Cowtipper

Plawecki was gone after four seasons, Recker after three and Nickeas after three...yet Nido stuck around for eight years, despite being no better than any of them (except for maybe Nickeas) offensively. Crazy.

Neato!

Chan Ho Park is correct! A new question has been added, with hints for the rest. 1. I wore Cleon Jones's old number I wore that number for one game in which I didn't play It was the last game I dressed as a major league player, what a bummer My major league playing career ended, I had no say Who am I? Hint: Apparently there are a couple of correct answers here, but the German-born correct answer per the guy who wrote the poem was a longtime manager for the Twins in the 2000s and 2010s, and he was a Met for five seasons in the 1980s. --originally posted by "Joe Rigatoni" 2. When I first came up I wouldn't've bet Especially considering all the trades That I would play for the Mets In three entirely different decades Which Met am I? Hint: Likewise, this one has more than one correct answer, but the correct answer per the guy who wrote the poem was a 4th round pick in 1966, who played for the team in 1968, from 1970 to 1972 and from 1980 to 1983, and was once traded for Rusty Staub. --originally posted by "milladrive" 3. Matt Harvey's big league debut was pretty elite, as he allowed no earned runs in 5 1/3 innings. At the time he did it, five other Mets had pitched 5+ innings and allowed no earned runs in their big league debuts (all made with the Mets). Can you name those other five? Hint: Pitcher one pitched for the Mets in 1986. Was involved in this trade: "March 27, 1987: Traded by the New York Mets with Mauro Gozzo and Ed Hearn to the Kansas City Royals for David Cone and Chris Jelic." Pitcher two pitched for the Mets in 1966 and threw a complete game shutout in his first start. Pitcher 3 pitched for the Mets in 2004. Was involved in this trade: "December 14, 2001: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Mark Guthrie to the New York Mets for David Justice." Pitcher four pitched for the Mets in 1998 and 1999. Was involved in this trade: "January 14, 2000: Traded by the New York Mets to the Colorado Rockies for Lariel González and Bobby Jones." Pitcher five pitched for the Mets from 1982 to 1984; was a primary reliever in 1984. None of them were particularly good for the Mets in the long run. 4. Garrett Olson pitched for the Mets in 2012 and had a career 108.00 ERA with the team. Four other pitchers at the time had had ERAs of 18.00 or higher with the Mets. Can you name them? Hint: Pitcher one made a single start for the club in 2001, having previously played for the Mariners and Angels. Pitcher two made six relief appearances in 2005 and was involved in this trade—January 4, 2006: Traded by the New York Mets with Jae Weong Seo to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Duaner Sánchez and Steve Schmoll. Pitcher three was actually an outfielder who played for the Mets in 2000 and lived on a boat. Pitcher four was a first baseman from 2000 to 2001 and again in 2004, who is currently an analyst for the Mets. 5. I was Bo's running buddy Once won a Cy Young But when I got to New York The fat lady had sung --originally posted by "VIBaseball" Johnny Lunchbucket: 101 Edgy MD: 87 stevejrogers: 64 batmagadanleadoff: 26 DocTee: 9 metsmarathon: 9 Benjamin Grimm: 5 MFS62: 4 Marshmallowmilkshake: 1 Methead: 1 The Hot Corner: 1

Just watched this one. A high-quality, clean win. Martinez is good.

The Mets have released minor leaguer Joe Suozzi. They also signed minor leaguer Luis Moreno. They've released Jon Duplantier.

Five new questions: 1. I wore Cleon Jones's old number I wore that number for one game in which I didn't play It was the last game I dressed as a major league player,what a bummer My major league playing career ended,I had no say Who am I? --originally posted by "Joe Rigatoni" 2. When I first came up I wouldn't've bet Especially considering all the trades That I would play for the Mets In three entirely different decades Which Met am I? --originally posted by "milladrive" 3. Matt Harvey's big league debut was pretty elite, as he allowed no earned runs in 5 1/3 innings. At the time he did it, five other Mets had pitched 5+ innings and allowed no earned runs in their big league debuts (all made with the Mets). Can you name those other five? 4. Garrett Olson pitched for the Mets in 2012 and had a career 108.00 ERA with the team. Four other pitchers at the time had had ERAs of 18.00 or higher with the Mets. Can you name them? 5. As a Met, just one game: 15.75 Yet somehow I kept my career alive When I pitched for the Dodgers, my countrymen came From Flushing with banners bearing my name Scratching your head? Are you in the dark? Just think of three words: ___ __ ____. --originally posted by "VIBaseball" Johnny Lunchbucket: 101 Edgy MD: 87 stevejrogers: 64 batmagadanleadoff: 26 DocTee: 9 metsmarathon: 9 Benjamin Grimm: 5 MFS62: 4 Marshmallowmilkshake: 1 The Hot Corner: 1

Dave Kingman is correct! Answering the unanswered: 1. I played for seven MLB teams in my career With the last one I was a Met Over a year off before the Mets for half a year Then no more in the Majors would I get Which Met am I? Manny Aybar 2. I'm yet another guy who played for seven teams A shortstop by trade, for utility I became known Twice with the Mets, I played eight positions in my career But nothing in 15 years was worth much for me to write home Which Met am I? Bill Almon 3. I pitched 20 games in a Mets' uni And that mid-90s year was it for me I'm not well known, I'm quite obscure But you'll get it, of that I'm sure Who am I? Rob MacDonald 4. Hey all, did you hear I was a Met for less than a year I was one of those outfield roamers Who for this squad hit 14 homers Who am I? Xavier Nady

Finally got around to watching. Did you guys notice Diaz nearly blew another save by letting a guy get to third base in the ninth?

JD wins it with a two-run homer! Did anyone else see that?

I'm watching the game now, don't spoil the ending for me.

=kcmets post_id=159194 time=1718400758 user_id=53] =Cowtipper post_id=159191 time=1718400377 user_id=166] Baseball must really be in bad shape if a team like the Mets is just 3 games out of a wild card right now.

Baseball must really be in bad shape if a team like the Mets is just 3 games out of a wild card right now.

Great play by Torrens.

The McDeal is he's a limited-skilled empty singles hitter and he can't pull that off anymore.

Hahaha, Torrens, a historically Quadruple-A catcher, is hitting higher than McNeil. I think they should trade McNeil; I'm not sure I've mentioned that before.

New York Mets signed free agent RHP Eduardo Herrera to a minor league contract.

I'm glad the Mets won. I was prepared to say something disparaging.

Nunez is good.

Bader's shoulder shimmy is dorky.

McNeil sucks.

Mets can't just win and make it a solid win. They always have to make it difficult.

Good game so far.

A Bader Bomb! Bader has impressed me more than just about anyone else on this team this year.

Danny Young's been good so far!

Uh oh. (Megill is also on my list of guys to trade).