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The Preeminent 42+ in Mets History

G-Fafif
Aug 27 2019 06:19 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 01 2019 05:16 PM

42ND HR:

Pete Alonso 2019: Mets Game 131

Lefty Specialist
Aug 27 2019 06:27 PM
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What I love is that there are no cheapies. When he hits one, you know it.

Fman99
Aug 27 2019 07:05 PM
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I like this 42 much better than the giant blue one in the Rotunda.

kcmets
Aug 27 2019 07:05 PM
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Lefty Specialist wrote:
When he hits one, you know it.

Yes, no cheap slices to a cheap porch for sure.

41Forever
Aug 27 2019 07:10 PM
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Set the team record — and it's not even September yet!

G-Fafif
Aug 28 2019 12:23 AM
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=Fman99 post_id=20075 time=1566954330 user_id=86]
I like this 42 much better than the giant blue one in the Rotunda.

At least said sculpture is now imbued with a little Met-specific meaning.

Fman99
Aug 28 2019 05:23 AM
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=G-Fafif post_id=20109 time=1566973408 user_id=55]
=Fman99 post_id=20075 time=1566954330 user_id=86]
I like this 42 much better than the giant blue one in the Rotunda.

At least said sculpture is now imbued with a little Met-specific meaning.

For the moment, yes. After Piss Missile Pete launches another ball into the cosmos it will go back to being what I think of it as, the most disproportionate salute ever to Butch Huskey and Mo Vaughn.

Benjamin Grimm
Aug 28 2019 02:11 PM
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You just insulted Ron Hodges!

batmagadanleadoff
Aug 31 2019 10:59 AM
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The preeminent 42 in Mets history needs to clout 11 more homers in the Mets remaining 34 games to break the MLB all time single season rookie HR record. It's a heady pace - about a homer every three games, but that's what Alonso's been doing all season long. And the Mets remaining road schedule is favorable to the task at hand with away games in the bandboxes at Philly (as we speak) and Cincy, a series at HR haven mile high Coors Field and a series at DC, where the Nats home stadium is the second best HR park this season. Go-Go Alonso!

G-Fafif
Sep 01 2019 05:15 PM
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Preeminent 43s:

McAndrew

Dickey

ALONSO (Game 136)

G-Fafif
Sep 03 2019 07:55 PM
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Preeminent 44s

Isringhausen

Payton

ALONSO (Game 138)

Benjamin Grimm
Sep 04 2019 04:50 AM
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Pete hasn't yet caused the Mets to rise on this particular list, but perhaps soon:

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[TD]Giants[/TD] [TD]Barry Bonds [TD]73 [TD]2001
[TD]Cardinals[/TD] [TD]Mark McGwire [TD]70 [TD]1998
[TD]Cubs[/TD] [TD]Sammy Sosa [TD]66 [TD]1998
[TD]Yankees[/TD] [TD]Roger Maris [TD]61 [TD]1961
[TD]Marlins[/TD] [TD]Giancarlo Stanton [TD]59 [TD]2017
[TD]Tigers[/TD] [TD]Hank Greenberg [TD]58 [TD]1938
[TD]Athletics[/TD] [TD]Jimmie Foxx [TD]58 [TD]1932
[TD]Phillies[/TD] [TD]Ryan Howard [TD]58 [TD]2006
[TD]Senators/Rangers[/TD] [TD]Alex Rodriguez [TD]57 [TD]2002
[TD]Diamondbacks[/TD] [TD]Luis Gonzalez [TD]57 [TD]2001
[TD]Mariners[/TD] [TD]Ken Griffey [TD]56 [TD]1997
[TD]Red Sox[/TD] [TD]David Ortiz [TD]54 [TD]2006
[TD]Blue Jays[/TD] [TD]Jose Bautista [TD]54 [TD]2010
[TD]Pirates[/TD] [TD]Ralph Kiner [TD]54 [TD]1949
[TD]Browns/Orioles[/TD] [TD]Chris Davis [TD]53 [TD]2013
[TD]Reds[/TD] [TD]George Foster [TD]52 [TD]1977
[TD]Indians[/TD] [TD]Jim Thome [TD]52 [TD]2002
[TD]Braves[/TD] [TD]Andruw Jones [TD]51 [TD]2005
[TD]Pilots/Brewers[/TD] [TD]Prince Fielder [TD]50 [TD]2007
[TD]Padres[/TD] [TD]Greg Vaughn [TD]50 [TD]1998
[TD]Dodgers[/TD] [TD]Shawn Green [TD]49 [TD]2001
[TD]Senators/Twins[/TD] [TD]Harmon Killebrew [TD]49 [TD]1969
[TD]White Sox[/TD] [TD]Albert Belle [TD]49 [TD]1998
[TD]Rockies[/TD] [TD]Larry Walker/Todd Helton [TD]49 [TD]1997/2001
[TD]Angels[/TD] [TD]Troy Glaus [TD]47 [TD]2000
[TD]Astros[/TD] [TD]Jeff Bagwell [TD]47 [TD]2000
[TD]Rays[/TD] [TD]Carlos Pena [TD]46 [TD]2007
[TD]Expos/Nationals[/TD] [TD]Alfonso Soriano [TD]46 [TD]2006
[TD]Mets[/TD] [TD]Pete Alonso [TD]44 [TD]2019
[TD]Royals[/TD] [TD]Mike Moustakas/Jorge Soler [TD]38 [TD]2017/2019

G-Fafif
Sep 04 2019 12:43 PM
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Preeminent 45s

Tug

Pedro

PETE (Game 139)

Willets Point
Sep 04 2019 05:26 PM
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Tying Ralph Kiner on that list would be doable, and a nice movement of 14 slots up the list.

G-Fafif
Sep 09 2019 05:34 PM
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Preeminent 46s

Neil Allen before switching to 13

Ollie Perez before going bad

PETE (Game 143)

G-Fafif
Sep 09 2019 06:53 PM
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Preeminent 47s

Jesse!

Super Joe!

PETE (Game 143)

TransMonk
Sep 10 2019 08:30 AM
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Tom Glavine is devastated.

G-Fafif
Sep 17 2019 08:57 PM
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Preeminent 48s

Jake

Randall K

PETE! (Game 151)

batmagadanleadoff
Sep 18 2019 12:28 PM
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About effin' time. Eight games without a homer? What kind of shit was that?

G-Fafif
Sep 18 2019 03:00 PM
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Preeminent 49s

Armando, when not dire

Miller, when Dyar

PETE! (Game 152)

Frayed Knot
Sep 18 2019 03:18 PM
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53 suddenly looking more feasible than a few days ago.

Benjamin Grimm
Sep 19 2019 07:17 AM
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[TD]Giants[/TD] [TD]Barry Bonds [TD]73 [TD]2001
[TD]Cardinals[/TD] [TD]Mark McGwire [TD]70 [TD]1998
[TD]Cubs[/TD] [TD]Sammy Sosa [TD]66 [TD]1998
[TD]Yankees[/TD] [TD]Roger Maris [TD]61 [TD]1961
[TD]Marlins[/TD] [TD]Giancarlo Stanton [TD]59 [TD]2017
[TD]Tigers[/TD] [TD]Hank Greenberg [TD]58 [TD]1938
[TD]Athletics[/TD] [TD]Jimmie Foxx [TD]58 [TD]1932
[TD]Phillies[/TD] [TD]Ryan Howard [TD]58 [TD]2006
[TD]Senators/Rangers[/TD] [TD]Alex Rodriguez [TD]57 [TD]2002
[TD]Diamondbacks[/TD] [TD]Luis Gonzalez [TD]57 [TD]2001
[TD]Mariners[/TD] [TD]Ken Griffey [TD]56 [TD]1997
[TD]Red Sox[/TD] [TD]David Ortiz [TD]54 [TD]2006
[TD]Blue Jays[/TD] [TD]Jose Bautista [TD]54 [TD]2010
[TD]Pirates[/TD] [TD]Ralph Kiner [TD]54 [TD]1949
[TD]Browns/Orioles[/TD] [TD]Chris Davis [TD]53 [TD]2013
[TD]Reds[/TD] [TD]George Foster [TD]52 [TD]1977
[TD]Indians[/TD] [TD]Jim Thome [TD]52 [TD]2002
[TD]Braves[/TD] [TD]Andruw Jones [TD]51 [TD]2005
[TD]Pilots/Brewers[/TD] [TD]Prince Fielder [TD]50 [TD]2007
[TD]Padres[/TD] [TD]Greg Vaughn [TD]50 [TD]1998
[TD]Dodgers[/TD] [TD]Shawn Green [TD]49 [TD]2001
[TD]Senators/Twins[/TD] [TD]Harmon Killebrew [TD]49 [TD]1969
[TD]White Sox[/TD] [TD]Albert Belle [TD]49 [TD]1998
[TD]Rockies[/TD] [TD]Larry Walker/Todd Helton [TD]49 [TD]1997/2001
[TH]Mets[/TH] [TH]Pete Alonso[/th] [TH]49[/th] [TH]2019[/th]
[TD]Angels[/TD] [TD]Troy Glaus [TD]47 [TD]2000
[TD]Astros[/TD] [TD]Jeff Bagwell [TD]47 [TD]2000
[TD]Rays[/TD] [TD]Carlos Pena [TD]46 [TD]2007
[TD]Expos/Nationals[/TD] [TD]Alfonso Soriano [TD]46 [TD]2006
[TD]Royals[/TD] [TD]Jorge Soler [TD]45 [TD]2019

Centerfield
Sep 19 2019 07:31 AM
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Wait, am I reading that right? Did we have the lowest team record for HR's among all major league teams? Never realized we were that bad.

HahnSolo
Sep 19 2019 07:54 AM
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=Centerfield post_id=22300 time=1568899884 user_id=65]
Wait, am I reading that right? Did we have the lowest team record for HR's among all major league teams? Never realized we were that bad.

The Royals were always lower. Soler set their team record this season as well.

G-Fafif
Sep 19 2019 07:55 AM
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Moustakas held the Royals record before this season with 38, so we had Kansas City beat (ironically).

batmagadanleadoff
Sep 19 2019 07:56 AM
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=Centerfield post_id=22300 time=1568899884 user_id=65]
Wait, am I reading that right? Did we have the lowest team record for HR's among all major league teams? Never realized we were that bad.

Next to lowest. The Royals record was 38 entering this season. This season, 10 teams, including the Mets, have already set their all time team record for most HRs in a season and six more teams are on pace to do so. That's more than half of all teams.

batmagadanleadoff
Sep 19 2019 08:03 AM
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=batmagadanleadoff post_id=22303 time=1568901403 user_id=68]
=Centerfield post_id=22300 time=1568899884 user_id=65]
Wait, am I reading that right? Did we have the lowest team record for HR's among all major league teams? Never realized we were that bad.

Next to lowest. The Royals record was 38 entering this season. This season, 10 teams, including the Mets, have already set their all time team record for most HRs in a season and six more teams are on pace to do so. That's more than half of all teams.

Most HRs by a team in a single season was 225 entering 2019. This year, the Twins already hit 287 HRs.

Oh, and the ball's not juiced.

G-Fafif
Sep 19 2019 08:05 AM
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The 1997 Mariners hit 264, the pre-2019 record until the MFYs of 2018 hit 267.

batmagadanleadoff
Sep 19 2019 08:09 AM
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=G-Fafif post_id=22306 time=1568901912 user_id=55]
The 1997 Mariners hit 264, the pre-2019 record until the MFYs of 2018 hit 267.

D'oh! The Twins single season record was 225 HRs, not the MLB record. The Twins broke their own record by 30%.

Edgy MD
Sep 19 2019 08:31 AM
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Strangely, the first 49 in my head isn't Armando, but Kevin Kobel.

If compensation was based on what you remember from when you were 12 or 13, I'd have an awful lot of money.

batmagadanleadoff
Sep 19 2019 08:33 AM
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=G-Fafif post_id=22306 time=1568901912 user_id=55]
The 1997 Mariners hit 264, the pre-2019 record until the MFYs of 2018 hit 267.

Four teams, Including the MFY's, have broken or will break the MFY's 2018 team HR record this season.

MFS62
Sep 19 2019 08:47 AM
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Most HRs by a team in a single season was 225 entering 2019. This year, the Twins already hit 287 HRs.

Oh, and the ball's not juiced.

"Oh, of course not" (sez MLB). It's that darn launch angle swing everybody's teaching.

Later

Centerfield
Sep 19 2019 12:33 PM
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Edgy MD wrote:

Strangely, the first 49 in my head isn't Armando, but Kevin Kobel.

If compensation was based on what you remember from when you were 12 or 13, I'd have an awful lot of money.

The great majority of "I associate that number this this player..." are from the 80's Mets. Basically, the first time I saw them.

1. Mookie

2. Bobby Valentine

3. Rafael Santana

4. Dykstra

5. Wright

6. Backman

7. Jose Reyes

8. Carter

9. Hundley

10. Rusty

11. Teufel

12. Darling

13. Alfonzo

14. Hodges

15. Beltran

16. Doc

17. Keith

18. Darryl

19. Ojeda

20. Hojo

13 out of 20 from the '80's. And 14 wasn't eligible, so really it's 13 out of 19.

G-Fafif
Sep 19 2019 02:34 PM
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Longtime, fairly recent and not altogether undistinguished 49 Jon Niese didn't occur to me until a day had passed. Tyler Bashlor and Orber Moreno came up first.

G-Fafif
Sep 20 2019 07:24 PM
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Preeminent 50s

All due respect to Mr. Fernandez, Mr. Agbayani and the entire 1965 club (50-112), in the 153rd game of 2019, there is only...

PETE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

G-Fafif
Sep 20 2019 07:39 PM
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https://twitter.com/wcbs880/status/1175219644690587654?s=21

stevejrogers
Sep 20 2019 09:11 PM
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Still just bubbling under the Top 40 All-Time in Met history.

G-Fafif
Sep 25 2019 06:01 PM
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Preeminent 51s:

Rick White from 2000

Paul Sewald from last night

and PETE (Game 158)

Benjamin Grimm
Sep 26 2019 07:55 AM
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Pete has really moved the Mets up on this list! They're now ahead of three of the original franchises (Brooklyn Dodgers, Washington Senators, and Chicago White Sox) and are tied with the Boston Braves.

[TABLE][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR][TR]
[TD]Giants[/TD] [TD]Barry Bonds [TD]73 [TD]2001
[TD]Cardinals[/TD] [TD]Mark McGwire [TD]70 [TD]1998
[TD]Cubs[/TD] [TD]Sammy Sosa [TD]66 [TD]1998
[TD]Yankees[/TD] [TD]Roger Maris [TD]61 [TD]1961
[TD]Marlins[/TD] [TD]Giancarlo Stanton [TD]59 [TD]2017
[TD]Tigers[/TD] [TD]Hank Greenberg [TD]58 [TD]1938
[TD]Athletics[/TD] [TD]Jimmie Foxx [TD]58 [TD]1932
[TD]Phillies[/TD] [TD]Ryan Howard [TD]58 [TD]2006
[TD]Senators/Rangers[/TD] [TD]Alex Rodriguez [TD]57 [TD]2002
[TD]Diamondbacks[/TD] [TD]Luis Gonzalez [TD]57 [TD]2001
[TD]Mariners[/TD] [TD]Ken Griffey [TD]56 [TD]1997
[TD]Red Sox[/TD] [TD]David Ortiz [TD]54 [TD]2006
[TD]Blue Jays[/TD] [TD]Jose Bautista [TD]54 [TD]2010
[TD]Pirates[/TD] [TD]Ralph Kiner [TD]54 [TD]1949
[TD]Browns/Orioles[/TD] [TD]Chris Davis [TD]53 [TD]2013
[TD]Reds[/TD] [TD]George Foster [TD]52 [TD]1977
[TD]Indians[/TD] [TD]Jim Thome [TD]52 [TD]2002
[TD]Braves[/TD] [TD]Andruw Jones [TD]51 [TD]2005
[TH]Mets[/TH] [TH]Pete Alonso[/th] [TH]51[/th] [TH]2019[/th]
[TD]Pilots/Brewers[/TD] [TD]Prince Fielder [TD]50 [TD]2007
[TD]Padres[/TD] [TD]Greg Vaughn [TD]50 [TD]1998
[TD]Dodgers[/TD] [TD]Shawn Green [TD]49 [TD]2001
[TD]Senators/Twins[/TD] [TD]Harmon Killebrew [TD]49 [TD]1969
[TD]White Sox[/TD] [TD]Albert Belle [TD]49 [TD]1998
[TD]Rockies[/TD] [TD]Larry Walker/Todd Helton [TD]49 [TD]1997/2001
[TD]Angels[/TD] [TD]Troy Glaus [TD]47 [TD]2000
[TD]Astros[/TD] [TD]Jeff Bagwell [TD]47 [TD]2000
[TD]Rays[/TD] [TD]Carlos Pena [TD]46 [TD]2007
[TD]Expos/Nationals[/TD] [TD]Alfonso Soriano [TD]46 [TD]2006
[TD]Royals[/TD] [TD]Jorge Soler [TD]45 [TD]2019

Centerfield
Sep 26 2019 08:03 AM
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Most of the time I find it hard to believe that a Met has actually hit 50 HRs. Other times I find it surprising that no one in our history has ever randomly gone off for 50. Like it would be totally Mets for the record to be held by Butch Huskey or Richard Hidalgo and never have that guy hit more than 20 HRs again. Let's hope that's not the case with Pete.

I also remember thinking that the Mets first no-hitter would result in a loss.

41Forever
Sep 26 2019 08:24 AM
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Interesting that Andruw Jones has the Braves' record. Fulton County Stadium was known as a launching pad. Then again, players in the 1970s were leading the league with under 40 homers.

G-Fafif
Sep 26 2019 08:27 AM
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Any conceivable total Pete concludes with will be wonderful. Hard to ask for more than 51 (all I ever wanted was 42), especially knowing it's tied the NY NL record held by Johnny Mize and Willie Mays. But as long as we're asking...

52: Ties Judge for rookie record; matches Foster, which was THE PINNACLE for any fan growing up in the '70s. Nobody had hit 50 home runs in twelve years and nobody would hit 50 home runs for another 13 years. It was such an aberration, yet it didn't seem crazy, because Foster was so dangerous (if only the Mets could get a guy like that).

53: Sets new rookie record, elbowing aside some dopey MFY; tops Foster, which isn't a thing, exactly, but on the Monday night following the last game of the 1977 season, I recall hearing Jonathan Schwartz on WNEW-AM reading that night's scores, which didn't exist (theater of the mind; he was a Red Sox fan missing baseball), and noting that in the Cincinnati game, "George Foster has hit No. 53," and for a couple of seconds I believed it.

54: Matching Ralph Kiner's highest total would be beautiful. I found myself during the season thinking how much Ralph would have enjoyed talking about Pete and missed Ralph all over again.

55 and over: Too much to ask for with four games to go, but we'll take it.

Willets Point
Sep 26 2019 09:30 AM
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I'd really like to see him match Ralph (and David and Jose).

Benjamin Grimm
Sep 26 2019 09:33 AM
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Even if he stops at 51, I'll be more than satisfied. 51 is a pretty cool number, because at a glance it looks like a prime number, but it isn't!

seawolf17
Sep 26 2019 10:14 AM
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I want him to go 5-for-5 tonight with five home runs.

Willets Point
Sep 26 2019 12:10 PM
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Jeter & Mattingly have a Yankees record to defend so Alonso will probably walk 5 times tonight.

Edgy MD
Sep 26 2019 12:21 PM
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=Centerfield post_id=22987 time=1569506587 user_id=65]Like it would be totally Mets for the record to be held by Butch Huskey or Richard Hidalgo and never have that guy hit more than 20 HRs again. Let's hope that's not the case with Pete.

I have great pause that this guy is only a few at-bats away from going full-blown Chris Davis every time he chases that low outside slider for strike three.

I kind of hate myself for not enjoying his run more than I have.

Edgy MD
Sep 26 2019 12:25 PM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:

Even if he stops at 51, I'll be more than satisfied. 51 is a pretty cool number, because at a glance it looks like a prime number, but it isn't!

But it is a Størmer number and a Motzkin number.

[fimg=500]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/90/70/9a/90709ad3988c885795d45ed66c1ab65e.jpg[/fimg]

G-Fafif
Sep 27 2019 05:34 PM
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There was Carlos Torres.

There was (and sort of is) Yoenis Cespedes.

And now there is Pete Alonso (Game 160).

Shove over, Judge.