seawolf17

First, I have a day off to prepare.Second, don't call me Shirley.

I think it should be a Met tradition to allow a random minor-league catcher to get one inning behind the plate in the last game of the year.Or Roberto Hernandez. Whoever.

I'm just saying it shows something. I'm not saying that if you gave him 390 ABs right now he'd do the same thing, but he's "only" 30 years old, so he could.

Heck, I'll guess too, since it was my idea. 1: Mookie 2: Harrelson 3: Hernandez 4: Strawberry 5: McReynolds 6: Hundley 7: Grote (I have no idea where he batted in the lineup, but he was around a long time) 8: Elster 9: Seaver

No, they're relevant, because it shows that he can hit, given full-time duty. He hasn't really been given that chance. He went .259 .338 .569 .907 with four homers and 16 RBI in 58 AB in August; that's respectable near full-time work.

Castro's been an offensive catcher his whole career; he's not bad defensively, but he's no Gold Glover either. He hit 27 homers in 390 AB with Calgary in 2001, with an OBP of .393 and an OPS of 1.021.

Is there a way you can find out who's started the most games at each batting slot? That would be a fun quiz.

Ooh... good question, coob. Here are my assumptions: 1) He probably played during the interleague era, where the DH would allow a position player to bat ninth. 2) He would have to have a little speed to bat leadoff, a little power for the middle of the order, but also be a bit player, because Mike Piazza and Jose Reyes aren't batting ninth. So my guesses are: Benny Agbayani Jay Payton

If someone starts talking about "nationality's" I'm outta here.

Edgy DC wrote: Check out number 19. 19 Ron Gardenhire (DL) So?

I'm pretty sure I have a 1985 scorecard, but not here. It's in storage in my grandmother's basement. If you don't have one by next time we go out there, I'll see what I can find.

Considering he's been carrying an entire team on his right arm all season, that's certainly understandable.

Tony LaRussa said he'd spot them three runs tonight if Willie promised to start Cairo at second, Diaz in right, and let Looper pitch the ninth.

I think we beat Steve Carlton once also.

I would send it back and tell them to go shove their handling fee up their asses.

Dozier and Valera are the last two. And yes, the other half of the bonus question is unfair. That's why I said "Mets uniform," not Mets game. The list: 2005 11. Lastings Milledge, of, Mets 46. Yusmeiro Petit, rhp, Mets 50. Philip Humber, rhp, Mets 2004 7. Kazuo Matsui ss, Mets 12. Scott Kazmir lhp, Mets 21. David Wright 3b, Mets 86. Lastings Milledge of, Mets 88. Matt Peterson rhp, Mets 2003 3. Jose Reyes, ss, Mets 11. Scott Kazmir, lhp, Mets 45. Aaron Heilman, rhp, Mets 66. Justin Huber, c, Mets 75. David Wright, 3b, Mets 2002 34. Jose Reyes, ss, Mets 78. Aaron Heilman, rhp, Mets 2001 18. Alex Escobar, of, Mets 63. Pat Strange, rhp, Mets 64. Brian Cole, of, Mets 2000 34. Alex Escobar, of, Mets 78. Pat Strange, rhp, Mets 84. Grant Roberts, rhp, Mets 1999 11. Alex Escobar, of, Mets 45. Octavio Dotel, rhp, Mets 79. Grant Roberts, rhp, Mets 1998 29. Grant Roberts, rhp, Mets 60. Ed Yarnall, lhp, Mets 96. Geoff Goetz, lhp, Mets 1997 34. Jay Payton, of, Mets 63. Terrence Long, of, Mets 1996 2. Paul Wilson, rhp, Mets 17. Rey Ordonez, ss, Mets 21. Jay Payton, of, Mets 43. Alex Ochoa, of, Mets 94. Preston Wilson, of, Mets 1995 16. Paul Wilson, rhp, Mets 20. Rey Ordonez, ss, Mets 31. Edgardo Alfonzo, 3b, Mets 37. Jason Isringhausen, rhp, Mets 95. Carl Everett, of, Mets 96. Jay Payton, of, Mets 1994 21. Bill Pulsipher, lhp, Mets 43. Preston Wilson, 3b, Mets 59. Kirk Presley, rhp, Mets 70. Butch Huskey, 3b, Mets 74. Edgardo Alfonzo, ss, Mets 1993 28. Bobby Jones, rhp, Mets 61. Jeromy Burnitz, of, Mets 64. Brook Fordyce, c, Mets 74. Al Shirley, of, Mets 92. Butch Huskey, 3b, Mets 93. Preston Wilson, of, Mets 1992 18. Todd Hundley, c, Mets 50. Jeromy Burnitz, of, Mets 54. Butch Huskey, 3b, Mets 55. Anthony Young, rhp, Mets 92. Julian Vasquez, rhp, Mets 99. D. J. Dozier, of, Mets 1991 26. Anthony Young, rhp, Mets 33. Pete Schourek, lhp, Mets 44. D. J. Dozier, of, Mets 47. Brook Fordyce, c, Mets 59. Todd Hundley, c, Mets 98. Julio Valera, rhp, Mets 1990 56. Julio Valera, rhp, Mets 65. Todd Hundley, c, Mets

Can we go back in time and sign Bruce Sutter? Another solid year or two from him and he's a lock for the Hall of Fame.

This is bordering on a threadjack, but... Steve Trachsel might be the fourteenth most accomplished Met starter of all time?!?! Wow.

You might be right, but the way Bert had pitched the last couple of years, there was no way Willie was going to risk putting him in the closer's spot in April. I'm glad he's pitched the way he did; I'm officially going back and retracting my Mel Rojas comment from the spring, because he's been a rock. But you can't displace a guy who's had a modicum of success over the past few years -- and for all our current hatred, the guy wasn't terrible until this year -- with a guy coming off two mediocre middle-relief seasons in which he gave up a lot of homers.

Rotblatt wrote:We're pitching brilliantlyI'd argue this one too.Rotblatt wrote:we're working pitchers okayBut I agree with this one. Reyes, Matsui... it feels like there are a couple of guys starting to take a few pitches.

The Great Looper Experiment didn't work. However, we know (hopefully) that he's gone next year. What do they do? I don't want to see Bert around in '06, and I don't know that I trust Heilman in that spot either. I nominate Heath Bell.

I thought you loved Ray Durham that way. (Or was that JD?)

LOOPER! Will you cut it the goddamn hell out?

Looper? Again? With the Joneses coming up? You're kidding, right, Willie?

Fran: "And we go to the bottom of the tenth... all tied... No! We're not tied!"