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Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 04:43 PM Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Aug 19 2013 05:07 PM

The Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd is like last year's quiz in honor of Scott Hairston. +1. Marlon Byrd is the 34th Met to hit at least 20 HR's in one season. Name the other 33. One guess per post. You may recall that in last year's version of this quiz, Vic Sage, incredulous over the final answer, threatened to blow Lunchbucket's head to smithereens, Smith & Wesson style. Or something like that. 33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Benjamin Grimm Aug 19 2013 04:59 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

I didn't know that photo appeared on a real baseball card! (I like my version better, I have to say.) I'll kick off the quiz by saying... John Milner. The earliest Met in my memory to hit 20 homers.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 05:08 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:13 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Don't remember if this was the homicidal answer, but Richard Hidalgo.

Chad Ochoseis Aug 19 2013 05:23 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 19 2013 05:25 PM

Jim Hickman held the Met record for a while. 34, I think. OE - I was almost certain of this, but BBRef disagrees.

Zvon Aug 19 2013 05:25 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Mah man Tommie Lee Agee smacked 26 in '69 and 24 in '70.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:28 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Frank Thomas was the 34 HR man (Hickman never hit 20 for Mets).

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 05:28 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

I had a hunch that Prince would throw down Hidalgo if he participated. Same first guess last year. 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:29 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Because I'm on a RF kick in honor of Byrd, Butch Huskey.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:29 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Gilkey.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:31 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

And so as not to be predictable, Clendenon.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 05:32 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:34 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

So as to be obvious, Strawberry.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:35 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

So as to use bml's gimme, Hairston.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 05:38 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:39 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Because time flies even if home runs don't a year later, Ike...Davis, not Hampton.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 05:42 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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dgwphotography Aug 19 2013 05:46 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

there was that Todd Hundley feller..

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 05:49 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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dgwphotography Aug 19 2013 05:50 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

We have to add David Arthur Kingman to the list...

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:50 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Beltran, who tied Hundley.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:50 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Bonilla, who completes the Byrd-inspired set of primary RF who hit 20+ HR (if not all or even 20 as RF).

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:51 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

David Wright, who's coming to get Straw.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:51 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Mike Piazza, recently passed by David.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:51 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

David's "baseball father" Howard Johnson.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:52 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Ed Kranepool, David Wright's hit list victim.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:53 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

David Wright's mentor Cliff Floyd.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:53 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

David Wright's not immediate predecessor Edgardo Alfonzo.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:54 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

David Wright's predecessor as Gold Glove third baseman Robin Ventura.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:54 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

David Wright's teammate Carlos Delgado.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:55 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

David Wright's co-captain Gary Carter.

Zvon Aug 19 2013 05:55 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Jeff Kent. He did for the Mets, didn't he?

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:56 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

David Wright's pal from walkoff echelons Kevin McReynolds (though I doubt they've ever met).

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:56 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

David Wright's mentor's BFF Mike Cameron.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:57 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

George Foster...nothing to do with David Wright that I can immediately think of.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 05:57 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 05:58 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

I withdraw my previous Kranepool answer. Got carried away thinking of All-Time Leaders. D'oh!

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 05:58 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

G-Fafif wrote: George Foster...nothing to do with David Wright that I can immediately think of. I can't keep up with you. Why don't you post some baseball cards? A little help?

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:02 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:06 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 06:07 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Sorry dude.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 06:10 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Mo Vaughn.

Zvon Aug 19 2013 06:12 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

I think you're amazingly fast with the cards batmags.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:12 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:14 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:15 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Zvon wrote: I think you're amazingly fast with the cards batmags. Perhaps. But the mouth is quicker than the mouse.

Fman99 Aug 19 2013 06:15 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Todd Zeile perhaps?

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:17 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 06:18 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

John Olerud.

Zvon Aug 19 2013 06:18 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Milners already up there...now it gets a little harder. lil bit. John Olerud.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:19 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 06:20 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Rico Brogna.

Zvon Aug 19 2013 06:22 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Edward Murray

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 06:24 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:24 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:26 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

I'd bet my entire childhood collection of Charlie Brown books that Lunchbucket's lurking in the shadows here, waiting to finish off this quiz.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 06:32 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

I'm thinking Brian McRae was the OMG answer of 2012.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:36 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

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batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:37 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Any minute now, Lunchbucket ...

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 06:49 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Looked it up. Overlooked him last year, too.

Zvon Aug 19 2013 06:51 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Burnitz had to hit 20.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 06:56 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

It wasn't Burnitz. He (the final guy sought) did have something in common with Hairston in the context of this quiz.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:57 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Zvon wrote: Burnitz had to hit 20. Did it eight times, he did. But never as a Met. 19 and 18 were his Met season highs.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 06:58 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Memory lane, and last year's Hairston quiz. Same answers as this year, minus Byrd, natch. http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/1860 ... 8633.shtml

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 06:59 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

The answer also once held a Mets record that plays, in a way, into the theme of this quiz.

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 07:01 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Memory lane, and last year's Hairston quiz. Same answers as this year, minus Byrd, natch. http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/1860 ... 8633.shtml Everything not that old is new again!

G-Fafif Aug 19 2013 07:02 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

FWIW, in addition to not getting the last slugger two years in a row, if bml hadn't led off by mentioning Hairston, I'm guessing he wouldn't have occurred to me for another hundred Mets.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 07:20 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I didn't know that photo appeared on a real baseball card! (I like my version better, I have to say.) Me too.

Zvon Aug 19 2013 07:32 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

I'm waitin for JCL too because I don't believe Charlie Smith hit 20 knockers.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 19 2013 08:01 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

It's Smith again. The last man standing two years running. Zvon wrote: I'm waitin for JCL too because I don't believe Charlie Smith hit 20 knockers. I'd watch out for Sage. Charlie Smith is Vic's personal Susquehanna Hat Company. And see if you can fix this card, while you're at it.

Zvon Aug 19 2013 09:26 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

batmagadanleadoff wrote: It's Smith again. The last man standing two years running. Zvon wrote: I'm waitin for JCL too because I don't believe Charlie Smith hit 20 knockers. I'd watch out for Sage. Charlie Smith is Vic's personal Susquehanna Hat Company. And see if you can fix this card, while you're at it. I loved that card when I got it, which was when I first saw it at a card show in the 80s. Cause its different. I didn't think they did stuff like that in the early 60s sets. I will try and get him in orange and blue at some point. He deserves it. He had 106 at bats in '64. He hit 20 HRs!

G-Fafif Aug 20 2013 12:25 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Blog post in honor of quiz in honor of Marlon Byrd.

dinosaur jesus Aug 20 2013 01:02 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Zvon wrote: It's Smith again. The last man standing two years running. Zvon wrote: I'm waitin for JCL too because I don't believe Charlie Smith hit 20 knockers. I'd watch out for Sage. Charlie Smith is Vic's personal Susquehanna Hat Company. And see if you can fix this card, while you're at it. I loved that card when I got it, which was when I first saw it at a card show in the 80s. Cause its different. I didn't think they did stuff like that in the early 60s sets. I will try and get him in orange and blue at some point. He deserves it. He had 106 at bats in '64. He hit 20 HRs! He had 106 hits in 1964, in 450 at bats. He did hit 20 HRs, though.

Zvon Aug 20 2013 04:53 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

dinosaur jesus wrote: Zvon wrote: It's Smith again. The last man standing two years running. Zvon wrote: I'm waitin for JCL too because I don't believe Charlie Smith hit 20 knockers. I'd watch out for Sage. Charlie Smith is Vic's personal Susquehanna Hat Company. And see if you can fix this card, while you're at it. I loved that card when I got it, which was when I first saw it at a card show in the 80s. Cause its different. I didn't think they did stuff like that in the early 60s sets. I will try and get him in orange and blue at some point. He deserves it. He had 106 at bats in '64. He hit 20 HRs! He had 106 hits in 1964, in 450 at bats. He did hit 20 HRs, though. 106 at bats,lmao. I should digest the stuff I type before I hit send.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 20 2013 07:20 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Zvon wrote: I should digest the stuff I type before I hit send. Gross!

Zvon Aug 20 2013 10:25 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Article with a kool lil factoid. [url]http://www.themlbnation.com/2013/08/20/marlon-byrd/?noredirect=1#

G-Fafif Aug 21 2013 05:33 AM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Article with a kool lil factoid. [url]http://www.themlbnation.com/2013/08/20/marlon-byrd/?noredirect=1# There's nothing cool about plagiarism. http://studiousmetsimus.blogspot.com/20 ... t-has.html

Zvon Aug 21 2013 07:53 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Article with a kool lil factoid. [url]http://www.themlbnation.com/2013/08/20/marlon-byrd/?noredirect=1# There's nothing cool about plagiarism. http://studiousmetsimus.blogspot.com/20 ... t-has.html Wow. And the one I linked is gone baby gone. I had no idea. I think I found the article link thru FB. I wanted to check see if it was word for word. I imagine it was.

MFS62 Aug 22 2013 03:00 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Another Marlon Byrd question. Should he be Comeback Player of the Year? Who else is in consideration? Later

Edgy MD Aug 22 2013 03:59 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Troy Tulowitzki sure has a good case. They may be reluctant to give it to a convicted juicer.

SteveJRogers Aug 22 2013 04:11 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Edgy MD wrote: Troy Tulowitzki sure has a good case. They may be reluctant to give it to a convicted juicer. They didn't mind giving it to Giambi in 2005. [url]http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/awards/mlb_awards_content.jsp?content=comeback_players

Edgy MD Aug 22 2013 04:21 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Good point. Circumstances a little different, but yeah, he had been outed.

G-Fafif Aug 22 2013 04:24 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Article with a kool lil factoid. [url]http://www.themlbnation.com/2013/08/20/marlon-byrd/?noredirect=1# There's nothing cool about plagiarism. http://studiousmetsimus.blogspot.com/20 ... t-has.html Wow. And the one I linked is gone baby gone. I had no idea. I think I found the article link thru FB. I wanted to check see if it was word for word. I imagine it was. A posse was rounded up and the offending site deleted the stolen article. The original remains a gem.

Edgy MD Aug 22 2013 04:30 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Aces. Was it a modest re-write (where the writer could lie to himself that he wasn't really stealing from Ed) or a baldfaced copy-and-paste?

G-Fafif Aug 22 2013 05:13 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Edgy MD wrote: Aces. Was it a modest re-write (where the writer could lie to himself that he wasn't really stealing from Ed) or a baldfaced copy-and-paste? It required an "As Told To" to be remotely ethical given the form in which it showed up. How does one decide to contribute to "MLB Nation" and not commit to it with enough gumption to write one's own material? Perhaps that site is the future of baseball, but if you don't send in your MLB Nation piece, I don't think your journalism career dissipates on the spot. I don't know anything about the perpetrator, but I wonder if this fellow is so green that he didn't think there was anything weird about it. A couple of years ago, I stumbled onto an MLB blog that had the EXACT same name as ours. I alerted Jason who was ready to bring down the hounds of holy hell on everyone from Bud Selig on down. Eventually we tracked down the other FAFIF, and it turned out to be a high school kid who said he read my book and thought "Gosh, what a great name for a blog." I guess he didn't read it that closely so as to ascertain the derivation of the book's name. Anyway, he was highly apologetic and changed it to Flushing something or other that was also already taken. I didn't have the energy by then to point out the idea is to come up with your own name. To bring this back to Marlon Byrd, since it's his thread, if he did indeed knowingly violate PED rules, it's not great but at least one can rationalize he was doing it to make a (handsome) living. I sincerely don't understand the attraction of plagiarism. Byrd or Bonds or whoever can already hit. Then he wants to hit better. If you write, what's the fun in having the writing done for you? If you're a reporter, what's the fun in not crediting your sources, in not saying, "look how hard I worked on this"?

Edgy MD Aug 22 2013 05:49 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Attention is the new cocaine.* *Me, plagiarizing from John Cougar Lunchbucket.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 24 2013 06:46 AM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

I wish someone would steal the black background from Ed's site and I'd read it more. I friggin go blind whenever I go there.

Studious Metsimus Aug 24 2013 08:02 AM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

I changed the Studious Metsimus background to get rid of most of the black. It's now black letters on an off-white background instead of the white on black. Is it easier to read now?

themetfairy Aug 24 2013 08:04 AM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Studious Metsimus wrote: I changed the Studious Metsimus background to get rid of most of the black. It's now black letters on an off-white background instead of the white on black. Is it easier to read now? Welcome Abordick! It's great seeing you here!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 24 2013 08:14 AM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Studious Metsimus wrote: I changed the Studious Metsimus background to get rid of most of the black. It's now black letters on an off-white background instead of the white on black. Is it easier to read now? LOL Nice! Yes.

G-Fafif Aug 24 2013 11:09 AM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

This is like that State Farm commercial and like a good neighbor, Studious Metsimus is there.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 24 2013 11:10 AM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

batmagadanleadoff wrote: You may recall that in last year's version of this quiz, Vic Sage, incredulous over the final answer, threatened to blow Lunchbucket's head to smithereens, Smith & Wesson style. Or something like that. I have no memory of this.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 24 2013 11:14 AM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: You may recall that in last year's version of this quiz, Vic Sage, incredulous over the final answer, threatened to blow Lunchbucket's head to smithereens, Smith & Wesson style. Or something like that. I have no memory of this. Memory lane, and last year's Hairston quiz. Same answers as this year, minus Byrd, natch. http://archives.cranepoolforum.net/1860 ... 8633.shtml

G-Fafif Aug 24 2013 11:15 AM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Edgy MD wrote: Attention is the new cocaine.* *Me, plagiarizing from John Cougar Lunchbucket. Was it ever confirmed whether R.A. Dickey tested positive for attention?

Zvon Aug 24 2013 12:59 PM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

Nice to see Studious Metsimus in the house. :) Sorry for spreading the plagiarized word. But I did recognize the piece as fantastic so there's that. I'll stop at your place before I visit MLBnation from now on. Ha, love the song parody. [url]http://studiousmetsimus.blogspot.com/ Way to put Mr. Tejeda in his place.

batmagadanleadoff Feb 10 2014 10:26 AM Re: Quiz in Honor of Marlon Byrd

batmagadanleadoff wrote: It's Smith again. The last man standing two years running. If enough of youse had this card, Smith wouldn't always be the last man standing. [fimg=265]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-efiJmMBqqgo/UvHPeT9YmKI/AAAAAAAAMMQ/Fi0aF6G-zag/s320/65metsHRLeaders-Z14.png[/fimg]