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Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 11:42 AM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Oct 04 2012 12:07 PM

Scott Hairston is the 33rd Met to hit at least 20 HR's in one season. Name the rest. One pick per post.

metirish Oct 04 2012 11:45 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Todd Zeile

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 11:46 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

metirish wrote: Todd Zeile An esoteric pick.

Benjamin Grimm Oct 04 2012 11:49 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

John Milner.

metirish Oct 04 2012 11:49 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Did I miss something?

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 11:50 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Grimm nails The Hammer.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 11:51 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

metirish wrote: Did I miss something? No. You're good.

Ceetar Oct 04 2012 11:52 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Carlos Beltran

Vic Sage Oct 04 2012 11:52 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Mazz

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 11:55 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

No to Maz. (Maybe 20 stolen bases).

Ashie62 Oct 04 2012 11:55 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Tommie Agee

Swan Swan H Oct 04 2012 11:56 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Let's start at the very beginning..... Frank Thomas.

duan Oct 04 2012 11:59 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Rockin' Robin Ventura.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 12:00 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Oct 04 2012 12:03 PM

duan Oct 04 2012 12:00 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

oh oh oh I've thought of one that I really want to say Bernard Gilkey.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 12:03 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Ceetar Oct 04 2012 12:06 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

giving you the easy ones, but perhaps one day the greatest Met ever, David Wright.

duan Oct 04 2012 12:07 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

funnily enough, because i started liking the mets in 1997, 20 HR seasons, seemed relatively common. I bet Butch Huskey had one too!!!

G-Fafif Oct 04 2012 12:08 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Darryl Strawberry.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 12:10 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Ashie62 Oct 04 2012 12:10 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Dave Kingman

duan Oct 04 2012 12:11 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Continuing my current theme (rather rotund gentleman of afro-american origin) Mo Vaughn

Swan Swan H Oct 04 2012 12:11 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Rusty Staub

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 12:13 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Vic Sage Oct 04 2012 12:17 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

i don't think Staub ever did it for NY; but i'm pretty sure Fonzie did it, a couple of times.

Ashie62 Oct 04 2012 12:17 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Butch Huskey

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 12:18 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Swan Swan H wrote: Rusty Staub Almost.

Swan Swan H Oct 04 2012 12:19 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 04 2012 12:20 PM

I looked up Rusty after getting the denial - 19 twice as a Metsie, but never 20. oe: What Batmags said, in tabular form.

Ashie62 Oct 04 2012 12:19 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

George Foster

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 12:20 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Vic Sage Oct 04 2012 12:24 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

we've had 3 catchers do it, each doing it multiple times, which is pretty unusual i think. and i don't think anybody has mentioned even one of them, so i'll start with the first: the recently departed kid, Mr. Gary Carter.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 12:27 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Ceetar Oct 04 2012 12:29 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Vic Sage wrote: we've had 3 catchers do it, each doing it multiple times, which is pretty unusual i think. and i don't think anybody has mentioned even one of them, so i'll start with the first: the recently departed kid, Mr. Gary Carter. Hundley

duan Oct 04 2012 12:30 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

I had typed this ****Well there's that Catcher chap called ........ Todd Hundley ****** but got presented with the New Post on this topic screen. So I'll say the other - Mike Piazza

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 12:33 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Edgy MD Oct 04 2012 12:40 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Mike Kablammeron.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 12:42 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

G-Fafif Oct 04 2012 12:44 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 04 2012 12:44 PM

Keith Hernandez one time. OE -- Or not!

Edgy MD Oct 04 2012 12:44 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Jeff Kent.

G-Fafif Oct 04 2012 12:45 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Let's try Cliff Floyd.

G-Fafif Oct 04 2012 12:47 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Richard Hidalgo.

G-Fafif Oct 04 2012 12:47 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Carlos Delgado.

Edgy MD Oct 04 2012 12:48 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Nice one with Hidalgo. Brian McRae. One 20-homer season as a Met. Three DUIs as a private citizen.

Ceetar Oct 04 2012 12:48 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Ike Davis

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 12:51 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Edgy MD Oct 04 2012 12:52 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Howard Johnson.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 04 2012 12:54 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

McReynolds

Vic Sage Oct 04 2012 12:54 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Of course there's the guy who did it for more years than just about anybody for the Mets (tied with Piazza and Wright at 5, until this season when Wright became a 6-timer and passed him)... HOJO! on edit: DOH!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 04 2012 12:55 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Edgardo Alfonzo

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 12:55 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Vic Sage Oct 04 2012 12:56 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Edgardo Alfonzo see row 3, center card

G-Fafif Oct 04 2012 12:58 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Australia's favorite Met, Bobby Bonilla.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 12:58 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Vic Sage wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Edgardo Alfonzo see row 3, center card How many cards per row are you displaying? I get three, though I can adjust for more or less.

G-Fafif Oct 04 2012 12:58 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Eddie Murray.

G-Fafif Oct 04 2012 12:59 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 04 2012 01:01 PM

Robin Ventura. OE -- Never mind, just found him on the Metrix.

Edgy MD Oct 04 2012 01:00 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Tree-Hatin' Olerud.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 01:00 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 01:02 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Five to go.

Edgy MD Oct 04 2012 01:02 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

What in the world is this supposed to be saying? > >

Vic Sage Oct 04 2012 01:03 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Vic Sage wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Edgardo Alfonzo see row 3, center card How many cards per row are you displaying? I get three, though I can adjust for more or less. i see 5 cards per row.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 01:03 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Five to go. Six to go.

G-Fafif Oct 04 2012 01:03 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

28 shown + Murray + Hairston...hmmm...three to go.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 01:04 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Five to go. Six to go. Five to go. This time I mean it. Five.

G-Fafif Oct 04 2012 01:05 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Five to go. Six to go. Five to go. This time I mean it. Five. Reiterating Eddie Murray (not shown). Plus I assume Hairston is implied (no card).

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 01:06 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

G-Fafif wrote: 28 shown + Murray + Hairston...hmmm...three to go. I edited my original post. I initially overlooked one Met -- the (surly) one you just named.

G-Fafif Oct 04 2012 01:06 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Rico Brogna, good fit.

seawolf17 Oct 04 2012 01:06 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

How quickly they all forget my favorite Met.

Vic Sage Oct 04 2012 01:07 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 04 2012 01:08 PM

but i don't see one of my faves, for whom we have an ongoing thread... Rico Brogna! on edit: DOH! beaten again. then how about another 1bman, Donn Clendenon.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 04 2012 01:08 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

I already guessed McReynolds and got no credit for it. You have 2 Strawberry cards.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 01:09 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 01:10 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

2 2 go

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 01:10 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

G-Fafif wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: Five to go. Six to go. Five to go. This time I mean it. Five. Reiterating Eddie Murray (not shown). Plus I assume Hairston is implied (no card). Correct. 2 left.

seawolf17 Oct 04 2012 01:11 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

I specifically pick a non-ugly KMac card and you give me that. I'm still kinda bitter that he never signed a Topps contract until he got here. I want to have Topps go back and make retro cards from 1983-1987 in Padres uniforms for me. (Someone get me a Photoshop expert.)

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 01:12 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 01:12 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

One more Met.

seawolf17 Oct 04 2012 01:14 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Burnitz.

metirish Oct 04 2012 01:14 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Has Cliff Floyd been guessed?

Ceetar Oct 04 2012 01:14 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Agbayani?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 04 2012 01:15 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Charley Smith

Edgy MD Oct 04 2012 01:15 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Do we have Hairy himself? Does that count?

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 01:15 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: You have 2 Strawberry cards. That's a bonus card, featuring two (plus Hojo in the background) members of the Mets 20 HR club.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 01:17 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

DONE!

Swan Swan H Oct 04 2012 01:17 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Kingman's card looks like he's wielding a scythe.

Edgy MD Oct 04 2012 01:18 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

How about that card not spelling Charley's name the way he did?

seawolf17 Oct 04 2012 01:19 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Topps don't care. We spell things the way we want to spell things, bitch.

G-Fafif Oct 04 2012 01:19 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Check out our sluggers!

seawolf17 Oct 04 2012 01:21 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Checked Burnitz; topped out at 19. Surprised.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 09:19 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Extra Credit: Four Mets hit exactly 19 HR's in a season, but never 20 or more. Two of those Mets - Staub and Burnitz - were guessed at in this afternoon's quiz. Name the other two.

Gwreck Oct 04 2012 09:27 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Jose-Jose-Jose, of course. Second one is...ummmm....

batmagadanleadoff Oct 04 2012 09:51 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 05 2012 04:56 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Keef?

G-Fafif Oct 05 2012 05:16 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Ron Swoboda

batmagadanleadoff Oct 05 2012 08:00 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Vic Sage Oct 05 2012 08:09 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Charley Smith did you just pick that name out of your ass, or did you look it up? Cuz i had to look it up. I never heard of the dude, and i've been a fan since 71.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 05 2012 08:37 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Edgy DC wrote: How about that card not spelling Charley's name the way he did? seawolf17 wrote: Topps don't care. We spell things the way we want to spell things, bitch. Smith appeared on a Topps card eight times, once a year from 1962 - 1969. Topps spelled his first name correctly only twice; in 1963 and in 1967. Topps' misspelling of Smith's first name is what probably threw Sage off the trail.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 05 2012 08:38 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Edgy DC wrote: How about that card not spelling Charley's name the way he did? seawolf17 wrote: Topps don't care. We spell things the way we want to spell things, bitch. Smith appeared on a Topps card eight times, once a year from 1962 - 1969. Topps spelled his first name correctly only twice; in 1963 and in 1967. Topps' misspelling of Smith's first name is what probably threw Sage off the trail. Is this a Mets card or a Chisox card? Or both? Or neither?

batmagadanleadoff Oct 05 2012 09:00 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

More Charlie trouble. So what's the correct spelling for this guy's first name? In a random sampling of literature, it's spelled "Charley" in Ryckek's The Amazing Mets, but "Charlie" in Koppett's The New York Mets.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 05 2012 09:08 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

It's "Charlie" Neal, according to the paper of record.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 05 2012 09:11 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

The St. Petersburg Times said "Charley". http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8 ... 23,2633688

batmagadanleadoff Oct 05 2012 09:13 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

batmagadanleadoff wrote: The St. Petersburg Times said "Charley". So did Newsday. http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/ ... -1.3736435

SteveJRogers Oct 05 2012 09:14 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

seawolf17 wrote: I specifically pick a non-ugly KMac card and you give me that. I'm still kinda bitter that he never signed a Topps contract until he got here. I want to have Topps go back and make retro cards from 1983-1987 in Padres uniforms for me. (Someone get me a Photoshop expert.) I want to say it may have been done for their Fan Favorites/Archives/Retired lines. IIRC there is a Met card of him somewhere in there, so there must be a Padre one of him as well.

batmagadanleadoff Oct 05 2012 09:17 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

SteveJRogers wrote: seawolf17 wrote: I specifically pick a non-ugly KMac card and you give me that. I'm still kinda bitter that he never signed a Topps contract until he got here. I want to have Topps go back and make retro cards from 1983-1987 in Padres uniforms for me. (Someone get me a Photoshop expert.) I want to say it may have been done for their Fan Favorites/Archives/Retired lines. IIRC there is a Met card of him somewhere in there, so there must be a Padre one of him as well. No Topps Padres McReynolds cards exist. None were ever produced, not even in Mac's retirement.

seawolf17 Oct 05 2012 09:49 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

batmagadanleadoff wrote: SteveJRogers wrote: seawolf17 wrote: I specifically pick a non-ugly KMac card and you give me that. I'm still kinda bitter that he never signed a Topps contract until he got here. I want to have Topps go back and make retro cards from 1983-1987 in Padres uniforms for me. (Someone get me a Photoshop expert.) I want to say it may have been done for their Fan Favorites/Archives/Retired lines. IIRC there is a Met card of him somewhere in there, so there must be a Padre one of him as well. No Topps Padres McReynolds cards exist. None were ever produced, not even in Mac's retirement. As the foremost expert on Kevin McReynolds cards in the world, that is correct.

Vic Sage Oct 05 2012 11:51 AM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

No Topps Padres McReynolds cards exist. None were ever produced, not even in Mac's retirement. i would suggest that ALL of Mac's cards as a Met were produced during his retirement. and i would also suggest that, all these years later, he can still go fuck himself.

G-Fafif Oct 05 2012 02:14 PM Re: Quiz in honor of Scott Hairston

Charley Smith ingrained in my head as a onetime Mets slugger because in 1990 when Equitable was underwriting Old Timers Day, the Mets held one with the theme of Mets Third Basemen (which is a great forgotten topic of angst in the Wright Era). The Old Timers Game pitted Mets 3B vs. Mets Opponents and Howie Rose was aghast that Smith was assigned to the opponents given his holding the third base HR record for a single season pre-HoJo. Forty-four years of listening to this stuff, some of it is bound to stick.