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Mets Pitcher Trivia

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 08:42 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 03 2012 09:16 AM

What do these Mets pitchers have in common: Frank Lary Randy Jones Pedro Martinez Orel Hershiser Hideo Nomo Mike Marshall OE -- Warren Spahn Hint: Some Mets pitchers who didn't accomplish what the above pitchers did: Bret Saberhagen Johan Santana Bob Friend Frank Viola Frank Tanana Tom Glavine

Edgy MD Aug 03 2012 08:48 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

They all got MVP support --- multiple-time top-ten MVP finishers or something like that.

Edgy MD Aug 03 2012 08:50 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

Checking and... nope. Orel only finished once in the top ten and Nomo not at all.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 08:50 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

I'm looking for an answer here, godamnit, not a theory of categories.

metsmarathon Aug 03 2012 08:51 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

all were dodgers once. well, four of them, right? or am i thinking of the wrong mike marshall

Edgy MD Aug 03 2012 08:52 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

My answer was Met pitchers who were during their careers two-time top-ten MVP finishers. My answer was wrong.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 08:53 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

metsmarathon wrote: all were dodgers once. well, four of them, right? or am i thinking of the wrong mike marshall Both MM's were Dodgers. But that's the wrong answer, still.

Swan Swan H Aug 03 2012 08:55 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

Jones and Hershiser have first names that come up in Fman's conversation on a regular basis.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 08:56 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

Edgy DC wrote: They all got MVP support --- multiple-time top-ten MVP finishers or something like that. Johan got MVP votes in several seasons. And he's on the not list.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 08:57 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

Swan Swan H wrote: Jones and Hershiser have first names that come up in Fman's conversation on a regular basis. Yeah.

Swan Swan H Aug 03 2012 09:00 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

All-star starters?

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 09:05 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

Swan Swan H wrote: All-star starters? So was Dean Chance. And Mike Scott. And a fella by the name of Seaver. Don't think Lary was. But I'm adding one more pitcher to the list: Warren Spahn. So ... What do these Mets pitchers have in common: Frank Lary Randy Jones Pedro Martinez Orel Hershiser Hideo Nomo Mike Marshall Warren Spahn

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 09:18 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

The answer to this question is not so obvious. I'm just sayin'.

MFS62 Aug 03 2012 09:19 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

Until you added Spahn, I was thinking pitchers who were acquired twice by the Mets. Later

Ceetar Aug 03 2012 09:23 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

you say Santana didn't accomplish it. could he?

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 09:29 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

Ceetar wrote: you say Santana didn't accomplish it. could he? Sounds like you're asking for a hint. Your wish is my command. It's now mathematically, scientifically and logically impossible for Johan to accomplish what Jones, Spahn, et. al. once did. But Santana could have, at one point in his career.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 11:47 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

I'll try and post the answer in the next hour or so.

Ceetar Aug 03 2012 11:55 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I'll try and post the answer in the next hour or so. I'm completely lost, but I'll keep 20 questioning you if you want. Is it something accomplished as a Met, or is the fact that they were Mets irrelevant except to the point of grouping them for this trivia?

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 11:56 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

Ceetar wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: I'll try and post the answer in the next hour or so. I'm completely lost, but I'll keep 20 questioning you if you want. Is it something accomplished as a Met, or is the fact that they were Mets irrelevant except to the point of grouping them for this trivia? It's what they did before playing for the Mets. That's why Johan can no longer do it.

metsmarathon Aug 03 2012 11:57 AM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

hit a home run against the mets before pitching for the mets...?

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 12:03 PM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

metsmarathon wrote: hit a home run against the mets before pitching for the mets...? Verry interrresting, but .... no.

Ceetar Aug 03 2012 12:14 PM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

Pitched in relief against the Mets?

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 01:54 PM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

All were featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in their pre-Mets days.

Met Hunter Aug 03 2012 04:37 PM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

There was an SI called something like "the best rookies of 1968" that had a few players including Mike Torrez on the cover.

G-Fafif Aug 03 2012 04:52 PM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

On the cover before becoming a Met in 1983. What?

G-Fafif Aug 03 2012 04:54 PM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

Not pictured: Braves, No. 47, muttering, Get off me! Get off me! I'm choking! And I plan to make a long-term habit of it after I'm gone from here!"

batmagadanleadoff Aug 03 2012 05:37 PM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

I was going for pitchers featured exclusively on the cover. I should've phrased better. Besides, Koosman should be in Torres's seat. Seaver's a stretch. If he's in, then it's still theoretically possible for Johan to one day make this list. And if Seaver's in, so's Coney.

MFS62 Aug 03 2012 08:52 PM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

Since that one got answered, I have another one. I read that Tom Seaver hit a home run against the Mets after he got traded away. Who was the pitcher he hit it off? (I don't know the answer) Later

Frayed Knot Aug 03 2012 08:58 PM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

I know that Seaver doubled off Koosman in his very first game at Shea following the trade, but I don't know the answer to the HR question.

Met Hunter Aug 03 2012 10:25 PM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

I remember. Pretty sure it was Swannie.

Swan Swan H Aug 03 2012 10:28 PM Re: Mets Pitcher Trivia

Nope. I struck his grape-stomping ass out on a slider, low and away. Oh, Craig Swan. Never mind.