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Ah! Sorry I missed your post. We've knocked off our last 46. 45s both still on the board. Standings: GFafif 3 Ben Grimm 2 Edgy 1

Fantastic guess! But no, horribly wrong. We'll keep it open! Two players have exactly 46 ABs as a Met. One is better known for his uniform number than for anything he did on the field in the early 90's KELVIN TORVE, the other was a backup infielder in 1980 who was mostly terrible at the plate and in the field, but somehow managed to hit two home runs. He was then traded to the Padres for Randy Jones in the offseason. This mystery fella shares a last name with one other Met, a reliever who spent a good chunk of 2004 in the bullpen after coming over from the Royals. And if you grouped all Mets by first name, the eleven fellas who share his name would far and away top the all-time Mets stolen bases leaders list. ON TO #45! Two 45s: One original Met in every sense of the word, and a relief pitcher who was acquired in 1967 and traded away in 1970 without appearing in the 1969 postseason. Standings: GFafif 2 Ben Grimm 2 Edgy 1

To your credit, you're killing it on the time frame. Ferrer will ALSO appear later in this quiz, but Almon had 166 AB in his two stints as a Met. HINT: This mystery fella shares a last name with one other Met, a reliever who spent a good chunk of 2004 in the bullpen after coming over from the Royals. And if you grouped all Mets by first name, the eleven fellas who share his name would far and away top the all-time Mets stolen bases leaders list.

Fantastic guesses all around, and in fact, ALL THREE OF THOSE GUYS (Diaz, who was a Met in 1990, Ramirez, who was the Mystery Met's teammate, and Roberts, who was a pitcher in 1981) will come up in the next few weeks, as all had fewer than 46 Mets ABs. But not today.

Ben Grimm off to the hot start this morning! Two players have exactly 46 ABs as a Met. One is better known for his uniform number than for anything he did on the field in the early 90's KELVIN TORVE, the other was a backup infielder in 1980 who was mostly terrible at the plate and in the field, but somehow managed to hit two home runs. He was then traded to the Padres for Randy Jones in the offseason. Who are they? Standings: GFafif 2 Ben Grimm 2 Edgy 1

"Hi, kids! I'm #46, Brian Bohanon, here to introduce today's quiz. It's a short one. Two players have exactly 46 ABs as a Met. One is better known for his uniform number than for anything he did on the field in the early 90's, the other was a backup infielder in 1980 who was mostly terrible at the plate and in the field, but somehow managed to hit two home runs. He was then traded to the Padres for Randy Jones in the offseason. Who are they?"

Starts off okay -- .270/.310/.400 with six homers in April -- but breaks his ankle dancing at his cousin's wedding in May, misses the rest of the season and his loathed by Mets fans in perpetuity.

And that's four! 1. Pitched in 44 games (18 starts) in 1997-98 before being traded to the Dodgers. Started his career with the Rangers, but probably best known for finishing his career with the Rockies before retiring in 2001 at age 32. Not a small dude. BRIAN BOHANON 2. 47 AB, all in 1992, all in left field; never even pinch-hit. Didn't play in MLB again. Best known for his work in a different field. DJ DOZIER 3. A native Buffalonian, he did well in part-time duty with Detroit before being acquired by the Mets on Halloween 1979. His 47 AB came in 1980 and 1982, mostly as a third baseman. PHIL MANKOWSKI 4. A jack of all trades, master of none utility infielder whose 47 AB also all came in 1992 for a whopping .360 OPS. Played everywhere but CF and C in his career; even pitched 2/3 of an inning for the Expos in 1990, relieving outfielder Dave Martinez with the bases loaded and walking in a run before getting Astros pitcher Jim Clancy to ground into an inning-ending double play. EXTRA HINT: His first name is "Milciades," but "noboady" called him that. JUNIOR NOBOA Standings: GFafif 2 Ben Grimm 1 Edgy 1 Thanks for playing - we'll be back again tomorrow with Quiz #46!

That's three! 1. Pitched in 44 games (18 starts) in 1997-98 before being traded to the Dodgers. Started his career with the Rangers, but probably best known for finishing his career with the Rockies before retiring in 2001 at age 32. Not a small dude. BRIAN BOHANON 2. 47 AB, all in 1992, all in left field; never even pinch-hit. Didn't play in MLB again. Best known for his work in a different field. DJ DOZIER 3. A native Buffalonian, he did well in part-time duty with Detroit before being acquired by the Mets on Halloween 1979. His 47 AB came in 1980 and 1982, mostly as a third baseman. PHIL MANKOWSKI 4. A jack of all trades, master of none utility infielder whose 47 AB also all came in 1992 for a whopping .360 OPS. Played everywhere but CF and C in his career; even pitched 2/3 of an inning for the Expos in 1990, relieving outfielder Dave Martinez with the bases loaded and walking in a run before getting Astros pitcher Jim Clancy to ground into an inning-ending double play. EXTRA HINT: His first name is "Milciades," but noboady called him that.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm not at all confident in this guess, but I'll put it out there anyway. Number 1: Mark Clark? That's a fantastically close guess as well... time frame and girth and everything! But it's incorrect, as Clark was 1996-97 and had 112 AB... with 5 hits, making him literally the worst hitting pitcher of all time in a Mets uniform of all those with at least 100 AB. (Clark did somehow manage to homer as one of those five hits, however, off Tim Wakefield.)

That's two! 1. Pitched in 44 games (18 starts) in 1997-98 before being traded to the Dodgers. Started his career with the Rangers, but probably best known for finishing his career with the Rockies before retiring in 2001 at age 32. Not a small dude. 2. 47 AB, all in 1992, all in left field; never even pinch-hit. Didn't play in MLB again. Best known for his work in a different field. DJ DOZIER 3. A native Buffalonian, he did well in part-time duty with Detroit before being acquired by the Mets on Halloween 1979. His 47 AB came in 1980 and 1982, mostly as a third baseman. PHIL MANKOWSKI 4. A jack of all trades, master of none utility infielder whose 47 AB also all came in 1992 for a whopping .360 OPS. Played everywhere but CF and C in his career; even pitched 2/3 of an inning for the Expos in 1990, relieving outfielder Dave Martinez with the bases loaded and walking in a run before getting Astros pitcher Jim Clancy to ground into an inning-ending double play.

That's one! 1. Pitched in 44 games (18 starts) in 1997-98 before being traded to the Dodgers. Started his career with the Rangers, but probably best known for finishing his career with the Rockies before retiring in 2001 at age 32. Not a small dude. 2. 47 AB, all in 1992, all in left field; never even pinch-hit. Didn't play in MLB again. Best known for his work in a different field. 3. A native Buffalonian, he did well in part-time duty with Detroit before being acquired by the Mets on Halloween 1979. His 47 AB came in 1980 and 1982, mostly as a third baseman. PHIL MANKOWSKI 4. A jack of all trades, master of none utility infielder whose 47 AB also all came in 1992 for a whopping .360 OPS. Played everywhere but CF and C in his career; even pitched 2/3 of an inning for the Expos in 1990, relieving outfielder Dave Martinez with the bases loaded and walking in a run before getting Astros pitcher Jim Clancy to ground into an inning-ending double play.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: 3 is Tom Veryzer. No one was more zer than he. Oh, so close! He was so very zer, but managed an incredible 54 ABs in 1982. His .732 OPS that season was the highest of his career except for his rookie year of 1973, when he OPSed .764 in 20 AB.

Hey, kids! It's time to test your knowledge of Mets arcana. Opening Day is April 3, just 47 days away. So tell me, if you will, what you know about these Mets who had only 47 career blue-and-orange regular season ABs: 1. Pitched in 44 games (18 starts) in 1997-98 before being traded to the Dodgers. Started his career with the Rangers, but probably best known for finishing his career with the Rockies before retiring in 2001 at age 32. Not a small dude. 2. 47 AB, all in 1992, all in left field; never even pinch-hit. Didn't play in MLB again. Best known for his work in a different field. 3. A native Buffalonian, he did well in part-time duty with Detroit before being acquired by the Mets on Halloween 1979. His 47 AB came in 1980 and 1982, mostly as a third baseman. 4. A jack of all trades, master of none utility infielder whose 47 AB also all came in 1992 for a whopping .360 OPS. Played everywhere but CF and C in his career; even pitched 2/3 of an inning for the Expos in 1990, relieving outfielder Dave Martinez with the bases loaded and walking in a run before getting Astros pitcher Jim Clancy to ground into an inning-ending double play. (And stay tuned tomorrow for the Great 46 Quiz!)

Workhorse LOOGY for Terry, in both high and low leverage spots. 80 games, 70 innings. 3.43 ERA. Gives up a massive home run to Daniel Murphy in a big spot on September 22 that causes huge panic, but the Mets take the next two and clinch against the Braves later that week.

Dealt in August, finishes 2017 starting in AAA for Toronto.

Ynoa replaces former Mets wunderkind catcher Francisco Pena on the O's roster. Pena is "only" 27 and found his way into 23 MLB games with the Royals and O's the past three seasons.

Chad Ochoseis wrote: I could see cutting time between innings (which, as has been pointed out, will never be agreed to by the networks) Put ads on the uniforms, then, and cut a minute out of the breaks.

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Starting pitcher in highest combined uni number starting lineup ever vs. Minnesota last Sept. Offhand I think he's the only 63 in club history. Edit -- how could I forget Chris Schwinden We've been trying to forget for years.

Stupid idea. Just play the fricking game.

That is exceptionally well done. Proud to be a small part of it.

G-Fafif wrote: Favorite memory inside: October 3, 1999. Mets 2 Pirates 1. Melvin Mora scores on a wild pitch to clinch a Wild Card tie and, at the very least a tiebreaker game. The Mets HAD to win that day and they did. And I was there. A year after they lost five in a row and blew a playoff spot and less than a week after they were in the midst of losing seven in a row and blowing another one, it was the ultimate act of redemption. That's probably my favorite game, all told, that I was at too. Speaking of my old blog, I wrote about my favorite Shea moments in 2008: http://you.stonybrook.edu/cdorso/2008/09/28/for-the-last-26-years-i-thank-you/

Centerfield wrote: 2. You rooted for the Cardinals? They were my first Little League team. I was young and foolish.

I definitely remember my first Shea experience: http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2008/12/17/frame-game/

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