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Edgy MD Nov 15 2011 11:47 AM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Number on the front. (Note the 50th Anniversary patch.) I see 12 and think Francoeur is coming back. He's damaged that number for me.

Benjamin Grimm Nov 15 2011 11:52 AM Re: The Uniform

I saw that and thought of Ken Boswell.

metirish Nov 15 2011 12:02 PM Re: The Uniform

I saw Alomar.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 15 2011 12:11 PM Re: The Uniform

Boy oh boy is that a recently haunted number. As if Frenchy the cocksucker isn't bad enough, I was reminded of the SmallBalls jackass.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 15 2011 12:16 PM Re: The Uniform

I thought of Willie Small Balls.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 15 2011 12:18 PM Re: The Uniform

Hafta say, I had to look it up to find it was also Scott Hairston's uni number. What a dynamic addition he turned out to be.

Centerfield Nov 15 2011 01:08 PM Re: The Uniform

#12 is Ron Darling.

TransMonk Nov 15 2011 01:44 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

A buddy of mine had a John Stearns Mets jersey...big Stearns fan. We went and saw the Orioles play in the mid-ninties when Stearns was coaching under Davey. We made our way down to the filed level during batting practice and my buddy starts yelling at Stearns to come over and take a picture and Stearns ignores him. After about 5 minutes of my friend yelling at him, John turns around to look. My buddy points to his jersey number and yells, "Look, I'm wearing your number." Stearn's yelled back, "That's not my number. That's Jeff Kent's number." 12 was always Stearns to me after that.

sharpie Nov 15 2011 02:33 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

Boswell all the way for me.

G-Fafif Nov 15 2011 02:35 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

metsguyinmichigan Nov 15 2011 03:28 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

TransMonk wrote: A buddy of mine had a John Stearns Mets jersey...big Stearns fan. We went and saw the Orioles play in the mid-ninties when Stearns was coaching under Davey. We made our way down to the filed level during batting practice and my buddy starts yelling at Stearns to come over and take a picture and Stearns ignores him. After about 5 minutes of my friend yelling at him, John turns around to look. My buddy points to his jersey number and yells, "Look, I'm wearing your number." Stearn's yelled back, "That's not my number. That's Jeff Kent's number." 12 was always Stearns to me after that. I once heard a story about Stearns when Davey Johnson was managing the Reds, and Marge Schott was the owner and didn't want to pay for more coaches. So he had Stearns on the field before the games in a batting practice jersey without a name or number, and Schott could never figure out who he was. I ran into Stearns at a spring training game in Ft. Lauderdale -- he signed my Mets book -- and he confirmed the story. Great stuff.

Ashie62 Nov 15 2011 03:45 PM Re: The Uniform

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I saw that and thought of Ken Boswell. ditto

seawolf17 Nov 15 2011 04:32 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

Stearns for me. Darling's a 44 in my mind.

TransMonk Nov 15 2011 05:03 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

G-Fafif wrote: Dunston might be my favorite 3 month Met. I dig the nameless jersey's, too.

metirish Nov 15 2011 05:19 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

metsguyinmichigan wrote: TransMonk wrote: A buddy of mine had a John Stearns Mets jersey...big Stearns fan. We went and saw the Orioles play in the mid-ninties when Stearns was coaching under Davey. We made our way down to the filed level during batting practice and my buddy starts yelling at Stearns to come over and take a picture and Stearns ignores him. After about 5 minutes of my friend yelling at him, John turns around to look. My buddy points to his jersey number and yells, "Look, I'm wearing your number." Stearn's yelled back, "That's not my number. That's Jeff Kent's number." 12 was always Stearns to me after that. I once heard a story about Stearns when Davey Johnson was managing the Reds, and Marge Schott was the owner and didn't want to pay for more coaches. So he had Stearns on the field before the games in a batting practice jersey without a name or number, and Schott could never figure out who he was. I ran into Stearns at a spring training game in Ft. Lauderdale -- he signed my Mets book -- and he confirmed the story. Great stuff. great Stearns stories

Edgy MD Nov 15 2011 05:24 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

My definitive 12 is definitely Stearns. It's just Francoeur and his oh-for-July who turned the number sour for me.

Farmer Ted Nov 15 2011 07:10 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

Stoins!

Fman99 Nov 15 2011 07:14 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

Francoeur

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Nov 15 2011 07:22 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

Is it weird that I have more of a someone-wearing-an-unwisely-purchased-Frenchy-jersey picture in my head than any particular Met?

MFS62 Nov 15 2011 09:17 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

The image of John Stephenson striking out for the final out of Jim Bunning's perfect game is firmly etched in my mind. Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 15 2011 09:37 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

Only, he would have been wearing 49 then. Stephenson didn't wear 12 until 1966.

MFS62 Nov 15 2011 09:44 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Only, he would have been wearing 49 then. Stephenson didn't wear 12 until 1966. Oops. You're right. Well, the image is still etched in my mind. But dammit, the uniform number is blurry after all these years. Never mind. But Joe Ginsberg wore #12, didn't he? Later

John Cougar Lunchbucket Nov 15 2011 09:57 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)

Stephenson wore 49, then 19 then 12. Ginsburg was 12, yes as was Jesse Gonder, who caught that Bunning game. There's a photo in the Honig Mets book from behind home plate as Stephenson whiffs. It shows the entire scoreboard (with the Mets' lineup on the left, btw). Very helpful in these matters.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 15 2011 10:55 PM Re: 12 (split from The Uniform)