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Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

seawolf17 Jan 19 2010 08:50 AM

Not verified anywhere other than Steve Popper (Bergen Record) and his Twitter account, but... http://twitter.com/stevepopper YAY! (edited to remove "?" from title)

Ashie62 Jan 19 2010 08:52 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF (?)

I love the first two!

metirish Jan 19 2010 08:52 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF (?)

Not all of us can get twitter at work , can you cut & paste

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 19 2010 08:54 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF (?)

Snooze's got it: Mets Hall of Fame inductees » BY ANTHONY MCCARRON The Mets are having a conference call at 2 p.m. today to announce that Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Davey Johnson and Frank Cashen will be inducted into the Mets’ Hall of Fame. It’s the first time in eight years that they’ve made an induction and certainly a step toward addressing what some believe is a lack of appreciation for their own history at Citi Field. Interesting, too, is that Gooden and Strawberry have come full circle. There was a time when they were both sort of divorced from the organization, remember? The bowtie-sporting Cashen and Johnson are, obviously, two of the bigwigs from those great 1980s Mets teams, including the 1986 World Champs. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/mets/2 ... z0d4etEzb7

Edgy DC Jan 19 2010 08:55 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF (?)

Amost too perfect. Any word from Jane Jarvis's spokesman?

metirish Jan 19 2010 08:59 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF (?)

Who's the point man for the press conference I wonder.

Ceetar Jan 19 2010 09:00 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF (?)

[quote="metirish":1alhyls9]Who's the point man for the press conference I wonder.[/quote:1alhyls9] Don't think they've drawn the straws for that yet.

Frayed Knot Jan 19 2010 09:03 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF (?)

[quote="metirish":1iku4mi8]Who's the point man for the press conference I wonder.[/quote:1iku4mi8] Doesn't matter because they all do them so well. OK, who didn't know that, after ignoring this for years, they were going to make up for it by going overboard and induct a busload all at once.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 19 2010 09:19 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF (?)

You want your history? You got your history! Now leave us alone! Kinda seems that way, but I don't care. These moves are long overdue and I'm glad to see it. Obviously Doc and Darryl have big flaws, which means they're human. It's not hall of role models, but a hall of people who had a major influence on the Mets on and off the field. Now get one of Frank's bowties to go with that slice of wall Doc signed and get them on display!

Valadius Jan 19 2010 09:22 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

Okay, now who wants to speculate who will end up going in from the 1999-2000 Mets?

Edgy DC Jan 19 2010 09:26 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF (?)

[quote="metsguyinmichigan":30dt1eq8]You want your history? You got your history! Now leave us alone!![/quote:30dt1eq8] Easy cowboy.

Edgy DC Jan 19 2010 11:13 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

They're all going in on August 1. I might want to spread that out.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 19 2010 11:17 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

Spreading it out would be ideal: give each man his due, and-- as the office cynic might point out-- provide a decent PR smokescreen in case of another 70-80 win song-and-dance. But, yeah, I'm smiling pretty unequivocally on this one.

Vic Sage Jan 19 2010 11:24 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

what were the results of our Mets HOF CPF poll? Who were the top 4 candidates?

Benjamin Grimm Jan 19 2010 11:24 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

yeah, nicely done. How does that compare with our internal results? Did we ever wrap that one up?

Edgy DC Jan 19 2010 11:55 AM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

This aligns with our voting, with two different voters actually and independently going so far as to suggest that this exact foursome should be the next class. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12908 Giving eight points for first, seven for second, etc., it's... Frank Cashen Dwight Gooden Jane Jarvis Davey Johnson Mike Piazza Darryl Strawberry Bobby Valentine Rube Walker metirish 4 7 1 5 8 6 3 2 Edgy DC 7 3 8 6 1 4 1 5 Ben Grimm 8 5 1 7 2 4 3 6 G-Fafif 5 7 3 6 2 8 1 4 John Cougar Lunchbucket 4 7 3 6 8 2 5 HahnSolo 5 7 4 8 6 2 3 LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr 7 4 5 6 2 3 1 8 Swan Swan H 7 5 4 8 6 2 3 Rockin' Doc 8 6 1 5 4 7 2 3 TransMonk 4 6 1 7 8 5 3 2 metsguyinmichigan 6 7 1 5 4 8 3 2 RealityChuck 7 5 1 3 8 4 2 6 themetfairy 8 Vic Sage 5 8 1 6 4 7 3 2 kong76 1 5 8 7 6 4 3 2 bfmc1 6 7 4 3 5 8 2 1 MFS62 6 8 5 7 3 Totals 98 97 35 82 76 95 33 57

Benjamin Grimm Jan 19 2010 12:02 PM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

So I went Cashen-Davey-Rube-Doc-Darryl? No wonder I'm pleased with these results. If you take out Rube Walker, who probably never had much of a chance, this selection matches my preferences.

seawolf17 Jan 19 2010 12:05 PM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

All that way and I forgot to vote in the final vote? Pfft.

metirish Jan 19 2010 12:07 PM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

I of course knew what I was doing .......

metirish Jan 19 2010 12:26 PM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

Jeff “It was very important to re-establish the Mets Hall of Fame Committee,” said Mets COO Jeff Wilpon, who serves as Ex-Officio for the Selection Committee. “The committee made great choices and all four inductees played a vital role in our success during the 1980s. Each individual was a unanimous recommendation and on behalf of myself and the rest of Ownership I was pleased to approve them.” The Mets Hall of Fame now has 25 members. The 21 previous Hall of Fame members in order of the year they were inducted are: Joan Payson (1981); Casey Stengel (1981); Gil Hodges (1982); George M. Weiss (1982); William A. Shea (1983); Johnny Murphy (1983); Ralph Kiner (1984); Bob Murphy (1984); Lindsey Nelson (1984); Bud Harrelson (1986); Rusty Staub (1986); Tom Seaver (1988); Jerry Koosman (1989); Ed Kranepool (1990); Cleon Jones (1991); Jerry Grote (1992); Tug McGraw (1993); Mookie Wilson (1996); Keith Hernandez (1997); Gary Carter (2001); and Tommie Agee (2002). The plaques of all the inductees will be one of the main attractions at the new Mets Hall of Fame and Museum which will open this season. The Mets Hall of Fame committee was re-formed in November. The seven-member committee is comprised of a combination of media members with long-standing connections to the club and the Mets front office staff. The members are: Dave Howard, Executive Vice President, Business Operations who has been with the organization for 18 years; Jay Horwitz, Vice President, Media Relations who enters his 31st season with the team; Tina Mannix, Senior Director, Marketing who has been with the Mets for nine years; former Mets pitcher Al Jackson, a pitching consultant who is entering his sixth decade with the Mets; Marty Noble, the Mets.com beat writer who is entering his fifth decade covering the team; Gary Cohen, the New York native and voice of the Mets on SNY who has been a Mets broadcaster for 21 years; and Howie Rose, a Queens native and radio voice of the Mets on WFAN who has covered the team for 21 years on radio and televisio

Valadius Jan 19 2010 12:27 PM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

How come we didn't make that an actual poll?

G-Fafif Jan 19 2010 12:30 PM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

This is outstanding. Perfect quartet.

Edgy DC Jan 19 2010 12:42 PM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

[quote="Valadius"]How come we didn't make that an actual poll?

I made it a different sort of poll because I had come to understand in the previous rounds that the overwhelming support for most of the candidates would have made a final yes/no vote superfluous, and, sensing the consensus that most of the finalists were considered worthy, decided to poll the voting body on whom they considered most worthy.

It's pretty much there in the first post, isnt' it?

SteveJRogers Jan 19 2010 03:39 PM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

[quote="Valadius":1mxp8ai5]Okay, now who wants to speculate who will end up going in from the 1999-2000 Mets?[/quote:1mxp8ai5] I'd only go with Piazza and Alfonzo, but I'd guess Franco and Leiter would somehow get in.

Edgy DC Jan 19 2010 08:40 PM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

"Somehow"... as if they'll find some devious back-channel technique.

SteveJRogers Jan 19 2010 08:59 PM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

Pretty much. See the story about how Rick Ferrell got into the Baseball HOF. Hell, just look at the years Frankie Frisch was on the Veterans Committee! I'm just saying Leiter and Franco just have some friends in high places at this point in time. You could make a case for Leiter, but then Darling and Matlack supporters would be wondering when their guy will get in. And Franco, well fine if Ed Kranepool is in because he was around for so long.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 19 2010 09:01 PM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

Franco will try it your way, the front-door way... for now. But he's got friends. He's not saying, he's just saying.

Edgy DC Jan 19 2010 09:02 PM Re: Straw, Gooden, Davey, Cashen to Mets HoF

Maybe the Mets Hall of Fame can be an active instituion for 24 full hours begore the paranoia creeps in. I'm not sayin'. I'm just sayin'.