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All-Time National League East Team: The Extra Met


Bob Apodaca, RP, 1973-1977 0 votes

Bruce Boisclair, OF, 1974-1979 0 votes

Kelvin Chapman, INF, 1979; 1984-1985 0 votes

Pedro Feliciano, , RP, 2002-2004; 2006-2010 12 votes

Joe Hietpas, C, 2004 0 votes

Ron Hodges, C, 1973-1984 1 votes

Jeff Innis, 1987-1993 0 votes

Ed Kranepool, 1B-OF-PH, 1969-1979 7 votes

Daniel Murphy, 1B-OF, 2008-2009 0 votes

George Theodore, 1B-OF, 1973-1974 0 votes

G-Fafif
Jul 05 2010 02:48 PM

We need two extra men for our 25-man All-N.L. East roster. I'd like to fill it with a pair of players who aren't all-timers in the traditional sense, but the kinds of guys who are part of the fabric of divisional play. One will be a pure Met, one will be an opponent who may or may not have been a Met at some point. This poll will determine the Met -- a Met with no other affiliation during the N.L. East era (since 1969 -- please consider contributions from 1969 forward).

Gwreck
Jul 05 2010 02:50 PM
Re: All-Time National League East Team: The Extra Met

No Mark Carreon as a power bat on the bench?

Feliciano is a good choice, given that he gets paid specifically to get NL East lefthanders (Dunn, Howard, Utley, et al) out.

G-Fafif
Jul 05 2010 02:59 PM
Re: All-Time National League East Team: The Extra Met

Mark Carreon went on to play for other teams, but he crossed my mind, actually.

batmagadanleadoff
Jul 05 2010 03:04 PM
Re: All-Time National League East Team: The Extra Met

Apodaca had the best peak of the candidates. He gets virtually no recognition from anyone but die hard Mets fans for being unhittable in '75 and '76. Especially in 1975. If any current reliever in an option year pitched like Apodaca did in '75, that reliever would be able to live the rest of his life like a king from the spoils of his next contract.

G-Fafif
Jul 06 2010 01:44 PM
Re: All-Time National League East Team: The Extra Met

Early returns indicates a renaming of this site to the Feliciano Forum may be in order...

bmfc1
Jul 06 2010 02:08 PM
Re: All-Time National League East Team: The Extra Met

Even if we didn't name him, Pedro Feliciano would get into the game somehow.

Zvon
Jul 06 2010 03:00 PM
Re: All-Time National League East Team: The Extra Met

Had to go with Kranepool.
Cuz, over the years, I've learned longevity is the key to everything.
Everything.
Especially a long life.

Willets Point
Jul 06 2010 03:07 PM
Re: All-Time National League East Team: The Extra Met

A vote for Ron!

seawolf17
Jul 06 2010 06:51 PM
Re: All-Time National League East Team: The Extra Met

Willets Point wrote:
A vote for Ron!

Well, you gotta have an extra catcher, or you're gonna have a lot of passed balls.

G-Fafif
Jul 09 2010 03:42 PM
Re: All-Time National League East Team: The Extra Met

Feliciano indeed gets into the game, defeating the Krane (and Ron Hodges). He is your All-N.L. East Extra Met and a handy reliever to have, no doubt.