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J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Edgy DC Feb 15 2011 09:04 PM

As a Met minor leaguer, Boof Ricciardi played with 5 future Mets and 4 non-Met future big leaguers. At least two of the latter group are pretty damn obscure. Anyhow, name them. Three points for a Met, five for a non-Met, and minus one for incorrect guess.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 15 2011 09:24 PM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Beane.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Feb 15 2011 09:27 PM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Dykstra.

MFS62 Feb 15 2011 09:28 PM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Lloyd McClendon Later

batmagadanleadoff Feb 15 2011 09:32 PM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Who's Boof Ricciardi? If this is slang for Boof Bonser, I'm guessing Jason Tyner and Joe Mauer. If it's Ricciardi, I go with Jay Tibbs, Billy Beane, Jose Oquendo and Herm Winningham.

MFS62 Feb 15 2011 09:54 PM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Jeff Bittiger. Later

Edgy DC Feb 16 2011 05:25 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Correct Mets: Biily Beane Jeff Bittiger Len Dykstra Correct Non-Mets: Lloyd McClendon Jay Tibbs Inccorectos Joe Mauer Jose Oquendo Jason Tyner Herm Winningham "Boof," according to John Paul Bonser, is an appropriate nickname for a guy named John Paul.

The Second Spitter Feb 16 2011 05:36 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Edgy DC wrote: "Boof," according to John Paul Bonser, is an appropriate nickname for a guy named John Paul. Or according to urban dictionary To stick something up your butt, generally drugs but can include anything. Wally Backman?

Edgy DC Feb 16 2011 05:50 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Not Wally.

HahnSolo Feb 16 2011 06:44 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Roger McDowell

Edgy DC Feb 16 2011 07:01 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Nope. Decent guesses. I'll throw in that he played in the Mets system in 1980 and 1981, when Backman was already at the top of the system and shuttling between Tidewater and Flushing.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Feb 16 2011 07:14 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

dwight gooden darryl strawberry

Benjamin Grimm Feb 16 2011 07:20 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

John Christensen? Kevin Mitchell?

The Second Spitter Feb 16 2011 07:25 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Dave Mag?

Edgy DC Feb 16 2011 07:31 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

No, nein, ne, neen, mah nguh. OK, hinty time. Of the three un-named Mets: [list:3h8e55xm][*:3h8e55xm]One was traded along with one of the already named Mets;[/*:m:3h8e55xm] [*:3h8e55xm]One was on the periphery of the Mets manager search;[/*:m:3h8e55xm] [*:3h8e55xm]One might have been shot at by Sarah Palin.[/*:m:3h8e55xm][/list:u:3h8e55xm] Of the three un-named non-Mets [list:3h8e55xm][*:3h8e55xm]One is easily conflatable/confuseable with one of the named Mets;[/*:m:3h8e55xm] [*:3h8e55xm]The other two have prefixes on their first names.[/*:m:3h8e55xm][/list:u:3h8e55xm]

MFS62 Feb 16 2011 07:34 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

OK, hinty time. Of the three un-named Mets: One was traded along with one of the already named Mets; Ronn Reynolds The other two have prefixes on their first names. LaSchelle Tarver? Later

Edgy DC Feb 16 2011 07:42 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Both correct. Correct Mets: Biily Beane Jeff Bittiger Len Dykstra Ronn Reynolds Correct Non-Mets: Lloyd McClendon Jay Tibbs LaSchelle Tarver Inccorectos Wally Backman John Christensen Dwight Gooden Dave Magaden Joe Mauer Roger McDowell Kevin Mitchell Jose Oquendo Darryl Strawberry Jason Tyner Herm Winningham

HahnSolo Feb 16 2011 07:42 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

John Gibbons, who Ricciardi would later hire to manage his Blue Jays.

Edgy DC Feb 16 2011 07:48 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Gibby is correct. Correct Mets:Biily Beane Jeff Bittiger Len Dykstra John Gibbons Ronn Reynolds (One remains) Correct Non-Mets: Lloyd McClendon LaSchelle Tarver Jay Tibbs (Two remain, both obscure) Incorectos:Wally Backman John Christensen Dwight Gooden Dave Magaden Joe Mauer Roger McDowell Kevin Mitchell Jose Oquendo Darryl Strawberry Jason Tyner Herm Winningham

MFS62 Feb 16 2011 09:51 PM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Prefix - DeWayne Vaughn? Jeff Bettendorf? (I'm stretching here. I used to confuse him with Jeff Bittiger, so I'm guessing they were on the same team.) Later

Edgy DC Feb 17 2011 05:38 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Both correct. You are looking like the King of J.P. Ricciardi Trivia Correct Mets:Biily Beane Jeff Bittiger Len Dykstra John Gibbons Ronn Reynolds (One remains.) Correct Non-Mets: Jeff Bettendorf Lloyd McClendon LaSchelle Tarver Jay TibbsDeWayne Vaughn Incorectos:Wally Backman John Christensen Dwight Gooden Dave Magaden Joe Mauer Roger McDowell Kevin Mitchell Jose Oquendo Darryl Strawberry Jason Tyner Herm Winningham

MFS62 Feb 17 2011 07:39 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

I hope someone gets the last one, so I can ask my trivia questions about him. Later

Edgy DC Feb 17 2011 07:46 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Our final Met had a nice little career, but was a Met only ephemerally.

MFS62 Feb 17 2011 08:06 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Feb 17 2011 08:07 AM

Edgy DC wrote: Our final Met had a nice little career, but was a Met only ephemerally. That clue just blew the fuse of the Jeapordy computer. "Epemerally"? You mean not as a player but a coach/ manager/ exec? (If it is, that was part of MY trivia question.) My mind has to re-boot. Later

Benjamin Grimm Feb 17 2011 08:07 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

It would mean that he was only briefly a Met. Perhaps a game or two.

The Second Spitter Feb 17 2011 08:19 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

The suspense is killing me. I have to look up the answer.

Edgy DC Feb 17 2011 08:39 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

C'mon. [list:nmhopxkd][*:nmhopxkd]Played minor league ball with J.P. Ricciardi (in 1980 and/or 1981).[/*:m:nmhopxkd] [*:nmhopxkd]A solid big league career. [/*:m:nmhopxkd] [*:nmhopxkd]Only briefly a Met.[/*:m:nmhopxkd] [*:nmhopxkd]Vulnerable to being hunted by Sarah Palin.[/*:m:nmhopxkd][/list:u:nmhopxkd] I'll also lift some suspense by saying he was a doubles-hitting firstbaseman who walked like nobody's business.

Benjamin Grimm Feb 17 2011 08:43 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Edgy DC wrote: [*]Vulnerable to being hunted by Sarah Palin.[/list] This is the hint that's confusing. It's not Bob Moose, and I don't recall anyone named "Wolf" either. And really, I think anyone who doesn't wear an Uncle Sam hat with tea bags dangling from the brim might qualify.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 17 2011 09:05 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Randy Milligan?

Edgy DC Feb 17 2011 09:06 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Randy "Moose" Milligan is correct. Thank you for playing J.P. Ricciardi Trivia.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 17 2011 09:07 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Edgy DC wrote: Randy "Moose" Milligan is correct. Thank you for playing J.P. Ricciardi Trivia. As soon as you hinted "first baseman that walked like nobody's business", I knew I had my man.

MFS62 Feb 17 2011 09:30 PM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

OK, here's my JP trivia question. Someone on those teams with J.P. played high school ball with a famous Mets first baseman. Who was it? Who was the first baseman? Later

MFS62 Feb 18 2011 08:27 PM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

Due to the underwhelming response, I'll keep the questions out there and post the answers on Sunday. Later

MFS62 Feb 20 2011 07:42 AM Re: J.P. Ricciardi Trivia

MFS62 wrote: OK, here's my JP trivia question. Someone on those teams with J.P. played high school ball with a famous Mets first baseman. Who was it? Who was the first baseman? Later It was his manager Danny Monzon, who played on the Monroe High School team with Ed Kranepool. The person who was to later become my wife attended Monroe then, too. And, as I may have mentioned beore, I briefly played with Monzon on a sandlot (outside of school) team sponsored by El Toro Bravo (a beer company). After Monzon's major career, he became a manager. I followed his teams when he managed in the Mets organization. That's why I knew many of the players in the original question in this thread. If Edgy had asked about some other Mets minor league teams/ years, I might have known zilch. Later