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batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:17 PM

One guess per post.

Among those players who never played in a World Series game for the Mets, name the 10 players with the most career hits as a Met.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 08 2013 12:18 PM
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Wright

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 08 2013 12:18 PM
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Reyes

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 08 2013 12:18 PM
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Beltran

Edgy MD
Apr 08 2013 12:19 PM
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Lee Mazzilli

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 08 2013 12:19 PM
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Olerud

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:20 PM
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Wright is right.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 08 2013 12:20 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:
Lee Mazzilli


86

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:20 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:
Lee Mazzilli


1986.

metirish
Apr 08 2013 12:20 PM
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Cliff Floyd

Edgy MD
Apr 08 2013 12:21 PM
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Got a start at DH too. Stupid me.

Edgy MD
Apr 08 2013 12:21 PM
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Rey Ordonez.

Edgy MD
Apr 08 2013 12:21 PM
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Hundley Todd.

Edgy MD
Apr 08 2013 12:22 PM
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Kevin McReynolds.

metirish
Apr 08 2013 12:22 PM
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Delgado

Carlos, not Wilson

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:22 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 08 2013 12:23 PM
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Hunt

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:23 PM
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metirish wrote:
Cliff Floyd


Uh uh.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:23 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Hunt


Keep on huntin'.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 08 2013 12:24 PM
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Brooks

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:26 PM
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batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:27 PM
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seawolf17
Apr 08 2013 12:27 PM
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Olerud?

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:28 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Olerud


Ranks 11th on this list.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:28 PM
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seawolf17 wrote:
Olerud?


See above.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:29 PM
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metirish wrote:
Delgado

Carlos, not Wilson


Nope.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 08 2013 12:32 PM
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John Stearns?

seawolf17
Apr 08 2013 12:33 PM
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So more hits than Oly (figure 500ish), but not on the 69/73/86/00 teams.

Bonilla?

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:33 PM
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1. Wright - 1432
2. Reyes - 1300
3. Beltran - 878
4. Mcreynolds - 791
5. Ordonez - 720
6.
7. Brooks - 640
8. Hundley - 612
9.
10.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:34 PM
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batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:35 PM
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1. Wright - 1432
2. Reyes - 1300
3. Beltran - 878
4. Mcreynolds - 791
5. Ordonez - 720
6. Stearns - 695
7. Brooks - 640
8. Hundley - 612
9.
10.

Ashie62
Apr 08 2013 12:35 PM
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Bernard Gilkey

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:37 PM
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Ashie62 wrote:
Bernard Gilkey


Close.

Not.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:38 PM
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seawolf17 wrote:
So more hits than Oly (figure 500ish), but not on the 69/73/86/00 teams.

Bonilla?


Closer than Gilkey is about all that there is here.

Ashie62
Apr 08 2013 12:40 PM
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Vanilla Bonilla

metirish
Apr 08 2013 12:41 PM
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Jay Payton

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:41 PM
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Ashie62 wrote:
Vanilla Bonilla


You are doomed to repeat the mistakes of others.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:41 PM
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metirish wrote:
Jay Payton


Payton has no place here.

metirish
Apr 08 2013 12:42 PM
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Yeah, just looked at his numbers....worst guess ever.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:44 PM
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Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 08 2013 12:44 PM

metirish wrote:
Yeah, just looked at his numbers....worst guess ever.


Payton has no place here. Get it? Payton? Place? ROTFLMAO. Hah hah. Guffaw Guffaw. Hoohah!

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 08 2013 12:44 PM
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King Kongman?

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:46 PM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
King Kongman?


King Kong. Did not ring the bell. No King Kong Ding Dong. Hey! Isn't King Kong (1939) one of your favorite movies?

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 08 2013 12:50 PM
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1933, and yes it is!

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:50 PM
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Uh-oh. Prince is in the house.

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Edgy MD
Apr 08 2013 12:50 PM
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George Foster.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 08 2013 12:51 PM
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Payton was a World Serious guy.

Is Flynn in?

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:52 PM
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metirish
Apr 08 2013 12:52 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Payton was a World Serious guy.

Is Flynn in?



Right, I can still see his desperate throw on the five hopper up the middle.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:52 PM
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1. Wright - 1432
2. Reyes - 1300
3. Beltran - 878
4. Mcreynolds - 791
5. Ordonez - 720
6. Stearns - 695
7. Brooks - 640
8. Hundley - 612
9.
10. Foster - 602

Edgy MD
Apr 08 2013 12:53 PM
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Steve Henderson.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:53 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:
Payton was a World Serious guy.

Is Flynn in?


Out like Flynn.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:53 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:
Steve Henderson.


Hendu can't do.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:56 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:
Steve Henderson.


Ranks 13th on this list.

Edgy MD
Apr 08 2013 12:56 PM
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Gregg Jefferies.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 12:57 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:
Gregg Jefferies.


Ranks 20th

Edgy MD
Apr 08 2013 12:58 PM
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GUH! Dave F'n' Magadan!

seawolf17
Apr 08 2013 01:00 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:
GUH! Dave F'n' Magadan!

I discounted him because of 86. But he wasn't in the Series! Bingo.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 01:00 PM
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John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 08 2013 01:01 PM
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Either him or Esix Snead.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 01:01 PM
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1. Wright - 1432
2. Reyes - 1300
3. Beltran - 878
4. Mcreynolds - 791
5. Ordonez - 720
6. Stearns - 695
7. Brooks - 640
8. Hundley - 612
9. Magadan - 610
10. Foster - 602

Edgy MD
Apr 08 2013 01:03 PM
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Daniel Murphy with a good chance to join that list this year, and then quickly drop off it after the Mets tear through the post-season.

Mets – Willets Point
Apr 08 2013 01:13 PM
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There is a top ten list of offensive prowess that includes Rey Ordonez?!?!

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 08 2013 01:17 PM
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So to get to 10 players who hadn't played in a World Series, we had to go all the way down to George Foster, who is in 26th place all-time.

1. David Wright 1432
2. Ed Kranepool 1418
3. José Reyes 1300
4. Cleon Jones 1188
5. Edgardo Alfonzo 1136
6. Mookie Wilson 1112
7. Bud Harrelson 1029
8. Mike Piazza 1028
9. Darryl Strawberry 1025
10. Howard Johnson 997
11. Jerry Grote 994
12. Keith Hernandez 939
13. Carlos Beltran 878
14. Lee Mazzilli 796
15. Kevin McReynolds 791
16. Felix Millan 743
17. Rey Ordóñez 720
18. Rusty Staub 709
19. John Stearns 695
20. Wally Backman 670
21. Wayne Garrett 667
22. Hubie Brooks 640
23. Tommie Agee 632
24. Todd Hundley 612
25. Dave Magadan 610
26. George Foster 602

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 08 2013 01:21 PM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
So to get to 10 players who hadn't played in a [Mets] World Series, we had to go all the way down to George Foster, who is in 26th place all-time.



That's because practically every Met gets to appear in a World Series for the franchise.

Edgy MD
Apr 10 2013 06:41 PM
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I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle vacuuming.


Who said it?

Zvon
Apr 10 2013 06:47 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:
I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle vacuuming.


Who said it?


Rusty Staub.

He's the only ballplayer I can picture vacuuming.

John Cougar Lunchbucket
Apr 10 2013 06:48 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:
I was thinking of making a comeback until I pulled a muscle vacuuming.


Who said it?


Craig Swan. This was before he discovered ROLFING

Edgy MD
Apr 10 2013 06:50 PM
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Both good guesses. Incorrect.

Not a Met.

Zvon
Apr 10 2013 06:56 PM
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Scouring the web for the answer is cheating, isn't it...

Zvon
Apr 10 2013 07:01 PM
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I know the answer but I'll give all non-cheaters a chance to get it. Would not have thought it would be who it was.

Zvon
Apr 10 2013 09:06 PM
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Gave yas plenty of time.



And look, he vacuumed the dugout.

Edgy MD
Apr 10 2013 10:07 PM
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Hijacker.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 11 2013 06:03 AM
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Really. Spoiling somebody's quiz is one of the few taboos around here.

TheOldMole
Apr 11 2013 06:21 AM
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Frank Thomas.