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MFS62
Nov 29 2005 05:54 PM

Some pre-Winter Meeting mental gymnastics.
For any new (or returning) folks, word association. It doesn't have to be a Met player:

enjoy,
Later
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• Less power than you'd think
• Root for the laundry
• Screwball
• He managed to take that single talent of hitting a baseball really hard, and make a decent 3-4 year career out of it.
• He could play anywhere but pitch and catch
• Some stars fade away
• Other stars explode and drop out of the sky
• He hit his career peak at 35
• Tough luck pitcher
• Good two-strike hitter

Elster88
Nov 29 2005 05:59 PM

Less power than you'd think
• Root for the laundry Any Yankee free agent
• Screwball Franco
• He managed to take that single talent of hitting a baseball really hard, and make a decent 3-4 year career out of it. Canseco, Belle, even though they got more than 4 years
• He could play anywhere but pitch and catch Super Joe!
• Some stars fade away Mikey P
• Other stars explode and drop out of the sky Doc and Darryl
• He hit his career peak at 35 McGwire
• Tough luck pitcher Al Leiter
• Good two-strike hitter David Wright, Fonzie

Edgy DC
Nov 29 2005 06:01 PM

• Less power than you'd think

Sean Burroughs

• Root for the laundry

Vic Sage

• Screwball

Tug McGraw

• He managed to take that single talent of hitting a baseball really hard, and make a decent 3-4 year career out of it.

Benny Agbayani

• He could play anywhere but pitch and catch

Honus Wagner. Probably did both of those alright also.

• Some stars fade away

Cal Ripken

• Other stars explode and drop out of the sky

Roberto Alomar

• He hit his career peak at 35

All those damn 2001 Diamondbacks.

• Tough luck pitcher

Anthony Young. Most Met pitchers in history, actually. Koosman, hells, yeah.

• Good two-strike hitter

Edgardo Alfonzo.

MFS62
Nov 29 2005 06:21 PM

• Less power than you'd think: Alex Ochoa
• Root for the laundry: Gary Carter
• Screwball: Roger McDowell (not what he threw, what he was)
• He managed to take that single talent of hitting a baseball really hard, and make a decent 3-4 year career out of it: Matt Franco
• He could play anywhere but pitch and catch: Joe McEwing
• Some stars fade away: Mike Piazza
• Other stars explode and drop out of the sky: Darryl Strawberry (he pushed his own self destruct button)
• He hit his career peak at 35: Hoyt Wilhelm
• Tough luck pitcher: Steve Traschel
• Good two-strike hitter: Yogi Berra

Later

TheOldMole
Nov 29 2005 07:51 PM

• Less power than you'd think - Ron Swoboda
• Root for the laundry - Old Astros uniforms
• Screwball - Bill Lee
• He managed to take that single talent of hitting a baseball really hard, and make a decent 3-4 year career out of it. - Joe Charbonneau
• He could play anywhere but pitch and catch - Cesar Tovar
• Some stars fade away - Mike Piazza
• Other stars explode and drop out of the sky Mrk "Bird" Fidrych
• He hit his career peak at 35 - me
• Tough luck pitcher - Doug Sisk
• Good two-strike hitter - Keith Hernandez

Nymr83
Nov 29 2005 09:08 PM
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• Less power than you'd think - CARLOS BELTRAN
• Root for the laundry- ???
• Screwball - JOHN FRANCO
• He managed to take that single talent of hitting a baseball really hard, and make a decent 3-4 year career out of it.- MATT FRANCO
• He could play anywhere but pitch and catch- JOE MCEWING
• Some stars fade away- MIKE PIAZZA
• Other stars explode and drop out of the sky - MIKE LOWELL
• He hit his career peak at 35 - RANDY JOHNSON
• Tough luck pitcher - GLENDON RUSCH (GIVE ME SOME FUCKIN RUN SUPPORT!!!)
• Good two-strike hitter- TONY GWYNN