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I'm very annoyed at not guessing Olerud and Ventura as they were both players in the era when I became a fan (and a MOFOer) It comes from two misconceptions 1. I associate Olerud with Mets and Seattle - I had no idea he was so long in Toronto - I knew start of the 90s the blue jays were brilliant - but I'd never have thought he was playing then. Seattle were better then I remembered - in my head once Randy Johnson and Ken Griffey disappeared they weren't great, but how wrong was I that turn of the millenium team was brilliant. 2. Robin Ventura - the two good seasons the mets had in 99 & 00 were 24 of his appearances so it only took a flurry of other appearances to make it there. Despite my association of futility (apart from 2005!) with the White Sox they helped push him into the list. They also both had time with the Skankees - and my basic working plan here has been looking for players who were on the yankees or braves at some point and see what I think. Now, back to trying to find them somewhere in my head ...

What about Bartolo Colon

Travis D’arnaud

I’m not sure he ever played in the post season for the mets but Jeff Kent gotta have played in more then 33 post season games

JD Martinez?

pretty hot actually - Cairo's daily average highs are 27c (81 f) - 35c to 34c (93f) during the baseball season.

For the long term future of the mets, there is virtually no chance that this would be a good thing. This is the biggest problem with rewarding people through a draft situation for failure. It is exasperated by the luxury tax penalisations, which mean the Mets are "top 6 or bust" but it drives me crazy that it is a good thing to finish last, once you know you can't finish in the playoff places. I know relegation isn't a runner but at least stop rewarding failure.

I can't be 100% sure, but I strongly suspect PJ wouldn't be singing God Save The King as his national anthem (he's probably more likely to sing The Star Spanlged Banner I suppose) and he's entitled to an Irish passport. I saw raise the tricolour and be damned ;)

I'm keeping Ewing first - I think. Being better in CF means the bat doesn't need to be as good to make an impact.

@Cowtipper Without getting into the politics it would make sense to change PJ Conlon from "United Kingdom" to "Ireland".

what about PJ Conlon, born in Ireland!

shortstop was his prime position. Good fielding light hitting type of fella

I'm trying to remember a Ray/Rey who was of Latin American birth or extraction who played for los bravos for a bit I think, played for us and I'm fairly certain has a utility year at the yankees it is driving me mad that i can't remember hiis name.

the problem is both Mendoza and even Stearns are now operating as if every loss could be their last, it means they're making bad decisions for the fear of being exposed. Leaving McLean in is a good example of this from Mendoza, there's no bigger disaster for a manager then pulling the starter for the bullpen to implode, so you hope to just get one more out from him, one more out...

Yes, after waiting for the second half to resume for an hour, I’m hitting the hay!