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Benjamin Grimm Apr 03 2013 01:18 PM

Rusty Staub has been getting a lot of hits over the past few weeks, and checking the server logs I see that a lot of it is a result of people entering the Google search phrase "is rusty staub gay"? I know that this is an old "meme" (if I'm using the word correctly) but has something happened recently to call attention to this?

metirish Apr 03 2013 01:21 PM Re: UMDB stuff

His birthday was April 1st , can't think of anything else ....Gary mentioned on air that it was Rusty's birthday.....didn't mention the old nugget that he may be gay.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 03 2013 01:26 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Didn't he throw out the first pitch? I think that RS is secretly gay is well known by now, yes?

Edgy MD Apr 03 2013 01:31 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Either its well known that he's secretly gay, or it's a secret that he's well known to be gay. I'm not sure which. Maybe the latter. Steve Zabriskie, when chatting here, lightly said that he long believed Rusty was in love with his wife. Do with that what you want. Guy comes out of the woodwork every now and then, a lot of trouble-making uncles are going to be burping the old saw at their coming-of-baseball-age nieces and nephews. [list]>> "Uncle Pete. Who's Rusty Stopp?" >> "Le Grande Orange? Great ballplayer. Huge homo. (slap!) What?! What did I say?!"[/list:u]

Benjamin Grimm Apr 23 2013 11:33 AM Re: UMDB stuff

UMDB Facebook page wrote: Matt Harvey's quick 4-0 record this season had us wondering about other Mets pitchers who won each of their first four starts of a season. It turns out that Harvey is the eighth Mets pitcher to accomplish this. The full list: Jerry Koosman, 1968. 34.2 innings, 27 strikeouts, 1.04 ERA. Tom Seaver, 1972. 30.2 innings, 33 strikeouts, 1.47 ERA. Jerry Koosman, 1973. 34 innings, 14 strikeouts, 1.06 ERA. Dwight Gooden, 1988. 26 innings, 22 strikeouts, 2.77 ERA. Frank Viola, 1990. 27.1 innings, 29 strikeouts, 1.32 ERA. Armando Reynoso, 1998. 28 innings, 12 strikeouts, 1.93 ERA. Pedro Martinez, 2006. 26.2 innings, 28 strikeouts, 3.04 ERA. Matt Harvey, 2013. 29 innings, 32 strikeouts, 0.93 ERA. Gooden, Viola, Reynoso, and Martinez were the only four of the above to extend the streak to five games. Gooden's streak ended at six games. Frank Viola is the only Mets pitcher to get a win in each of his first seven starts in a season. At the conclusion of the game of May 5, 1990 he was 7-0 with a 0.87 ERA and 52 strikeouts in 51.2 innings. He ended the season 20-12 with a 2.67 ERA.

Frayed Knot Apr 23 2013 11:41 AM Re: UMDB stuff

Of those, only Koosman's 1968 season was around the same age as Harvey and with the same approximate ML experience. All others had some sort of established rep at the time of their hot starts. Koos: 25 + 4 months at opening day. 9 games pitched/3 starts (22.1 IP) the previous season Harvey: 24 + 2 weeks at opening day. 10 games/10 starts (59.1 IP) the previous season And Koos had the advantage of coming out during the most pitching-friendly era since the dead ball days.

seawolf17 Apr 23 2013 11:42 AM Re: UMDB stuff

"Yo soy el futuro, Matt Harvey!"

Swan Swan H Apr 23 2013 11:45 AM Re: UMDB stuff

Frayed Knot wrote: And Koos had the advantage of coming out during the most pitching-friendly era since the dead ball days. Unlike Rusty Staub, who never really has.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 05 2013 01:47 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Older UMDB "retrocards" from 1971 and 1975 that have recently had the player signature added:

Edgy MD Jun 05 2013 01:49 PM Re: UMDB stuff

A lot of saturated ink went into 1975.

Zvon Jun 05 2013 03:12 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Got it, Got it, Got it, Got it, Got it, Orlando Hernandez! kool! Pelfry! Aw, got it. This is like opening a pack :)

Benjamin Grimm Jun 05 2013 04:34 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Of the 127 cards, two are not ready to go public yet. (They're active Mets players who may yet win a Schaefer POTM award, so I'm holding them back.) The 1970 Brian Stokes is mine, as is the 1971 Johan front and back. Maybe I'll post a checklist in this thread in the next day or so.

Zvon Jun 05 2013 05:00 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Oh, I see. Those above have the autographs added. So that means I have rare unsigned copies of some of your cards. I'll trade you a '71 unautographed Piazza for one of your unreleased cards. ;)

Benjamin Grimm Jun 06 2013 07:38 AM Re: UMDB stuff

Here's the checklist: 1967 Wright, David (Mets Hit Kings, with Ed Kranepool) 1970 Davis, Ike Dickey, R. A. Harvey, Matt Lo Duca, Paul (2006 N.L. Division Series Game 1) Pelfrey, Mike Santana, Johan Stokes, Brian Wright, David Young, Chris 1971 Beato, Pedro Beltran, Carlos Buck, John Delgado, Carlos Dickey, R. A. Dickey, R. A. (2012 N.L. Strikeout Leaders) Francoeur, Jeff Hairston, Scott Jones, Chipper Murphy, Daniel Piazza, Mike Santana, Johan Santana, Johan (reverse) Wagner, Billy Wright, David 1972 Alfonzo, Edgardo Alou, Moises Beltran, Carlos Castillo, Luis Cedeño, Ronny Chavez, Endy (in action) Collins, Terry Dickey, R. A. Horwitz, Jay Martinez, Pedro Parnell, Bobby Parnell, Bobby (in action) Perez, Oliver (in action) Rauch, Jon Reyes, José Reyes, José (2011 N.L. Batting Leaders) Rice, Scott Rodriguez, Francisco Rodriguez, Francisco (in action) Santana, Johan Santana, Johan (traded) Staub, Rusty Valentine, Bobby Wright, David Wright, David (in action) 1973 Acosta, Manny Beltran, Carlos Benitez, Armando Benson, Kris (special Anna Benson "wife" card) Capuano, Chris Dessens, Elmer Feliciano, Pedro Glavine, Tom Hernandez, Livan Jarvis, Jane Matsui, Kaz Parnell, Bobby Pelfrey, Mike Schoeneweis, Scott Takahashi, Hisanori Takahashi, Ken Valdespin, Jordany Wright, David 1974 Beato, Pedro Church, Ryan Dickey, R. A. Francisco, Frank Green, Sean Heilman, Aaron Leiter, Al Nieuwenhuis, Kirk Reyes, José Sanchez, Duaner Santana, Johan Turner, Justin Valdespin, Jordany Zambrano, Victor 1975 Bay, Jason Delgado, Carlos Dickey, R. A. Floyd, Cliff Gee, Dillon Hernandez, Orlando Murphy, Daniel Pagan, Angel Pelfrey, Mike Santana, Johan (2012 Highlights, Santana no-hitter) Tejada, Ruben Wright, David 1976 Acosta, Manny Batista, Miguel Capuano, Chris Davis, Ike Dickey, R. A. Duda, Lucas Harvey, Matt Niese, Jon Redding, Tim Rodriguez, Francisco Shoppach, Kelly 1977 Beltran, Carlos Dickey, R. A. Maine, John Pagan, Angel Pelfrey, Mike Ramirez, Ramon Rauch, Jon Smith, Joe 1978 Dickey, R. A. Isringhausen, Jason Niese, Jon Nieve, Fernando Valdespin, Jordany Wright, David 1979 Barajas, Rod Edgin, Josh Pelfrey, Mike Reyes, José Santana, Johan Valdes, Raul Counts by year: 1967 1 1970 9 1971 15 1972 25 1973 18 1974 14 1975 12 1976 11 1977 8 1978 6 1979 6

batmagadanleadoff Jun 06 2013 09:22 AM Re: UMDB stuff

I was hoping for one of these:

Edgy MD Jun 06 2013 09:25 AM Re: UMDB stuff

Remember: The correct abbreviation for "Coaches" is "Co'h's."

Zvon Jun 06 2013 02:37 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Benjamin Grimm wrote: 1967 Wright, David (Mets Hit Kings, with Ed Kranepool) How could I not have that card! Musta slipped thru the cracks.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 06 2013 03:02 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Zvon Jun 06 2013 05:16 PM Re: UMDB stuff

yay! Got #1! ty:) 60 to go.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 06 2013 07:39 PM Re: UMDB stuff

I guess this is about ready to unveil. I'll post the "public" announcement tomorrow, so this will kind of serve as a sneak peek: Ultimate Mets Database Homemade Baseball Cards

Zvon Jun 06 2013 07:52 PM Re: UMDB stuff

This is great, ty. I can get em at my own pace. The '71 Beltran=AWESOME!! I like the choice of the "side" type, or whatever they call the alt card frame.

Edgy MD Jun 06 2013 09:01 PM Re: UMDB stuff

It strikes me that a modestly fancy pants programmer could create an auto-card generator.

Frayed Knot Jun 06 2013 09:08 PM Re: UMDB stuff

What's interesting here is that these are actual photos of Zvon chatting on the CPF

Zvon Jun 06 2013 10:32 PM Re: UMDB stuff

What's interesting here is that these are actual photos of Zvon chatting on the CPF yaknowme :)

Benjamin Grimm Dec 08 2013 02:19 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Scorecards from the 2013 season are now available: [url]http://ultimatemets.com/gamedetail.php?gameno=8215&tabno=D

Edgy MD Dec 08 2013 03:36 PM Re: UMDB stuff

This should be obvious to me, but how does Duda ground out to end the fourth and walk to start the fifth? Where are the other runs scored that inning? Presumably, they all scored on the homerun, but they're not shown to have advanced.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 08 2013 03:38 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Aw, crap. Maybe something went wrong.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 08 2013 03:57 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Yeah... the Mets batted around in the fifth; ten batters went to the plate starting and ending with Byrd. I'll have to see why and how I lost the plate appearances from Cowgill to Buck. And Byrd's strikeout to end the fifth ended up slotted in the sixth inning. ARRRGGGH!

Zvon Dec 08 2013 04:04 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Are these generated from a program or do you do them manually?

Edgy MD Dec 08 2013 04:52 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Yeah... the Mets batted around in the fifth; ten batters went to the plate starting and ending with Byrd. I'll have to see why and how I lost the plate appearances from Cowgill to Buck. And Byrd's strikeout to end the fifth ended up slotted in the sixth inning. ARRRGGGH! Clearly batting around is the key to futzing up your programming. That makes sense and futzes up scorers everywhere. It's just real lucky for you that you displayed a rare game where the team batted around. Else we mightn't have spotted the glitch for years.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 08 2013 05:23 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Zvon wrote: Are these generated from a program or do you do them manually? I assure you, there's no way I would do them manually.

Benjamin Grimm Dec 08 2013 05:24 PM Re: UMDB stuff

Edgy MD wrote: It's just real lucky for you that you displayed a rare game where the team batted around. Else we mightn't have spotted the glitch for years. I had addressed the batting around thing; I'm not sure why it didn't work this time. My fear is that Retrosheet has altered the way they present the data somehow.