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Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

G-Fafif Jan 16 2019 10:19 PM

A Patrick Mahomes piece (by Ian O'Connor) focused on the simpatico between Daddy Pat and Bobby V. http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/25769603/patrick-mahomes-inherited-clutch-gene-major-league-dad

G-Fafif Jan 28 2019 02:16 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019 Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Jan 29 2019 01:32 PM

Michael Cuddyer went into the Twins HOF in 2017. I initially misread a "this date in Twins history" as a current thing, but let's continue to enjoy Cuddy's good fortune.

G-Fafif Jan 28 2019 10:01 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Dillon Gee, most recently a Chunichi Dragon, calls it a career.

Lefty Specialist Jan 29 2019 06:51 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

=G-Fafif post_id=1980 time=1548738097 user_id=55] Dillon Gee, most recently a Chunichi Dragon, calls it a career.

I'll always be grateful for him getting injured in 2014 so that Jacob deGrom could show he could pitch in the majors.

41Forever Jan 29 2019 09:18 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

A former Opening Day starter who had a nice career. In all, Gee will retire with a career 51-48 record, a 4.09 ERA, 6.5 K/9, 2.8 BB/9 and 1.2 HR/9 over the life of 853 2/3 Major League innings. Though he'll retire at a relatively young age, Gee still did quite well for himself in baseball, taking home north of $13MM in player salaries — a sum that most 21st-round selections can scarcely fathom. And, a fairly funny bit on the MLB Man Cave. [YOUTUBE]a_9BHjmUi4Y[/YOUTUBE]

G-Fafif Jan 29 2019 01:35 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Gee was on the DL in 2014, making him fair game for Jay Horwitz to drag him over to our Blogger Night group for a brief quasi-media scrum. This was the season when no Mets pitcher had gotten a hit for more than a month into the season, a streak that was either ended by rookie deGrom or at least put into stark relief by his early success as a hitter. I asked Dillon a lighthearted question about Jake maybe giving the other pitchers a couple of pointers. Dillon's response regarding the pitchers' hitting to that point: "We suck." He wasn't smiling. I appreciated that.

G-Fafif Feb 07 2019 12:03 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

More from the unending fount of Lenny Dykstra news.

G-Fafif Apr 12 2019 12:08 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

The story of 1-for-1 wonder Dave Liddell, New York Met, June 3, 1990. https://www.mlb.com/amp/news/mlb-ultimate-one-hit-wonders.html?__twitter_impression=true Plus four other guys.

seawolf17 Apr 12 2019 08:46 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Interesting story. (And I guess I can cross Liddell of the list of guys I'm going to be able to add to my autographed card collection.)

Johnny Lunchbucket Apr 12 2019 09:41 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Cool Lidell story and nice that they had the video. He was acquired in the famous Ed Lynch Trade

Edgy MD Apr 12 2019 06:01 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

It's a pretty cool story across the board.

Edgy MD Apr 12 2019 09:24 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

“That's bullshit!” he said, watching it. “I was batting .178 in Tidewater!"

G-Fafif Apr 23 2019 10:00 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Jay Horwitz's Amazin' Mets Alumni Podcast, always enchanting, is particularly awesome in its last two iterations, wherein Jay speaks with Doug Flynn and Craig Swan. True Metnip.

G-Fafif Apr 26 2019 12:59 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Mets' attempt to raise their alumni profile continues this weekend with Jon Matlack and Neil Allen haunting Citi Field this weekend (Turk Wendell and Rick Reed were on hand last homestand).

G-Fafif May 24 2019 12:44 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

This weekend's alumni guests are Doug Flynn and Joel Youngblood, signing autographs in the team HOF from 5:30 to 6:30.

Edgy MD May 24 2019 01:07 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Will Woody and Sangre be there? https://imagesvc.timeincapp.com/v3/mm/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn-s3.si.com%2Fs3fs-public%2Fimages%2F1979-0310-Doug-Flynn-dog-Woody-Joel-Youngblood-dog-Sanger.jpg&w=800&q=85>

seawolf17 May 24 2019 01:49 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Someone who's going this weekend NEEDS to print out that picture and have them sign it.

Edgy MD May 24 2019 02:18 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Someone who's going this weekend NEEDS to print out that picture and have them sign it. Someone who's going this weekend NEEDS to wear his Wonderful Woody shirt.

G-Fafif Jun 07 2019 01:18 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

This weekend's in-house alums — the Original Frank Thomas (though I wouldn't put it past the Mets to have mistakenly brought in the White Sox slugger)...and thread namesake Rico Brogna!

G-Fafif Jun 17 2019 02:09 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Nolan Ryan won't be joining his 1969 teammates at Citi Field on June 29, according to Steve Marcus of Newsday. Also unable to reunite will be Al Weis, Ken Boswell, Gary Gentry and coach Joe Pignatano, along with, as we already learned, Tom Seaver.

Edgy MD Jun 17 2019 02:15 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

As well as Tug McGraw, Tommie Agee, Donn Clendenon, Cal Koonce, Ed Charles ... But hey, Krane and Harrelson will make it, and that's certainly not nothing.

G-Fafif Jun 17 2019 03:57 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

I think we were clear on the posthumous RSVP situation.

Edgy MD Jun 17 2019 04:05 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Just thinking out loud.

G-Fafif Jul 05 2019 01:24 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Tonight's featured alumni at Citi Field: Jack Fisher and Felix Millan. They could've sat on their 1969 laurels, but they keep the beloved Mets of yore comin'. Other than killing Gosger and Hudson, nice job, Metsies.

G-Fafif Jul 06 2019 01:52 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Rico is still Suavé. [youtube]DlDalwnKp64[/youtube]

G-Fafif Jul 13 2019 09:20 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Former Mets assistant pitching coach Bob Gibson hospitalized with pancreatic cancer. https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/cards-hall-of-famer-gibson-being-treated-for-pancreatic-cancer/article_46a09769-7e70-5a86-9bc2-fea2d7748b64.html

MFS62 Jul 14 2019 05:45 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Former Mets assistant pitching coach Bob Gibson hospitalized with pancreatic cancer. https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinal-beat/cards-hall-of-famer-gibson-being-treated-for-pancreatic-cancer/article_46a09769-7e70-5a86-9bc2-fea2d7748b64.html One of the truly greats in baseball history. I hope his toughness on the diamond extends to his health. We wish him well. Later

G-Fafif Jul 22 2019 06:03 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Word out of New Orleans is Ron Swoboda is going in for heart bypass surgery on Wednesday.

G-Fafif Jul 23 2019 01:35 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Doc Gooden arrested for a second time in two months on DUI charges in Jersey.

G-Fafif Jul 25 2019 07:46 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Ron Hunt has taken too many lickings, but keeps on ticking. They find smiles amid the pain, because that's all they can do. Ron and Jackie, who met as teenagers at Ritenour High School, have been married since 1961. Two years later, Ron made his major league debut and soon made his living getting hit by pitches. He got hits, too — a .273 lifetime average in 12 years – but Ron Hunt was famous for getting plunked. He set a seemingly unbreakable mark when he was hit by pitches 50 times in one year. He retired after 243 HBPs, some even to the head. Tom Seaver beaned him good once. Combined with innumerable concussions from a football past and, well, “I have Parkinson's now,” Ron said. It's possible he could've gotten the neurodegenerative disorder regardless. But a doctor told the Hunts that it could've resulted from injuries during his playing days. Ron's hand tremors. He's hard to understand at times. He takes a physical therapy class involving boxing because, Jackie said, “they're trying to get your feet to work with your hands again.” And he falls a lot. A couple weeks ago, a particular tumble scared Jackie because Ron was “upside down,” she said. “His head was down and his legs were up.” “My life's a (expletive) now,” Ron said Wednesday from their home in Wentzville. https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/benjamin-hochman/hochman-st-louisan-former-mlb-star-hunt-still-taking-some/article_bf62599c-c08b-5615-b0cf-ff64b8007812.html

G-Fafif Jul 25 2019 07:48 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Jay Payton and Butch Huskey are your featured alumni this weekend. They'll be in the Mets HOF meeting and greeting, 5:30-6:20.

Ceetar Jul 27 2019 06:05 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Carlos Beltran joins Neil DeGrasse Tyson on an episode of Star Talk, coming soon.

G-Fafif Aug 05 2019 01:58 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

This weekend's alumni are inspired choices: Ron Hunt and Skip Lockwood.

Johnny Lunchbucket Aug 10 2019 08:18 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 11 2019 04:34 AM

[TWEET]https://twitter.com/Anthony_Recker/status/1160370754845736960[/TWEET]

Edgy MD Aug 10 2019 08:49 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

If it was Recker that Alonso tore the jersey off of, time would have stopped.

Edgy MD Aug 13 2019 11:20 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Shane Spencer is bringing the wisdom of years to bear on Korean junior players. https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2019/07/01153323/SpencerWithPlayers-1024x601.jpg>

G-Fafif Aug 26 2019 08:10 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Ty Kelly tweets his retirement. Says baseball was better when he played.

Edgy MD Aug 30 2019 01:10 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

If you find Wally Backman's arrest just isn't disgusting enough, another former-Mets first rounder is being charged with cruelty to animals. (The account is really, really awful and disturbing, so be forewarned before you decide whether to click.)

G-Fafif Sep 11 2019 11:56 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

[youtube]https://youtu.be/Nm6VJ8jZAYk[/youtube] Willie Mays remembering his Met years in the most Willie Mays light possible. Even with Jim Breuer as interviewer, Willie is delightful.

Edgy MD Sep 11 2019 12:16 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

"They're DEAD LAST. From what you came from, now you're in a ... your team is DEAD LAST!" At the time of the trade, the Mets were in first place in the East, and the Giants in last place in the West. Breuer needs to be sent to Mets jail.

G-Fafif Sep 11 2019 12:23 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Jim kind of smushed together the trade and the following season, and Willie's nickname isn't “Say Hey, Let's Fact Check”.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 11 2019 12:31 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Wow is that guy annoying. (Not Willie -- the other guy). Plus, Breuer talks to Wlllie as if Willie were senile.

Edgy MD Sep 11 2019 12:35 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

=G-Fafif post_id=21544 time=1568226183 user_id=55] Jim kind of smushed together the trade and the following season, and Willie's nickname isn't “Say Hey, Let's Fact Check”.

Something like, yeah.

G-Fafif Sep 11 2019 01:37 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=21546 time=1568226700 user_id=68] Wow is that guy annoying. (Not Willie -- the other guy). Plus, Breuer talks to Wlllie as if Willie were senile.

They had Breuer do two of these interviews on a trip Howie didn't make. One was Jeremy Hefner, one was Willie Mays. Lot of gap to cover in between.

41Forever Sep 25 2019 06:30 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Terry Collins reconnecting with his Michigan roots and visiting a state college in a couple weeks. [url]https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Former-Mets-manager-to-visit-SVSU-in-October-14465937.php

G-Fafif Sep 27 2019 02:47 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

The main guy the Mets sent to the Susquehanna Hat Co. is at Citi Field this weekend. https://twitter.com/anthonydicomo/status/1177684007829553152?s=21

Benjamin Grimm Sep 27 2019 02:48 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Wow... what has Hubie been up to?

Edgy MD Sep 27 2019 04:24 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

That was a great callup day in 1980 — I think Wally Backman was a day off in getting the callup, but he and Mookie debuted on the second, and Brooks on the fourth. The Mets were still awful, but at least it felt like they were awful with the lights on. Mookie and Hubie instantly became regulars, but the Mets strangely wasted almost three years trying to convince themselves that Brian Giles was their secondbaseman of the future, while Backman fumed, riding the Tidewater shuttle for three seasons.

G-Fafif Nov 22 2019 12:43 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Howie with Skip Lockwood... https://youtu.be/B_-DAMDkKRw

G-Fafif Nov 22 2019 01:09 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

On Facebook, it's Howie and Hubie... https://www.facebook.com/94421890077/posts/10162782452565078?sfns=mo

Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 23 2019 07:44 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Yeah Hubie isn't much of an interview.

G-Fafif Dec 20 2019 06:33 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Gettin' Huskey wit' Howie. https://youtu.be/ErPGCw4gteg

G-Fafif Dec 27 2019 05:00 PM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Howie rolls with Tank. http://youtu.be/zGgZUl5E4Ac

MFS62 Dec 31 2019 06:36 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Gavin Cecchini is alive, and is running from the flames in Australia: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7838747/New-York-Mets-baseball-star-Gavin-Cecchini-moved-Australia-flees-country-bushfires.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 Later

Edgy MD Jan 01 2020 09:08 AM Re: Brogna Bros: Mets in Retirement 2019

Well, Cecchini isn't in retirement, but he is the second Met minor league free agent this offseason to flee the Australian Legue after Jeremy Vasquez took off from Aukland following the sudden death of teammate (roommate?) Ryan Costello.