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Edgy MD Jan 04 2013 10:17 AM

A revival. Tell me something about... Mickey Weston.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 04 2013 10:39 AM Re: Tell me something

How's this work, again?

metirish Jan 04 2013 10:47 AM Re: Tell me something

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: How's this work, again? not like this anyway....that I know.

Vic Sage Jan 04 2013 10:52 AM Re: Tell me something

wasn't he that comic character actor from the 1960s-70s who starred in THE RITZ? He was good.

Edgy MD Jan 04 2013 10:58 AM Re: Tell me something

Tell me a distinguishing fact about Mickey Weston, and then name another player you might wish to read a distinguishing fact about.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 04 2013 11:06 AM Re: Tell me something

As befits a guy whose pitching style was less "throw it by 'em" and more "chuck and duck," he's now a professional man of faith; he's a minister with Unlimited Potential, Inc. serves as a volunteer chaplain for the sorta-nearby White Sox, and has homeschooled his four kids. Tell me something about Mauro Gozzo.

Vic Sage Jan 04 2013 11:07 AM Re: Tell me something

wasn't he a muppet?

Ashie62 Jan 04 2013 11:48 AM Re: Tell me something

Maurice "Goose" Goozo was part of the package sent to Toronto for David Cone. Today Goose run Goose's Gamers AAU team and Academy. How about Skip Lockwood...

Edgy MD Jan 04 2013 11:56 AM Re: Tell me something

Skip is a rare baseball player with a degree from MIT. Manny Aybar?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 04 2013 12:32 PM Re: Tell me something

Converted shortstop. The last MLB game of his career occurred on my 39th birthday. Gave up 5 runs in the 9th inning to the Angels. How about ... Joe Orsulak?

Chad Ochoseis Jan 04 2013 12:43 PM Re: Tell me something

Made the first putout in Camden Yards. Jack Heidemann. I want to know about Jack Heidemann.

metirish Jan 04 2013 12:47 PM Re: Tell me something

Jack hit 9 home runs in his career , his final one came of Bill Lee. Mike Glavine

Swan Swan H Jan 04 2013 12:49 PM Re: Tell me something

Mike is a member of the Northeastern University Athletics Hall of Fame Tell me something about Bruce Boisclair, s'il vous plait.

Farmer Ted Jan 04 2013 01:19 PM Re: Tell me something

According to baseball-reference, only four current or former major league players have ever had the first or middle name of Armand. Bruce Armand Boisclair. an internet site claims that you can send fan mail to Boisclair: Bruce Boisclair 5423 Spanish Oak Ln Unit D Oak Park, CA 91377-3728 Tell me something about Joe Grzenda.

Edgy MD Jan 04 2013 01:48 PM Re: Tell me something

First-ballot inductees into the Hall of Armand: [list][*]Bruce Armand Boisclair (Mets, 1974, 1976-1979)[/*:m] [*]Armand Joseph ("Ben") Cardoni (Braves, 1943-1945)[/*:m] [*]Joseph Albert Armand ("Skippy") Roberge (Braves, 1941-1942, 1946)[/*:m] [*]Edmund Armand ("Ed") Wingo (Athletics, 1920)[/*:m][/list:u]

sharpie Jan 04 2013 03:03 PM Re: Tell me something

Joe Grzenda had a 1.000 lifetime fielding percentage. I want to know more about Jack DiLauro.

Edgy MD Jan 04 2013 03:09 PM Re: Tell me something

Jack DiLauro was (perhaps the first such guy in history) actually intimidated about coming to the Mets because they had too much talent, having pitched against the then-new crop of Mets pitchers in the minors. He was nonetheless championed and mentored by Whitey Herzog and still today has the third-best ERA in team history among pitchers with at least 50 innings pitched. Score one for the White Rat. How about Francisco Estrada?

metsguyinmichigan Jan 04 2013 04:28 PM Re: Tell me something

Mickey Weston is responsible for some of my best baseball memories! A tremendously nice guy who was very patient while a starry eyed cub reporter tried to tell his story over the years.

Ashie62 Jan 04 2013 04:31 PM Re: Tell me something

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Converted shortstop. The last MLB game of his career occurred on my 39th birthday. Gave up 5 runs in the 9th inning to the Angels. How about ... Joe Orsulak? Orsulak played on the same Parsippany Hills HS as Ashie...Excellent pitcher and soccer player.

Fman99 Jan 04 2013 07:29 PM Re: Tell me something

Edgy MD wrote: Jack DiLauro was (perhaps the first such guy in history) actually intimidated about coming to the Mets because they had too much talent, having pitched against the then-new crop of Mets pitchers in the minors. He was nonetheless championed and mentored by Whitey Herzog and still today has the third-best ERA in team history among pitchers with at least 50 innings pitched. Score one for the White Rat. How about Francisco Estrada? Had a career batting average of .500 and yet remains unmentioned in annual Hall of Fame voting (he went 1 for 2). Has been managing in Mexico for 30 years now. Tell me something about Mike Torrez.

Farmer Ted Jan 04 2013 08:06 PM Re: Tell me something

50 percent of Hall of Armanders are Braves. Conspiracy.

Swan Swan H Jan 04 2013 08:14 PM Re: Tell me something

Mike Torrez:Dickie Thon :: Jack Hamilton:Tony Conigliaro Jim Gosger. Whaddaya got?

batmagadanleadoff Jan 04 2013 09:48 PM Re: Tell me something

Jim Gosger was the third player to appear in games as a NY Met in three separate seasons without ever getting his own Mets Topps baseball card. Rick Herrscher?

Ashie62 Jan 05 2013 12:01 PM Re: Tell me something

Rick Herrscher played his one and only season with the 1962 Mets. He became an orthodontist in 1972 and has been fixing smiles for 30 years.. Ralph Terry

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 05 2013 08:08 PM Re: Tell me something

Became a pro golfer post-retirement, playing in a handful of PGA events in the early '80s and joining the Senior Tour in '86. Help me get in touch with Jorge Toca.

Ashie62 Jan 06 2013 01:08 AM Re: Tell me something

Jorge Toca is remembered for frequently losing his grip on his bat. He last played in the Mexican league..However, Jorge proved to be abit ahead of his time in being suspended on 5/12/2005 15 games for violating Minor League drug policy. Well done Jorge. Clem Labine

SteveJRogers Jan 06 2013 02:18 PM Re: Tell me something

Clem Labine, first Met issued #41. Matt Watson.

Edgy MD Jan 06 2013 02:57 PM Re: Tell me something

Watson, after his brief Mets career, played in Japan for Bobby Valentine. Amado Samuel, I know nothing about. Tell me a thing.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jan 06 2013 03:18 PM Re: Tell me something

First Dominican shortstop in the majors, and the first player to make it there from thenceforth-hotbed San Pedro de Macoris. Give me something about Kelvin Torve.

TheOldMole Jan 06 2013 03:34 PM Re: Tell me something

Also on CLem Labine, a successful second career as a fashion designer.

Swan Swan H Jan 06 2013 03:44 PM Re: Tell me something

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: First Dominican shortstop in the majors, and the first player to make it there from thenceforth-hotbed San Pedro de Macoris. Give me something about Kelvin Torve. Torve translates from French to English as 'grim,' an apt description for his 0-8 1991 season. I'm thirsty for knowledge about Norm Sherry.

G-Fafif Jan 06 2013 08:38 PM Re: Tell me something

Norm and Larry Sherry, brothers, formed the first all-Jewish battery in the majors, as Dodgers. We've done Jewish. So let's go Christensen...John, that is.

metsguyinmichigan Jan 06 2013 09:29 PM Re: Tell me something

Christensen's comings and goings played a big role in the 1986 Red Sox. The Mets traded Christensen to the Boston Red Sox along with Calvin Schiraldi, Wes Gardner and La Schelle Tarver for Bob Ojeda, Tom McCarthy, John Mitchell and Chris Bayer. After spending all of 1986 with the International League's Pawtucket Red Sox, he was sent as the player to be named later in the deal that netted Boston Dave Henderson and Spike Owen from the Seattle Mariners. Tell me about Leo Foster.

Vic Sage Jan 07 2013 01:10 PM Re: Tell me something

a songwriter, he wrote "My Old Kentucky Home"... no wait ... "you make me feel like dancin"... no that's not right either. He was a slugging LFer past his prime. no, that's not it. Leonard Norris Foster (from Kentucky, and therefore he did in fact have an old kentucky home) was a middle infielder in the 1970s, who came up with the Braves before coming over to the Mets (76-77). He couldn't hit a lick. According to Wikipedia: "Foster had one of the more unfortunate debuts in Major League history, when playing his first game for the Braves against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium on July 9, 1971. Fielding at shortstop, he commits an error on the first ball hit to him. After flying out in the 3rd inning, Foster hits into a double play in the 5th inning, followed by hitting into a triple play in the 7th inning." That's like a negative cycle, isn't it? tell me something about dark matter.

Mets – Willets Point Jan 07 2013 03:25 PM Re: Tell me something

You watch a Mets game and the starting pitcher just doesn't have it, the offense is anemic, defense is shoddy and the bullpen makes you lose the last shred of hope you didn't know you still had. The fans are lifeless and even Gary, Keith, and Ron are off their game. And yet all of the suck doesn't add up to the feeling of suckiness you have. That empty space is filled with Dark Metter. Butch Huskey.

MFS62 Jan 07 2013 09:59 PM Re: Tell me something

Mets – Willets Point wrote: Butch Huskey. At age 26, his baseball-reference similarity score was George Foster. At age 28, it was Paul O'Neill. Gimmie something about Larry Bearnarth. Later

G-Fafif Jan 09 2013 08:11 AM Re: Tell me something

Larry Bearnarth pitched ten innings of relief in the first game of a doubleheader on June 9, 1964 (a.k.a. The Happiest Recap's Game No. 25), as the Mets beat the Cubs, 6-5 in twelve. In doing so, he set a record for longest Met relief outing, one that still stands today; nine days earlier, he pitched seven innings of relief against the Giants in the notorious 23-inning Memorial Day twinbill nightcap loss to the Giants. Tell me something about Dan Boitano.

Edgy MD Jan 14 2013 02:23 PM Re: Tell me something

No Boitano expert, me, but I can tell you that Dan Boitano was drafted five times before signing. He left the Mets when he went to the Rangers in the trade to get Jim Kern, who I thought was coming here in earnest, but just passed through like a ghost, joinining the bounty for George Foster. Hours later, I think. That's two modestly interesting things rather than a solidly interesting thing, I confess. Maybe you can tell me something about Luis Rivera.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 14 2013 02:45 PM Re: Tell me something

Luis Rivera's data on Mets by the Numbers was entered improperly 5 years ago but no one ever noticed until I did just the other day. I had him playing in 2004, not 1994. I sort of remember him as an Expo better than a Met. Most recently he was coaching third base for the Blue Jays. Oh, and tell me something about ... Ricky Bottalico