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New York Metsicans

A Boy Named Seo Jan 18 2018 05:20 PM

Adrian Gonzalez is just the 3rd Mexi-Met? Google revealed only Ollie P. and Fernando Salas to me. Shot in the dark - anyone here run a database of Mets players that can get us a ruling?

sharpie Jan 18 2018 05:29 PM Re: New York Metsicans

How could they forget Juan Acevedo, Rigo Beltran and Elmer Dessens?

Ceetar Jan 18 2018 05:30 PM Re: New York Metsicans

according to baseball-reference Alex Trevino Karim Garcia Perez Armando Reynoso Juan Acevedo Fernando Salas Rigo Beltran Frank Estrada Elmer Dessens Luis Ayala Ricardo Rincon were all born in Mexico.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 18 2018 05:31 PM Re: New York Metsicans

sharpie wrote: How could they forget Juan Acevedo, Rigo Beltran and Elmer Dessens? The Google machine probably didn't forget. I'm just mierda at Googling.

cooby Jan 18 2018 05:34 PM Re: New York Metsicans

Jesse O was Mexican-American

A Boy Named Seo Jan 18 2018 05:50 PM Re: New York Metsicans

cooby wrote: Jesse O was Mexican-American Yeah, prob a bunch of those guys including "Mex" who is not actually a Mex. :)

Edgy MD Jan 18 2018 06:02 PM Re: New York Metsicans

Karim Garcia is the first one to come to mind for me.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 18 2018 06:05 PM Re: New York Metsicans

Ultimate Mets Database: Mets by Birthplace Ciudad Juarez Juan Acevedo Ciudad Obregon Karim Garcia Cuitlahuac Ricardo Rincon Culiacan Oliver Perez Hermosillo Elmer Dessens Huatabampo Fernando Salas Los Mochis Luis Ayala Monterrey Alex Trevino Navojoa Francisco Estrada San Luis Potosi Armando Reynoso Tijuana Rigo Beltran

Edgy MD Jan 18 2018 06:09 PM Re: New York Metsicans

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Jesse O was Mexican-American Yeah, prob a bunch of those guys including "Mex" who is not actually a Mex. :) Omar Quintanilla comes to mind. A Tex-Mexer who was last seen playing for Los Toros de Tijuana. Daniel Ray Herrera was a Texican, too, and he had a glorious crown of hair that could put Jake deGrom to shame.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 18 2018 06:10 PM Re: New York Metsicans

Frank Estrada was almost our own Moonlight Graham. 1 lone game in his career, September 14th, 1971 against the Expos. Montreal lit up Nolan Ryan and with the game out of hand, Estrada came on to finish up for Jerry Grote, and went a tidy 1-for-2 in his only 2 major league at-bats. Even though the Mets undoubtedly paid a pretty peso to acquire him in the pre-season from the Mexico City Reds in what bb-ref described as an "unknown transaction", the Mets would flip Estrada, Nolan Ryan and some other bums to the Angels for Jim Fregosi, and Estrada would never again sniff the show. Fun Fact! bb-ref career stats show that 23 years after the Mets shipped him to Anaheim in the Ryan trade, Estrada finally played his last game in the Mexican league in 1994 at the tender age of 46! He prob wanted to outlast Nolan Ryan himself who retired after the 93 season!

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 18 2018 07:23 PM Re: New York Metsicans

Adrian Gonzalez was actually born in San Diego to Mexican immigrants

Benjamin Grimm Jan 18 2018 07:43 PM Re: New York Metsicans

Does that mean that his Valadius nickname will be "Anchor Baby"?

A Boy Named Seo Jan 18 2018 07:55 PM Re: New York Metsicans

Well, shit. I guess Karim the Stream's legacy as the greatest Mexican Met first baseman is safe.