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A Boy Named Seo wrote: Please tell me your memories of Chasen, as I have none, and I will pretend yours are mine. 9LSEa7qc_xU

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Please tell me your memories of Chasen, as I have none, and I will pretend yours are mine. That time he, uh... threw that pitch! And oh, that other pitch. Jogged in from the bullpen like it was his JOB.

No confirmation on the rumor that their team doctor is Dr. Spaceman.

Nymr83 wrote: "Its ok, I guess" Same. If he gets more than 100 AB, something has gone horribly wrong or REALLY really right.

G-Fafif wrote: 2006 AL MVP Justin Morneau going out with a press conference at Target Field, en route to joining Michael Cuddyer and LaTroy Hawkins as a Twins special assistant. BREAKING: Derek Jeter trying to buy the Twins so he can fire all three of them.

Ah, nuts. I think I used the wrong guy and inadvertently revealed the other answer above with Josh Satin. All guys who hit as many home runs as Mets as their uniform numbers. Gary Sheffield 10 Desi Relaford 8 Melvin Mora 6 Mike Marshall 6 Jim Beauchamp 5 Ed Bouchee 3 Billy Cowan 3 Luis Rivera 3 Josh Satin 3 Tom Grieve 2 Leo Foster 1 Tony Fernandez 1 Esix Snead 1 Darrell Ceciliani 1 Terry McDaniel 0 Bobby Valentine hit two, but didn't wear 2 as a player. So he kind of doesn't count.

Edgy MD wrote: [fimg=450]https://cdn.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.10474332.1432658825!/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/display_960/image.JPG[/fimg] You know I'm in, Bro. Bump me. "YES! You're in, baby. One more missing guy."

I'd wager that the combination of service time issues and a few well-timed March home runs give Gonzalez the job. Then either he hits eight home runs in April and becomes the savior, or is at .150 on May 1 and we're marching on Citi Field with pitchforks.

Two more guys and a hint. "Nope. And since the two of us are in, there are only two more, both in the past couple of seasons. You know, there's a reason it's really only short-time Mets in this club. Guys like Straw and Wright joined the club very young, but we had to kick them out right away." "And it's extraordinarily unlikely for any pitchers to find their way into this club too."

Nymr83 wrote: he is already owed all that money by Atalanta - so this is a minimum salary move by the Mets just like Reyes last year - it can't hurt to bring him to Spring Training under those circumstances and find out if he has anything left/if we really need his services. Agree. If last year's a trend, then he won't even make the roster. But if last year was the exception and he's over it, he played ten years of 156+ games before that, and in the last five since turning 30, he went .286/.344/.464 and averaged 23 homers. I'm okay with that to give Smith some time.

"No, man. Although that's be part of it. And no, Gavin. You didn't do quite enough to join the club. Maybe next year, and then maybe hopefully we'll kick you out."

"No guesses on the four missing club members?" "This is trickier than I thought, Ed." "I feel like the pictures in the original post provide some sort of clue." 'Yeah, but our two pictures don't help at all." "Nope. Even in 2018, there just aren't quite the right pictures on the internet of everything."

"Hey! I want to be in a club!" "Yeah, good idea. Let's make one." "Can us old guys be in it?" "How about us really old guys?" " "Hey, any club that includes guys like us must be important." "Man, they just let anyone in here." "I'm here too, but Seawolf said there were too many of us to come up with individual quotes." "So what's the criterion for membership?" "I don't know, but I guess I'm in." "Can I be here?" "Well, Bobby, technically, no. Although you might think so, it's really only on a technicality." "There are FOUR other guys who should be here too, all from 1999 or afterward..."

Okay, I've got one. Going to find images.

"Gotta be me, then!" "And for frick's sake, me too!"

Upgraded to OOTP18 a few weeks back and decided to reboot to the 1986-87 offseason to see if I could salvage the dynasty. El Sid got hurt in spring training, and I didn't feel like calling up West or Cone and nobody on the free agent list was appealing. So I decided to look up recent retirees... and brought back The Franchise at 42. He's been mostly terrible, but our offense has clicked and supported him, more or less. What I inadvertently did is create a new race among the all-time wins leaders: 10. Carlton (1-3, 6.84 in 5 starts for Cleveland) 324 11. Seaver (3-1, 9.92 in 7 starts for me) 314 11. Niekro (3-3, 5.31 in 9 starts for Cleveland) 314 11. Perry (retired) 314 14. Sutton (2-3, 4.64 in 9 starts for California) 312 I don't think any of them will have the juice to catch Carlton, but the race for 11th could be interesting. (The other "active" vets of any significance as of May 26, 1987 are Tommy John (28th, 267), Nolan Ryan (34th, 255), Bert Blyleven (48th, 234), and Joe Niekro (64th, 216). I'm tempted to cut Seaver before he impacts our pennant race (we're two games up on the Pirates, and the hated Cardinals are in fifth, 9.5 back), but I've got four more weeks until Sid comes back, so I might just see what he can do over five or six more starts. FWIW, the offense (2nd in runs, 4th in HR) and bullpen (2.33 ERA, far and away the best in baseball) have buoyed our otherwise meh starting pitching (5.19 ERA, 11th in the 12-team NL).

This is a tricky one. My first thought was a Blue Jays connection, but Fortunato doesn't seem to have one. Then I thought it was a "season missed due to injury" connection, but Alomar/Benitez didn't do that. Then I thought it had something to do with trades, but Macdonald wasn't traded at any point. But the "hint" makes me think it has nothing to do with anything. So lost. (If I ever get one of these right, I have a quiz to give.)

I like it.

THIS IS TOO HARD

"DAMMIT Bobby your hat and shirt are on backwards. What the hell?"

Guys? Can I join?

I got about half of them easily, and most of the rest based on the body/pitching motion/logical guesses, and missed four. Some of those are terrifying, though.

It's not a DH thing, because Ashburn. And it's not - as far as I can tell - a "milestone home run" thing, although I feel like that's close.

Ah. 1974 is a good clue. Gary Carter, then.

Ellis Valentine?