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Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

batmagadanleadoff Nov 04 2010 01:57 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 04 2010 02:03 PM

One guess per post. Identify the eight Mets who, as active players, wore the home uniforms of each of the two Mets World Championship squads: (Disregard commemorative patches and fabric changes when considering uniform styles. Thus, for the purpose of this quiz, the 1969 Mets home uniform is identical to the 1974 Mets home uniform even though the 1969 home uni was made of flannel and sported the 100th Baseball Anniversary patch, while the 1974 uni was commemoratively patchless and was made of double-knit polyester.).

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 04 2010 02:03 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

#41.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 04 2010 02:04 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Rusty Staub

batmagadanleadoff Nov 04 2010 02:05 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

They Dressed Like Champions -- Twice Tom Seaver -- LWFS Rusty Staub -- Grimm

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 04 2010 02:16 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

I'm not sure I get the question, but ... Craig Swan.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 04 2010 02:19 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Pretty good for not getting it. You're gonna hustle the forum and sweep the rest of the quiz, right? They Dressed Like Champions -- Twice Tom Seaver -- LWFS Rusty Staub -- Grimm Craig Swan -- JCL

HahnSolo Nov 04 2010 02:19 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Kong

batmagadanleadoff Nov 04 2010 02:22 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content Edited 3 time(s), most recently on Nov 04 2010 02:40 PM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm not sure I get the question, but ... Craig Swan. Example 1: Willie Mays would be an incorrect response. The home uni that Mays wore as an active Met player (1972 and 1973) was the same home uni that the Mets wore in 1969. However, Mays, as an active player, never wore the Mets 1986 style home racing stripe unis.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 04 2010 02:23 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Pretty good for not getting it. You're gonna hustle the forum and sweep the rest of the quiz, right? They Dressed Like Champions -- Twice Tom Seaver -- LWFS Rusty Staub -- Grimm Craig Swan -- JCL Dave Kingman -- HahnSolo

Edgy DC Nov 04 2010 02:23 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Harrelson. Jorgenson. Foli.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 04 2010 02:24 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

No, that's what I thought you meant ... Ron Hodges

batmagadanleadoff Nov 04 2010 02:27 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

They Dressed Like Champions -- Twice Tom Seaver -- LWFS Rusty Staub -- Grimm Craig Swan -- JCL Dave Kingman -- HahnSolo Mike Jorgensen -- Edgy Ron Hodges -- JCL Incorrect Bud Harrelson -- Edgy Tim Foli -- Edgy ONE GUESS PER POST

HahnSolo Nov 04 2010 02:32 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Stearns

batmagadanleadoff Nov 04 2010 02:35 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

They Dressed Like Champions -- Twice Tom Seaver -- LWFS Rusty Staub -- Grimm Craig Swan -- JCL Dave Kingman -- HahnSolo Mike Jorgensen -- Edgy Ron Hodges -- JCL John Stearns -- HahnSolo Incorrect Bud Harrelson -- Edgy Tim Foli -- Edgy One Met remains. I predicted to myself that this last remaining Met would be the last remaining Met to this quiz.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 04 2010 02:39 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Lemur Silly

batmagadanleadoff Nov 04 2010 02:40 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

They Dressed Like Champions -- Twice Tom Seaver -- LWFS Rusty Staub -- Grimm Craig Swan -- JCL Dave Kingman -- HahnSolo Mike Jorgensen -- Edgy Ron Hodges -- JCL John Stearns -- HahnSolo Lima Silly -- JCL Incorrect Bud Harrelson -- Edgy Tim Foli -- Edgy

Centerfield Nov 04 2010 02:59 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Orosco.

metsguyinmichigan Nov 04 2010 03:08 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Lee Mazzilli! OE -- Scanned the list and didn't realize that Lee had been named through secret monikers. I'll add Mookie, who came before racing stripes.

G-Fafif Nov 04 2010 04:57 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Lee Mazzilli! OE -- Scanned the list and didn't realize that Lee had been named through secret monikers. I'll add Mookie, who came before racing stripes. But Mookie never wore the unadorned jersey. His had had the collar and sleeve piping (which I really liked when it came along).

batmagadanleadoff Nov 04 2010 06:26 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Nov 05 2010 11:47 PM

Here's the complete list: They Dressed Like Champions -- Twice Tom Seaver -- LWFS Rusty Staub -- Grimm Craig Swan -- JCL Dave Kingman -- HahnSolo Mike Jorgensen -- Edgy Ron Hodges -- JCL John Stearns -- HahnSolo Lee Mazzilli -- JCL All of these players had to have played in at least one home game as a Met during the periods 1965-1977 and 1983-1990. Harrelson wore both championship home uniforms but was an incorrect answer: He wore the '86 style racing stripes as a coach and manager, but not as an active player. Despite the World Series Championship theme to this quiz, Seaver and Mazzilli are the only two of the above eight players to have won a WS with the Mets; Staub is the only other player to have even appeared in a WS as a Met. Mazzilli is the only player on that list who was not a member of the '83 Mets.

Edgy DC Nov 04 2010 06:40 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Quiz was hand-wrapped for JCL.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 04 2010 07:18 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Helped that the question could also have been, "Name eight guys who were Mets at the beginning and ending of the most intense period of Young JCL's fanhood?"

Edgy DC Nov 04 2010 07:23 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Funny that they're mostly two-tenure guys, and only the two catchers pulled it off by weathering the Torre interregnum. Also known as Generation Pullover.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 04 2010 07:45 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Bobby Valentine, like Bud Harrelson, wore the 1969 style home uni as a player, and the 1986 style home racing stripes as a coach. If you include managers and coaches, Bobby Valentine and John Stearns are the only Mets to have worn the home unis of all four pennant winning Met teams. John Franco ('90-'01, '03-'04) and Todd Hundley ('90-'98) are the only Met players to have worn the '86 style home racing stripes and the unis of the 2000 pennant winning Met team

batmagadanleadoff Nov 04 2010 11:21 PM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Edgy DC wrote: Funny that they're mostly two-tenure guys, and only the two catchers pulled it off by weathering the Torre interregnum. Also known as Generation Pullover. Generation Two-Button Pullover. The Texas Rangers of the mid to late '70s are the only other team that I can recall wearing two button pullover jerseys. Which MLB team was the first to wear pullover jerseys (button-less and zipper-less)? Give me the team and the year.

G-Fafif Nov 05 2010 12:13 AM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

Pirates, middle of 1970, coinciding with opening of Three Rivers.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 05 2010 12:38 AM Re: Quiz Time -- Mets Uniform Content

G-Fafif wrote: Pirates, middle of 1970, coinciding with opening of Three Rivers. That's exactly right.