Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Eighteen years ago, The Big E predicted that Tim Bogar would be a great coach/manager some day: http://leaptoad.com/mets/profile.php?PlayerCode=0477&tabno=7http://leaptoad.com/mets/profile.php?PlayerCode=0477&tabno=7 Love those fan memories. Bogar played mainly during my "Wilderness Years" when I was out of state, no games on TV, fresh off "Worst Team" era, and the strike that led to an additional year of pay-no-mind-to-baseball. Basically I missed almost the entire Dallas Green Era, returning only in time to see it end. I had a similar experience, I went off to college in '91, and they got bad right after that, and I didn't really start to pay attention again until the fall of '96, after I had gotten my first job and needed some way to pass the time in a town where I didn't really know anyone. I was listening to internet broadcasts using Real Audio for free, right before they put up the initial paywalls. Got me real cable in time for the 1997 season.