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One Fact and Go, 2015

Edgy MD Mar 26 2015 09:02 AM

Now that we are discovering a new generation of Matt Wises and Chip Ambreses — ephemeral Mets but Mets nonetheless — I'm calling for a revival of One Fact and Go. A thread in which I ask for one fact about a Met who beguiles me because I know so little about him, but there is his name on the list right next to those of human colossi for whom I would gladly kill or die. It's easy. I name a guy. You respond by giving me one fact — one you know or, in a crisis of knowledge, one you have to look up. But don't give me bullshit that you think you know. And give us a modestly interesting fact if you can. "He sucked" doesn't really illuminate the darkness. Then you submit a Met of your own. One who beguiles you despite your relative lack of knowledge. Don't forget that please. I'll open with... Justin Hampson.

dgwphotography Mar 26 2015 09:25 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Edgy MD wrote: I'll open with... Justin Hampson. My first reaction was... "Who?" Pitched 10 games in 2012, mainly after a September callup. Pitched to a respectable 1.80 ERA in only 10 innings. I always loved the name Joe Moock. Tell me why.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 26 2015 10:04 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Best-ever Met by that name until Moockie Wilson came along. Here's one that always makes me insane: Not Vance Wilson, not Carlos Delgado, but Wilson Delgado

Edgy MD Mar 26 2015 10:28 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

He violated the drug agreement as a minor leaguer the year after he was a Met and he was never heard from again! Mike Fyhrie me. How do you even pronounce that?

Ashie62 Mar 26 2015 10:38 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Michael Edwin Fyhrie (born December 9, 1969 in Long Beach, California) is a former professional baseball player who played 5 seasons for the New York Mets, Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, and Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He also pitched one season in Japan for the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2003. The following year, he played for the Hyundai Unicorns in Korea where he sported a 16-6 record with a sub-3.00 E.R.A. Currently, Fyhrie plays baseball for the SoCal MSBL (Men's Senior Baseball League) Whales How about Randy Tate.

Lefty Specialist Mar 26 2015 11:10 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Randy Tate tried. Honest he did. But he's the owner of a lifetime 0-for-41 with a stick in his hands in the one season he pitched in the majors (1975). What's so square about Sergio Ferrer?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 26 2015 11:48 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

#1 before Mookie. BONUS NON-FACT: NOT related-- except in the human-family way-- to Miguel/Jose Ferrer. Daddy, what's a Ross Jones?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 26 2015 11:52 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Pornstache-wearing sacrifice-flyer. Lesser of the three Joneses to have worn No. 21 for the Mets. Ramon Martinez.

Edgy MD Mar 26 2015 12:06 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Amazingly came out of nowhere and ended up as our starting second baseman as Jerry navigated the team into collapse down the stretch in 2008. Can you give me a more relevant or vivid fact about Mike Bruhert?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 26 2015 01:42 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Mike Bruhert was married to Gil Hodges's daughter and was as tall as your average NBA small forward. And unless he's dead, he's still as tall as your average NBA small forward.

Edgy MD Mar 26 2015 01:44 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

And... GO!

batmagadanleadoff Mar 26 2015 01:54 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015 Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Mar 26 2015 01:56 PM

Edgy MD wrote: Mike Fyhrie me. How do you even pronounce that? Fyhrie rhymes with "theory". It's tougher to spell than to say, I'd say. I got video of this guy. Try and find a picture of Fyhrie in a Mets uniform. I dare you.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 26 2015 01:54 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Edgy MD wrote: And... GO! Somebody take a flier on Filer. Tom Filer.

batmagadanleadoff Mar 26 2015 02:13 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Ashie62 wrote: Michael Edwin Fyhrie (born December 9, 1969 in Long Beach, California) is a former professional baseball player who played 5 seasons for the New York Mets, Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, and Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He also pitched one season in Japan for the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2003. The following year, he played for the Hyundai Unicorns in Korea where he sported a 16-6 record with a sub-3.00 E.R.A. Currently, Fyhrie plays baseball for the SoCal MSBL (Men's Senior Baseball League) Whales You coulda just posted the wikipedia link and saved yourself all that copying and pasting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Fyhrie In the spirit of this thread, why dont'cha just post a wikipedia link to every Mets name that appears here?

G-Fafif Mar 26 2015 04:47 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Somebody take a flier on Filer. Tom Filer. Tom Filer pitched for the Mets on the Fourth of July. He let freedom ring -- and the Astros win (he pitched well in defeat, actually, on America's 216th birthday). Since I conflate Tom Filer with Mike Birkbeck, lay a little Birkbeck on me.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 26 2015 05:47 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Pitched part of two seasons for Metsie... spread out over four seasons. But that's just trivia... what's fact is, he looked very much like Hojo's more-depressive cousin on the one baseball card I had of his. FACT. Speaking of Hojo-era depression, what of Ced Landrum?

MFS62 Mar 26 2015 07:19 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Outfielder Ced Landrum never hit a home run in over 100 major league at bats. Tell us something about Steve Dillon. Later

G-Fafif Mar 26 2015 07:35 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

MFS62 wrote: Tell us something about Steve Dillon Steve's last game was Shea's first night game. How about that Ryan McGuire?

batmagadanleadoff Mar 26 2015 08:32 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

G-Fafif wrote: MFS62 wrote: Tell us something about Steve Dillon Steve's last game was Shea's first night game. Dillon also appears on the first Topps card to be photographed at Shea Stadium, even if Steve himself was shot at the Polo Grounds.

Edgy MD Mar 26 2015 09:50 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

It's hard to pick a more ephemeral Met than Ryan McGuire, a one-game Met, but was hugely consequential in the team's history. His pinch-hit grand slam the season after he was with the Mets organization, on May 31, 2001 off of Turk Wendell, turned a Mets win into a loss, delivering a terrible Marlins team in a terrible 1-18 tailspin to victory. Knowing how 2001 would end, that game could certainly have turned out to be a difference-maker. It was the fourth straight loss for a Mets team desperately trying to find wind in their pennant-defending sails. They'd find an absolute zephyr in the second half, but it was just a little bit too little, just a little bit too late, and this loss is as good a choice for the difference-maker as any. I bet Greg Harts has a story.

Gwreck Mar 26 2015 11:59 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Greg never played as a defensive player in the major leagues. (He did get one hit, though). What can you tell me about Mickey Weston?

G-Fafif Mar 27 2015 11:44 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Gwreck wrote: What can you tell me about Mickey Weston? Mickey Weston's basically the nicest Michigan guy in the world, according to a source who should be reliable on the subject. When I think of Mickey Weston, my mind drifts to Jeff Kaiser. Got something to fill my mind with there?

Mets Guy in Michigan Mar 27 2015 02:10 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Jeff Kaiser is another good Michigander! Kaiser was born "down river" from Detroit and went to school in Kalamazoo. Alas, was not acquainted with the thrill of victory during his seven-year career, but twice experienced the agony of defeat. He experienced neither as a Met. But what about Dan Murray, and wouldn't I kill for one of his jerseys?

Edgy MD Jun 11 2015 11:18 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Dan Murray was the pitching coach for the 2006 Kingsport Mets, where 21 different minor leaguers received coaching, only one of whom has reached the major leagues. That one, José De La Torre, threw 11.1 innings for the 2013 Red Sox, to the tune of a 6.35 ERA. Fact me up about Tom O'Malley.

Centerfield Jun 11 2015 11:26 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Tom O'Malley was the youngest player in the bigs when he made his major league debut in 1982 while playing for the Giants. His debut was a Shea Stadium. What is interesting about Bartolome Fortunado?

batmagadanleadoff Jun 11 2015 11:26 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Mike Fyhrie me. How do you even pronounce that? Fyhrie rhymes with "theory". It's tougher to spell than to say, I'd say. I got video of this guy. Try and find a picture of Fyhrie in a Mets uniform. I dare you. I don't know if it's a relatively new feature, or if I just noticed it (I caught it a few months ago), but baseball-reference has pronunciation info for every player's last name. Joe Grzenda: Solved.

MFS62 Jun 11 2015 11:43 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 11 2015 12:55 PM

Bartolome Fortunato pitched small parts of 2 seasons with the Mets, and was undefeated, with a 2-0 record and an ERA over 7.00. (The fact that was came to the Mets in the Scott Kazmir trade was too painful to lead with) Whaddaya' know about Ed Bressoud? Later

dgwphotography Jun 11 2015 11:45 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Centerfield wrote: Tom O'Malley was the youngest player in the bigs when he made his major league debut in 1982 while playing for the Giants. His debut was a Shea Stadium. What is interesting about Bartolome Fortunado? It's Bartolomé Fortunato, and he's never eaten in my kitchen. He was originally an outfielder, but was converted to a pitcher when he was signed by Tampa Bay. Would we have gotten more out of Bruce Boisclair if he was converted to a pitcher?

Edgy MD Jun 11 2015 11:54 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Bruce Boisclair is the second sexiest outfielder in this picture. Yeah, that's opinion, but it almost qualifies as fact. Bruce Boisclair began his career as a 23rd inning pinch runner. Not a lot of people could claim such an auspicious beginning. Hey, you don't have to be obscure to have an interesting fact. How about a Jerry Koosman fact?

dgwphotography Jun 11 2015 12:22 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Koos lost 20 the year after he came in second in the Cy Young voting to Randy Freaking Jones despite having only one fewer loss with a lower ERA and more than twice as many K's Tell me something about Mike Vail

Lefty Specialist Jun 11 2015 12:45 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Bartolomé was the guy the Mets were REALLY after when they traded away Scott Kazmir in 2004. V***** Z******* was merely a throw-in in that deal. 2006 was a magical year for him- he had a 27.00 ERA and a 1-0 record. Whaddya tell your mama about Saturo Komiyama?

MFS62 Jun 11 2015 12:55 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015 Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jun 11 2015 12:58 PM

Still waiting on Ed Bressoud, which shows an 11:43 posting. A couple of folks seem to be suffering from premature exclamation. Later

Edgy MD Jun 11 2015 12:55 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

An hour late on Bartolomé, man. We're up to Vail.

sharpie Jun 11 2015 01:01 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Mike Vail was once traded for Rich Gale, an instance of players with ryhming names being traded for each other. Who knows anything about Hal Reniff?

Lefty Specialist Jun 11 2015 01:29 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Hal Reniff's nickname was 'Porky'. And Ed Bressoud finished 26th in the MVP balloting in 1962. Unity!!!! So NOW whaddya tell your mama about Satoru Komiyama?

SteveJRogers Jun 11 2015 02:13 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Once was called The Japanese Greg Maddux. Speaking of guys way over the top overhyped by then current skippers, Bill Pecota.

MFS62 Jun 11 2015 04:57 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

SteveJRogers wrote: Once was called The Japanese Greg Maddux. Speaking of guys way over the top overhyped by then current skippers, Bill Pecota. The infielder is NOT the guy who came up with the statistical models for projecting baseball performance. PECOTA, an acronym for Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm. Tell us a Dennis Ribant fact. Later

Chad Ochoseis Jun 11 2015 08:22 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

First Met starting pitcher to have a .500 season (along with Bob Shaw). I hear Jorge Fabregas was once a Met. What do we know about him?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 11 2015 08:32 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

One of the first guys I can remember that the entire Internet Mets community just absolutely hated. Came over in the same trade as Willie Blair for Bernard Gilkey. Gimmee something on Jason Jacome

Mets Guy in Michigan Jun 11 2015 08:40 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

You mean Jason James Jacome, or J-Cubed? He pitched in Japan after a stint with the Mets and Indians? But what about Bill Sudakis, who appears on Met baseball cards yet I have zero recollections of him as a Met?

Zvon Jun 11 2015 09:24 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Bill homered in 4 consecutive games in his rookie year 1969 for the Dodgers. Mets picked him up on waivers and he did jack shit. Became a Yankee before he hung em' up. Appeared at the Sadecki Spot. Who's got what on Butch Benton?

Edgy MD Jun 11 2015 09:30 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Butch, along with Alex Treviño, John Stearns, and Ron Hodges was part of the 1980 Mets catching corps that, I believe, is the only Mets catching corps to go the whole season without a homer. Surely Darren Reed recalls better memories.

batmagadanleadoff Jun 11 2015 09:40 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Reed came to the Mets from the Yankees in a multi-player trade for, among others, Rafael Santana. I remember this trade because my friend's little brother, a big Raffy fan, was heartbroken that his favorite Met would be playing for the crosstown hated rivals. I tried to comfort him by telling him that at least Santana would get to wear his old Mets uniform number with the Yankees. Yeah, this post is more of a Santana post than a Reed post. Give me some Mets stuff about Jack Aker.

G-Fafif Jun 12 2015 05:50 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Jack Aker was the first wholly new Met to join the club in 1974, debuting on June 16, the latest the Mets have ever gone into a season before bringing in new blood. What about a thing about Mark Guthrie?

Lefty Specialist Jun 12 2015 06:12 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

After pitching effectively for the Mets, went to the Cubs in 2003 and gave up the 11th inning game-winning HR to Mike Lowell in Game 1 of the NLCS, thereby being at least as culpable as Steve Bartman was in denying the Cubs their first trip to the World Series since 1945.

MFS62 Jun 12 2015 07:00 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

So, which Met do you want to know something about? Later

Lefty Specialist Jun 12 2015 07:28 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Oops. What's the gossip about Jim Gosger?

batmagadanleadoff Oct 11 2015 05:55 AM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Lefty Specialist wrote: Oops. What's the gossip about Jim Gosger? Jim Gosger played for the Mets in three different seasons without ever appearing on a Topps Mets baseball card as a Met (team picture cards don't count). Tell me something about Bobby Heise, the first Met to accomplish that Topps negative hat trick.

Edgy MD Oct 11 2015 01:55 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Scouted in an an amateur league by a 21-year-old Bud Harrelson, who had only 19 games in the bigs himself, but was professionally secure enough to recommend his team sign the fellow shortstop. Anybody got a single fact about Chuck Carr?

Ashie62 Oct 11 2015 02:37 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Chuck Carr led the league with 58 SB's in 1993. Where the heck is Bruce Berenyi?

batmagadanleadoff Oct 11 2015 04:18 PM Re: One Fact and Go, 2015

Edgy MD wrote: Scouted in an an amateur league by a 21-year-old Bud Harrelson, who had only 19 games in the bigs himself, but was professionally secure enough to recommend his team sign the fellow shortstop. Heise stuck around the majors for 11 seasons without ever rising to regular everyday player status. So I don't think that he took anyone's job away. At least not a regular, anyway.