn't ring true. Kaling (whose cadences come across exactly like Mindy Cohn's and once you realize that, you can't get it out of your head — you're welcome) wrote as well as starred in the film, and you have to be very careful about writing a film where you're the hero. It worked with Sylvester Stallone and Matt Damon, because they weren't telling their own story. This is largely built from Kaling's own tale from her days working for The Office, and even if it's all the God's-honest-truth, it sure feels mythologized, with the one-year-later ending so perfectly wrapped and staged. She and director Nisha Ganatra might have seen that for what it was if she had stepped back and cast somebody else in the role. We all tend to make ourselves the heroes of our own stories. Whether people buy that is another thing, but nobody wants to say it to or faces.

I'm disappointed to say that I have very close to no memory of this figure. Here he is with the Mets 1977 All-Star contingent. Stearns is their lone player, but Seaver joins them as a guy who made the team mostly on his Mets first half. I'm guessing that Willie Mays was the honorary captain. I'm not sure what got Sommers a plane ticket. These days, the All-Star coaching staffs are generally made up of the manager's own staff, plus perhaps a pair of other managers from the top of the standings. Perhaps back in the day, it was more customary to pick one coach from every team or the like. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0M9B_SauH7s/YPCR8AKOXrI/AAAAAAABOFQ/xHMayov3xyAu1_l1GUCvGlbkO2PxX8ieACLcBGAsYHQ/s900/denny%2Bsommers.jpg> In every photo of him I've spotted, the guy seems to rock a deep tan. [fimg=292]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Denny_Sommers_Mets.jpg[/fimg] https://cache.legacy.net/legacy/images/cobrands/postcrescent/photos/WIS295824-1_20200918.jpgx?w=310&h=400&option=3>

Not the doctor. Lefty and Marshy, you've got questions above, good for big points!

=stevejrogers post_id=79705 time=1634094798 user_id=57] =Fman99 post_id=79700 time=1634090651 user_id=86] Ugh. Stupid Braves. Rooting now against the stupid Dodgers.

No, and I actually phrased that incorrectly. So I'll give you another shot. Which first-round-selected Major League pitcher, who ultimately became a Met, had the shortest Mets career?

Lefty Specialist wrote: Michael Conforto... This is correct for three points! Your Lefty Specialist Bonus Question: Who Is the earliest MLB first-round draft pick that is still active (or at least was at the end of the 2021 season)? Benjamin Grimm wrote: Dominic Smith That's three more Grimm points to add to your kitty! Your Ben Grimm Bonus Question: Which first-round-selected Major Leaguer, who ultimately became a Met, had the shortest Mets career? Lefty Specialist wrote: Gary Sheffield... This is correct, for five points! I'm curious about your style. Why are your answers being submitted with elipses after them? IS THERE TEXT WE AREN'T SEEING?! Your SECOND Lefty Specialist Bonus Question: In 2016, Daulton Jefferies was the Oakland A's first round draft pick. Which former Met is his uncle?? Les Rohr. Some of us start early. MMM is one of those, and THAT IS CORRECT FOR THREE POINTS! Your Marshmallow Milkshake Bonus Question: How many times did Ron Darling pinch-run in his career? Scoring Seawolf: : 12 Ben Grimm: : 9 Lefty Specialist : 8 Frayed Knot: : 5 Marshmallow Milkshake: : 3 https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.5.1.png> https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.5.8.png> https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.5.9.png> https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.5.15.png> https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.5.17.png>

Grimm comes up short in the Sox KNOWLEDGE. The answer is more than four. I'm going to try to take care of several at once here. Stand by. Scoring Seawolf: 12 Ben Grimm: 6 Frayed Knot: 5

Let's get back to work! Edgy MD wrote: As I pause to walk the dogs, I give Seawolf a second bonus question: How many Mets first-rounders were born in New York? Five. Five is too low! No bonus for you. Benjamin Grimm wrote: Tim Foli Benji gets himself a six-pointer! Tim was the number-one overall pick taken by the Mets in 1968. Ben's Bonus Question: How many players who won a championship ring with the Red Sox also played for the Mets, if only briefly? Scoring Seawolf: 12 Ben Grimm 6 Frayed Knot: 5 https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.4.1.png> https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.4.8-1.png> https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.4.9.png> https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.4.17.png>

Welcome back, batmag.

Waiting on a Seawolf bonus: How many Mets first-rounders were born in New York?

Frayed Knot comes in low. Next we come back to Seawolf, who has correctly answered with Darryl Strawberry, the #1 overall pick for the Mets, and therefore good for six points. https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.3-1.png> https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.3-2.png> https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.3-3.png> Scoring Seawolf: 12 Frayed Knot: 5 Sorry for the deliberate pace, but it should take us deep into the winter. As I pause to walk the dogs, I give Seawolf a second bonus question: How many Mets first-rounders were born in New York? I hope to come back and give you more scoring updates before dinner. ANYONE CAN BE A WINNER!

Lefthander, that would count as a consecuguess.

Frayed Knot, a bonus awaits you up above.

Ten points can be tough booty to corral, and so that question stays on the board. Good news is that there is no negative for getting a bonus wrong. If it comes up again, please know that Seawolf was low in his estimate. Next comes Frayed Knot, who has correctly chosen Francisco Lindor, the eighth-overall pick selected in 2011 by the future Cleveland Guardians. https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.2.2.3.png> https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.2.3.5a.png> Scoring Seawolf: 6 Frayed Knot: 5 Bonus question for Frayed Knot: How many first rounders overall have appeared for the Mets?

Seawolf hits the board first with a Mets #1 overall pick! Six points with a chance for 10 more! https://metsinpeace.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/chart.1.2.2-1.png> Seawolf's bonus question! Over the 60 seasons of New York Mets action, what is the average number of first rounders the team has fielded in each season? This is not an easy question, as we are looking for the answer rounded to the nearest hundredth! So we need an answer like 3.64 or 14.93! Good luck!

A kwiz to fill in gaps during the offseason. Name Mets who were first round picks. [fimg=600]https://sportshub.cbsistatic.com/i/r/2020/06/10/abec58d4-bcfe-444c-9aaa-a3cc0c122df5/thumbnail/1200x675/3a45e412d96a83a6440d2ecff53796b3/mlb-draft-first-round-2020.jpg[/fimg] KWIZ RULEZ One guess per post, no consecutive guessing. A first-rounder is only a first-rounder if he's picked in the June amateur draft of (mostly) US players, begun in 1965. At various times, this draft has included Canadians or not included Canadians, included Puerto Ricans or not included Puerto Ricans, but the purpose and the pool of players has remained relatively constant. Not included will be first-rounders from the old January supplemental draft or other supplemental amateur drafts that have existed or not existed over that period. Junebugs only. Supplemental picks that teams are given at the end of the first round are variously described as first-rounders, 1a picks, or sandwich-round picks. For the purposes of this quiz, we will treat these as legit first-rounders. A guy drafted by the Mets in the first round only counts if he has actually played for the big club. What we're looking for here is Mets. Scoring: A respondent will receive three (3) points for correctly naming a first rounder who played for the Mets after being drafted by the Mets. Naming a player who played for the Mets after being drafted by a different major league organization nets the competitor five (5) points. You lose one (-1) point for every incorrect guess. Three (3) extra points are yours if you name a Met who was not only a first rounder, but an OVERALL #1. Similarly (3) extra points can be gleaned if name a Met who was selected in the first round TWICE [*]Bonus Scoring: This part will be either the glory or undoing of this quiz. Whenever somebody gets a correct answer, the quizmaster will STOP THE KWIZ and present a BONUS QUESTION, to the person who just answered correctly AND ONLY THAT PERSON. Correctly answering this question results in all or part of a ten(10)-point bonus for that contestant. These bonus questions may be related to first-round picks, or merely Mets related, or possibly related to nothing at all. Frequently, revealing correct answers in the regular competition may reveal correct BONUS ROUND answers, or vice-versa, so pay attention. [*]Any guesses submitted while a correct respondent was answering his or her bonus question will not be fielded by the quizmaster until after the bonus is completed. [*]Don't cheat and look things up. You know who you are, and God sees all. Due to the volume of correct answers, presenting the data of correct and incorrect answers as well as scoring may prove problematic. Additionally, stopping mid-play to present a bonus question segment almost GUARANTEES to send the game sideways. Management thanks you for your patience. [FIMG=600]https://bdc2020.o0bc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Baseball_Draft_13776-scaled.jpg[/FIMG] Previously, smart money was on BatMagadanLeadoff to conquer all challengers in this contest, but he seems to be sitting October out, so this kwiz is ANYBODY'S GAME. Let us commence. Name a Met who was an MLB first-round draft pick.