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Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2009 06:06 AM

Tobi Stoner is the second Met to have been born in Germany, and the fourth to have been born in Europe. Who was the other German-born Met? (This should be easy, I think.) And who were the other two? (One was born in France and the other in England.)

HahnSolo Sep 11 2009 06:38 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Ron Gardenhire for Germany? Not sure of the others.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2009 06:47 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Yes, Gardenhire is the other German-born Met.

Frayed Knot Sep 11 2009 07:03 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Les Rohr - England Bruce Bochy - France

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2009 07:10 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Yes, and yes. That concludes our Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia! Thank you for coming, and drive home safely!

Frayed Knot Sep 11 2009 07:13 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

I'm frightened by the fact that I knew both of those (all three actually) almost instantly.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2009 07:18 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

The only one I could have gotten off the top of my head was Gardenhire. When I found Rohr and Bochy, I thought, oh yeah, I knew that. Okay, who can name the eight who were born in Japan, or the ten who were born in Mexico?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 11 2009 07:24 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Mexicans: Ricardo Rincon Oliver Perez Alex Trevino Chuck Estrada Elmer Dessens Japanese: Takashi Kashiwada Tsuyoshi Shinjo Kaz Matsui Kaz Ishii Ken Takahashi Hideo Nomo Masato Yoshii

metirish Sep 11 2009 07:26 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Mexico Karim Garcia

Frayed Knot Sep 11 2009 07:29 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Well, of course, the Japanese guys are more easily distinguished by their names; the only difficulty is remembering who all of them were since many were just brief ships that passed our way in the night. Mexican guys not so easy to separate although I tend to think of them as mostly brief and semi-anonymous middle-relievers too. Japan - Nomo, Yoshii, Shinjo, Matsui, Takahashi, ... plus a bunch of guys who were like Takahashi but weren't him Mexico - Ollie, Armando Reynoso ... plus a bunch of guys who looked and threw like Armando Reynoso. Oh yeah, and Elmer Dessens

metirish Sep 11 2009 07:32 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Have we alreadly purged Luis Alaya from our memories?

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2009 07:37 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

I mistyped, there are actually 9 Japanese-born Mets. Seven have been mentioned so far: Hideo Nomo, Kaz Matsui, Ken Takahashi, Masato Yoshii, Takashi Kashiwada, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Kaz Ishii. Two remain. Chuck Estrada was born in California. Mexicans named so far: Alex Treviņo Armando Reynoso Elmer Dessens Karim Garcia Luis Ayala Oliver Perez Ricardo Rincon Three more. Two of them share a surname with other, non-Mexican Mets players.

Frayed Knot Sep 11 2009 07:38 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

[quote="metirish":xdrq1pg0]Have we alreadly purged Luis Alaya from our memories?[/quote:xdrq1pg0] No, but I'm trying.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 11 2009 07:44 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Francisco Estrada. I know it was an Estrada!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 11 2009 07:45 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Satoru Komiyama!

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2009 07:50 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":ha7jvqj1]Francisco Estrada. I know it was an Estrada![/quote:ha7jvqj1] Yes! [quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":ha7jvqj1]Satoru Komiyama![/quote:ha7jvqj1] Yes! We're down to one Japanese guy and two Mexicans.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 11 2009 07:52 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Mister Zero, Shingo Takatsu!

Edgy DC Sep 11 2009 07:56 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":1zjj8h8l]The only one I could have gotten off the top of my head was Gardenhire. When I found Rohr and Bochy, I thought, oh yeah, I knew that. Okay, who can name the eight who were born in Japan, or the ten who were born in Mexico?[/quote:1zjj8h8l] We've had EuroMet trivia before. Pre-Grimm, pre-Yancy, and pre-your first handle, Ultimate Mets Database.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2009 07:59 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

[quote="John Cougar Lunchbucket":3fsfixuv]Mister Zero, Shingo Takatsu![/quote:3fsfixuv] Yes! And that closes out the Japanese portion of our little contest. Two more Mexicans remain. Both are pitchers, and while they weren't teammates, their combined Mets tenures covered three consecutive seasons.

Edgy DC Sep 11 2009 08:03 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

I'm tapping my brain and instead of coming up with Mexicans, I get guys who played in the Mexican League.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2009 08:10 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

I have to confess that I would be terrible at this question. Except for the most prominent players, like Reyes or Delgado or Beltran or Santana, I have a very hard time remembering who's Mexican or Dominican or Puerto Rican or Venezuelan.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 11 2009 08:11 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 11 2009 08:11 AM

Speaking of Beltrans... howzabout Rigo? I've got the other, too. Just want to see if anyone else gets it...

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2009 08:11 AM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Rigo Beltran it is. One Mexican remaining, and he's a 1990's-era Mets pitcher.

Met Hunter Sep 11 2009 01:07 PM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Was Armando Reynoso mentioned? I thought a Stoner inspired trivia thread would have mentioned Jason Roach, Jung Bong or Phil Coke.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 11 2009 01:08 PM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

Jeez, I forgot about this thing. The remaining Mexican is... Juan Acevedo.

Edgy DC Sep 11 2009 01:11 PM Re: Tobi Stoner-inspired trivia

I was drawing a violent blank.