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Edgy MD
Mar 22 2020 07:35 PM

Four Mets in today's array at baseball-reference.com

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kcmets
Mar 22 2020 07:50 PM
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Rusty!

Fman99
Mar 22 2020 07:54 PM
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Damn, that was the only one I knew.

Frayed Knot
Mar 22 2020 08:10 PM
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Lower left = Cuddyer

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 22 2020 08:23 PM
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Richie Ashburn in box #1.

Edgy MD
Mar 22 2020 08:32 PM
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So far, so good. The last one played nicely for the Mets, but nonetheless, was on the wrong end of a lopsided trade.

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 22 2020 08:45 PM
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Is that Hojo the Rockie?

Benjamin Grimm
Mar 22 2020 09:01 PM
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That Minnesota Twin on the lower right looks somewhat familiar.

And the Houston Astro, I think, is Don Wilson, Jack Benny's former announcer. I remember that image from a 1973 baseball card, I think.,

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 22 2020 09:23 PM
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I think that the last Twin is Bert Blyleven.

Edgy MD
Mar 22 2020 09:28 PM
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The Rocky is not HoJo, but he is our final Mets face.

A Boy Named Seo
Mar 23 2020 08:30 AM
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Is that Brian Bohannon?

Edgy MD
Mar 23 2020 08:41 AM
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Not Boho. But interestingly, this guy's two tenures in Coorsland came something like immediately before and immediately after Brian's.

While you're working on that one, this array (we'll call it group B) appeared last night featuring two Mets plus one forum member:

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Group C hit the mat this morning, featuring but one Met, although there was also one Mets coaching-staff-member type.

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Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 23 2020 08:55 AM
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Leiter in the Blue Jays hat

edit: nevermind.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 23 2020 08:57 AM
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Matlack and Frank Howard in Group C

kcmets
Mar 23 2020 09:09 AM
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Matlack's head just jumps out, doesn't it?

Straw #1 in Obvious B Group

kcmets
Mar 23 2020 09:14 AM
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Is last pic in B Good Ol' Ty W?

Edgy MD
Mar 23 2020 09:27 AM
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Not Wiggum, but you're on to something.

Still missing our fourth Met in Group A, and our second Met and forum member in Group B.

Lunchmeats swept Group C very nicely.

Benjamin Grimm
Mar 23 2020 09:48 AM
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The "forum member" clue finally clicked for me. The smiling Expo with the mustache is Steve Rogers.

Benjamin Grimm
Mar 23 2020 09:48 AM
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And is the grizzled Diamondback Bruce Bochy?

Edgy MD
Mar 23 2020 10:15 AM
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It kind of looks like him, but I don't think it is, as he never managed the Diamondbacks.

kcmets
Mar 23 2020 10:34 AM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:

The "forum member" clue finally clicked for me. The smiling Expo with the mustache is Steve Rogers.

Classikc clue!

Last one in A is killing me even with cheating.

Edgy MD
Mar 23 2020 10:55 AM
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A pair of clues on that guy: spent half a season as a Met and wore a fuzzy, well-trimmed goatee during this period, and I think, for most of his career. That caterpillar mustache wasn't his usual look.

Frayed Knot
Mar 23 2020 12:49 PM
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B9 is Tyler Clippard

Did his picture take longer to load than the others?

Benjamin Grimm
Mar 23 2020 12:52 PM
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I don't even recognize the cap that he's wearing.

Frayed Knot
Mar 23 2020 01:10 PM
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I think that might be Columbus from back when he was a MFY farmhand.

seawolf17
Mar 23 2020 01:34 PM
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The RockieMet in A is Steve Reed.

Edgy MD
Mar 23 2020 01:43 PM
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There you go. We have a member of the Reed Section coming forward to accept his prize.

We still have an unidentified Met in Group C.

Edgy MD
Mar 23 2020 01:48 PM
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And only one Met in Group D:

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kcmets
Mar 23 2020 02:26 PM
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My gut says one of the B&W pics but I'll throw a dart at #1 and say K-rod.

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 23 2020 03:04 PM
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That's Jim (or Jimmy, if you prefer) Piersall in the next to last box.

seawolf17
Mar 23 2020 06:15 PM
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And Pat Tabler in the Blue Jays hat on the top row, no?

(edit: No, scratch that. Rance Mulliniks.)

seawolf17
Mar 23 2020 06:17 PM
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=kcmets post_id=33939 time=1584995179 user_id=53]
My gut says one of the B&W pics but I'll throw a dart at #1 and say K-rod.

#1 is the incomparably-named Ugueth U. Urbina.

edit: Fuck. No it's not. I suck at this game.

Edgy MD
Mar 23 2020 08:37 PM
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#1 is Alex Gonzalez. Not that one, the other one.

The Blue Jay is Ernie Whitt.

But BML wins the points with his peerless identification of Jimmy Piersall, seen here in a tan that would make Phillip Evans proud. Still missing a Met in Group B. If it helps, the photo shows him with out his distinctive eyewear. Another hint: Like Steve Reed, he was a deadline addition who spent approximately 1/3 of a season with the team.

Let's review C:

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Alex Gonzalez | Eddie Watt | Ernie Witt | Stan Williams | Mark Mulder | Travis Jackson

Carl Hubble | Bill Freehan | Goose Goslin | Russ Meyer | Jimmy Piersall | Sam Leever

And let's introduce Group D a contingent with two Mets, for your guessing pleasure:

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Benjamin Grimm
Mar 23 2020 08:45 PM
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I recognize Thurman Munson and Don Drysdale, neither of whom were Mets. Asdrubal Cabrera was never a Tiger, was he?

The third guy on the top row looks like he should be wearing one of those hats with a cup of beer on either side.

Fman99
Mar 24 2020 04:59 AM
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I think group D includes Tony Clark, ex Met and current MLB labor honcho, second row, fourth photo.

Edgy MD
Mar 24 2020 06:10 AM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
The third guy on the top row looks like he should be wearing one of those hats with a cup of beer on either side.

Not only are you correct, but you've identified the first of our two mystery Mets! Only, you did it without identifying identifying him, so you get no points, but I bet it feels pretty good!

=Fman99 post_id=33966 time=1585047586 user_id=86]I think group D includes Tony Clark, ex Met and current MLB labor honcho, second row, fourth photo.

Ask Fman how he feels, because he's ON THE BOARD!

seawolf17
Mar 24 2020 06:39 AM
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The guy in the Red Sox hat on the top row of D is The Dad From Family Ties.

batmagadanleadoff
Mar 24 2020 06:53 AM
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The Indian is Ken Sanders.

Edgy MD
Mar 24 2020 07:55 AM
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HOLY FUCKING SHIT you're good.

We're still missing a Group B Met:

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Get that and we can move on.

HahnSolo
Mar 24 2020 08:51 AM
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Edgy MD wrote:

HOLY FUCKING SHIT you're good.

We're still missing a Group B Met:

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Get that and we can move on.

I thought Frayed Knot got the group B Met with Tyler Clippard. Or is there somebody else?

Edgy MD
Mar 24 2020 09:15 AM
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I missed that. Bully to him.

I guess he was playing for for Columbus or Charlotte or Chatanooga. Or maybe it was his offseason barnstoming team, Clippard's Clippers.

Group E should be fast. Two Mets.

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Benjamin Grimm
Mar 24 2020 09:23 AM
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Noah Syndergaard, obviously. And that guy to his left seems to be a Met, but I can't place him. I do recognize Fred Lynn.

TransMonk
Mar 24 2020 09:28 AM
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Bautista

kcmets
Mar 24 2020 09:34 AM
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Lol, Bautista and his five o'clock shadow.

Edgy MD
Mar 24 2020 10:35 AM
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Three Mets here. One answer per post.

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Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 24 2020 11:01 AM
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I see JayPay

Benjamin Grimm
Mar 24 2020 11:04 AM
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And Cabrera.

Edgy MD
Mar 24 2020 11:13 AM
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Yes to Payday. No to Druby.

Benjamin Grimm
Mar 24 2020 11:14 AM
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I seem to think that everybody looks like Asdrubal Cabrera.

kcmets
Mar 24 2020 11:32 AM
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I've seen Del Unser in every set and he wasn't even a Met long.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 24 2020 11:32 AM
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Ramos

TransMonk
Mar 24 2020 11:57 AM
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Harold Reynolds never played for the Mets, but I think he spent abut 6 days as an analyst on SNY.

Edgy MD
Mar 24 2020 12:11 PM
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Ramos

You da bombos.

Harold Reynolds never played for the Mets, but I think he spent abut 6 days as an analyst on SNY.

I can give you a point on that.

One more Met from Group E.

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Johnny Lunchbucket
Mar 24 2020 12:53 PM
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Tony Fernandez for the block

HahnSolo
Mar 24 2020 01:28 PM
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Pete Harnisch as an Astro?

Benjamin Grimm
Mar 24 2020 02:52 PM
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Jerry Koosman in the lower right. I also recognize Ken Griffey Sr. The guy above Koosman... Dominic Smith? I'm so bad at recent faces.

Frayed Knot
Mar 24 2020 02:55 PM
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Carl Everett

Edgy MD
Apr 02 2020 10:39 PM
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Four Mets.

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batmagadanleadoff
Apr 03 2020 12:58 AM
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The first and last guys are eezy-peezy. Kenny Rogers is the red-hatted Ranger.

seawolf17
Apr 03 2020 05:26 AM
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John Valentin is the Sock on the bottom row.

I got nine of these guys, which is definitely the most I've ever gotten.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Apr 03 2020 05:48 AM
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Fonz

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 03 2020 07:08 AM
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I think I recognize Andy Pettite, John Montefusco, and Bobby Mercer.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Apr 03 2020 07:19 AM
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#3 was the little known Little Rascals character, Stinky

kcmets
Apr 03 2020 07:37 AM
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Lol ^^^

Edgy MD
Apr 03 2020 08:22 AM
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=seawolf17 post_id=34603 time=1585913205 user_id=91]
John Valentin is the Sock on the bottom row.

I got nine of these guys, which is definitely the most I've ever gotten.

Have you checked your work yet?

Edgardo Alfonzo | Smead Jolley | Harry Gaspar | Kenny Rogers | Stan Musial | Josh Hamilton

LaMarr Hoyt | Bobby Murcer | John Valentin | John Montefusco | Andy Pettitte | Roberto Alomar

I'm guessing a lot of cocaine was consumed by this contingent.

Benjamin Grimm
Apr 03 2020 08:30 AM
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I can't believe I didn't recognize Smead Jolley.

seawolf17
Apr 03 2020 12:30 PM
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Damn. I should have gotten Hoyt. That would have been ten.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 03 2020 12:42 PM
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Are we supposed to be trying to identify all of the faces, or just the one-time Mets?

Johnny Lunchbucket
Apr 03 2020 01:05 PM
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I demand more featured faces

seawolf17
Apr 03 2020 07:35 PM
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

I demand more featured faces

Current twelve are Terry Leach, Max Scherzer, Mariano, and nine black-and-white guys from the turn of the century. Maybe next cycle.

batmagadanleadoff
Apr 03 2020 07:42 PM
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

I demand more featured faces

Current twelve are Terry Leach, Max Scherzer, Mariano, and nine black-and-white guys from the turn of the century. Maybe next cycle.

That's Nellie Fox next to Scherzer. Good luck with the old old timers.

Edgy MD
Aug 24 2020 10:57 AM
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Two Mets.

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Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 24 2020 12:45 PM
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Dillon Gee in the Texas hat?

Appier the Angel?

Edgy MD
Aug 24 2020 12:54 PM
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Oh-for-two.

One of them is right up your alley.

ashie62
Aug 24 2020 01:14 PM
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Darin Erstad

Edgy MD
Aug 24 2020 01:19 PM
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You are correct that undercover angel Darin Erstad is one of the featured faces, but he was never a Met.

kcmets
Aug 24 2020 01:22 PM
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Asdrubal is number six.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 24 2020 01:24 PM
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I wanna say the Dodger was a Met, the other Pedro Martinez

kcmets
Aug 24 2020 01:28 PM
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Choo Choo #10?

kcmets
Aug 24 2020 01:40 PM
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=kcmets post_id=44488 time=1598296972 user_id=53]
Asdrubal is number six.

I mean number seven.

Frayed Knot
Aug 24 2020 01:45 PM
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The Dodger in slot #1 looks like Pedro Martinez because it's Ramon Martinez.

Now is that Scott Schoenweiss behind door #9?

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 24 2020 01:46 PM
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I knew I recognized that guy

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 24 2020 01:47 PM
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That this feature went on hiatus for the whole of COVID crisis is a crime

kcmets
Aug 24 2020 01:56 PM
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=kcmets post_id=44490 time=1598297324 user_id=53]Choo Choo #10?

I mean #12, there are twelve pics and my brain saw ten. Laugh amongst yourselves.

MFS62
Aug 24 2020 02:18 PM
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The Fillie is the picture of Robin Roberts we saw every year in Who's Who in Baseball.

Later

Edgy MD
Aug 24 2020 03:20 PM
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Asdrubal is number six.

Younger, skinnier, happier, long-haired Asdrubal is correct!!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:
I wanna say the Dodger was a Met, the other Pedro Martinez

You're so hot, you're cool.

Choo Choo #10?

Good guess, as Chooch did toil briefly for the Phils, but it's not him. That guy (#12, actually) kind of looks like Dilson Herrera to me.

Asdrubal is number six.
I mean number seven.

The judges gave you the benefit of the doubt.

Frayed Knot wrote:
The Dodger in slot #1 looks like Pedro Martinez because it's Ramon Martinez.

Pat Zachry!!

Frayed Knot wrote:
Now is that Scott Schoenweiss behind door #9?

Could you imagine being on The Price Is Right, giving up cash to choose a door, and behind that door is Schott Schoeneweis?

No, that guy isn't Schoeny. In fact, thanks to ashie, we've already established that our Angel is Derwood Erstad.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:
I knew I recognized that guy

Sure, you recognize Dodgers, but not Mets. I always knew you were a Wilpon.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:
That this feature went on hiatus for the whole of COVID crisis is a crime.

Back off, Jeffy. This was a Covidian feature and went on hiatus later.=kcmets post_id=44495 time=1598299013 user_id=53]

Choo Choo #10?
I mean #12, there are twelve pics and my brain saw ten. Laugh amongst yourselves.

It's OK, Gramps. It can happen to anybody.

=MFS62 post_id=44496 time=1598300324 user_id=60]The Fillie is the picture of Robin Roberts we saw every year in Who's Who in Baseball.

Later
Well, there are two Phillies, but yeah.

So far, we've ID'd more non-Mets than Mets.

LWFS
Aug 24 2020 10:21 PM
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#4 Joaquin Benoit?

kcmets
Aug 25 2020 05:30 AM
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The missing Met is hard (if my digging around UMDB proves correct). A hint might

be, this is a job for MFS or moleman?

Edgy MD
Aug 25 2020 07:27 AM
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It's really for any in this forum. We all know his ass.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 25 2020 07:33 AM
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Up my alley + MFS62 would know... Tom Sturdivant in the W cap

Edgy MD
Aug 25 2020 08:16 AM
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No, I don't think MFS has any special advantage with regard to this guy.

The problem is, though he's recognizable, we all know a guy who looks and acts just like him. He's a lot of fun in your freshman dorm until maybe that third beer, and then you don't even want to be in the same room as him. You really want him on your side in pickup basketball, because even though he's guaranteed to put up a few bricks every game, he goes really hard in the paint, and he can match up against players a few inches taller than him, just sticking to them like glue and wearing them out.

But he's a little to quick to fight, and you kind of steered clear of him full-time after sophomore year when you realized the way he talks about women is way too rapey, and he talks about women, like, a lot.

I'm not saying our mystery Met is this guy, but he kind of looks like this guy, who is, sadly, everywhere, so you can see him at Costco or H.E. Butt and not realize until later, Holy shit! That guy was a Met!!

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 25 2020 08:22 AM
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It's that guy in the [CROSSOUT]Rangers [/CROSSOUT] Rays cap, obviously.

It's not Ty Wigginton but it's a guy like him

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 25 2020 08:27 AM
Faces split

Is it Justin "I Hit A Shocking 3-Run Home Run Off Madison Bumgartner And The Mets Managed To Lose Anyway*" Ruggiano?

*-these details may not be not accurate

MFS62
Aug 25 2020 08:31 AM
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Edgy MD wrote:

No, I don't think MFS has any special advantage with regard to this guy.

I think the MFS62 and OldMole comment was age related. He knew we were watching back then.

I drew a blank on Sturdy and I can't remember what I had for breakfast, either.

Later

kcmets
Aug 25 2020 08:33 AM
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Edgy MD wrote:

It's really for any in this forum. We all know his ass.

Since I was wrong I'll divulge the guess was Piersall in the five slot.

Three-beer asshole... hmmm...

Edgy MD
Aug 25 2020 08:45 AM
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

It's that guy in the [CROSSOUT]Rangers [/CROSSOUT] Rays cap, obviously.

It's not Ty Wigginton but it's a guy like him

Now we're getting somewhere.

Edgy MD
Aug 25 2020 08:50 AM
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Three-beer asshole... hmmm...

It wouldn't even be three complete beers either. It would be just the cracking of the third round and suddenly you're like, "Whoah, Mike is looking to throw down."

But his name isn't Mike, and as much as I compare him to Mike, as far as I know, he's had no violent marks on his record, though he has had a blowup with a manager.

For what it's worth, I've dropped a less esoteric hint in there as well.

Edgy MD
Aug 25 2020 09:03 AM
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Is it Justin "I Hit A Shocking 3-Run Home Run Off Madison Bumgartner And The Mets Managed To Lose Anyway*" Ruggiano?

*-these details may not be not accurate

I found this accidentally left behind in another thread. Not Justin.

Stand by for an alternative picture of him.

Edgy MD
Aug 25 2020 09:11 AM
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Here we go. Sometimes it's not the face that rings a bell.

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metsmarathon
Aug 25 2020 09:13 AM
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if its an ass, it must be john rocker.

Edgy MD
Aug 25 2020 09:15 AM
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We're looking for a Met.

Edgy MD
Aug 25 2020 09:20 AM
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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Is it Justin "I Hit A Shocking 3-Run Home Run Off Madison Bumgartner And The Mets Managed To Lose Anyway*" Ruggiano?

*-these details may not be not accurate

The other crazy thing about that game is that Bummy hit a homer off of Jake deGrom. It was part of a run of three straight, sub-deGromian starts that ended his season earlier and lead to the ulnar nerve surgery at the end of 2016.

Fman99
Aug 25 2020 09:22 AM
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If we're looking at butt shots maybe it's Heath Bell. I seem to recall some hiney talk about him.

kcmets
Aug 25 2020 09:22 AM
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I just know I'm gonna be crying in my Slurpee when the Met is IDd.

Number two is killing me, it's like I've played darts with that guy.

Edgy MD
Aug 25 2020 09:37 AM
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=Fman99 post_id=44536 time=1598368921 user_id=86]
If we're looking at butt shots maybe it's Heath Bell. I seem to recall some hiney talk about him.

AND ... WE HAVE A WINNER!! Thank you all for playing!

Frayed Knot
Aug 25 2020 09:44 AM
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Of the four Heath Bell shots available on his BB-Ref page, the only one I'd recognize as him is the main one, the 'in action' shot of him as a Padre.

He looks all generic in the others.

Edgy MD
Aug 25 2020 11:08 AM
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If we score this as five points for a non-Met (since folks seem to be keen on identifying those as well), three points for a Met, a two-point bonus for any black-and-white photos, and a one-point deduction for a missed guess, the standings look like this:

[list=1]
[*]Benjamin Grimm: 34

[*]batmagadanleadoff: 18

[*]Frayed Knot: 13

[*]Johnny Lunchbucket: 8

[*]Transmonk: 8

[*]Fman99: 6

[*]kcmets: 6

[*]ashie62: 5

[*]mfs62: 5

[*]Seawolf17: 5

[*]HahnSolo: 3

[*]A Boy Named Seo: -1

[*]LWFS: -1
[/list]

I confess that The Thing was able to pad his lead using compound answers, something I hadn't been enforcing back in the spring. But I'll enforce now. NO multiple answers in a post, no answering in consecutive posts. Yadda-yadda-yadda.

While we are now giving points for naming non-Mets, all rounds will be considered closed once all Mets have been identified.

I'll launch one more round for today, but otherwise, one round per day, so I can breathe the free air.

This set has but one amazin' Met. Remember, once he is identified, the round ends. So if you want the big points of the non-Mets, identify them first. If you don't want others to get those big points, block them by identifying the Met, and ending the round.

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Benjamin Grimm
Aug 25 2020 11:15 AM
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I can tell which one is the Met easily enough, but I'm not sure of his identity, so I'll go with one I do recognize. Fourth from the left, top row, Ron Blomberg.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 25 2020 11:25 AM
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Oyster Burns, lower left

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 25 2020 11:26 AM
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Larry Walker, top row, second from right

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 25 2020 11:26 AM
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Juan Pierre, next to Oyster Burns

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 25 2020 11:29 AM
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Speaking of Oyster, Amazon informs me ONCE UPON A TEAM is now available for the bargain price of $0.00 on your kindle!

Edgy MD
Aug 25 2020 11:39 AM
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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
I can tell which one is the Met easily enough, but I'm not sure of his identity, so I'll go with one I do recognize. Fourth from the left, top row, Ron Blomberg.

+5

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Oyster Burns, lower left

+7

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Larry Walker, top row, second from right

No consecutive answering. -1

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Juan Pierre, next to Oyster Burns

You're so unrepentant. -1, but I should dock you more for repeated violations.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Speaking of Oyster, Amazon informs me ONCE UPON A TEAM is now available for the bargain price of $0.00 on your kindle!

Cheap at twice the price.

[list=1]
[*]Benjamin Grimm: 39

[*]batmagadanleadoff: 18

[*]Frayed Knot: 13

[*]Johnny Lunchbucket: 13

[*]Transmonk: 8

[*]Fman99: 6

[*]kcmets: 6

[*]ashie62: 5

[*]mfs62: 5

[*]Seawolf17: 5

[*]HahnSolo: 3

[*]A Boy Named Seo: -1

[*]LWFS: -1
[/list]

kcmets
Aug 25 2020 11:45 AM
Re: Featured Faces

Bressoud #10?

Fman99
Aug 25 2020 11:48 AM
Re: Featured Faces

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:

Speaking of Oyster, Amazon informs me ONCE UPON A TEAM is now available for the bargain price of $0.00 on your kindle!

Oh snap! Bought it! I hope you still get paid.

Edgy MD
Aug 25 2020 11:52 AM
Re: Featured Faces

Bressoud #10?

Not Crazy Eddie.

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[*]Benjamin Grimm: 39

[*]batmagadanleadoff: 18

[*]Frayed Knot: 13

[*]Johnny Lunchbucket: 13

[*]Transmonk: 8

[*]Fman99: 6

[*]ashie62: 5

[*]kcmets: 5

[*]mfs62: 5

[*]Seawolf17: 5

[*]HahnSolo: 3

[*]A Boy Named Seo: -1

[*]LWFS: -1
[/list]

kcmets
Aug 25 2020 11:58 AM
Re: Featured Faces

This thing is rigged, get me Hutz on the horn!

Edgy MD
Aug 27 2020 08:28 PM
Re: Featured Faces

We're still looking for the Met behind Door #3.

https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/screen-shot-2020-08-25-at-11.39.13-am.png>

Come on, Met fans. This is very disappointing. C'est très décevant!

kcmets
Aug 27 2020 08:40 PM
Re: Featured Faces

It's the Giant #10, can't place it. Or not, I'm never wrong sometimes.

Edgy MD
Aug 27 2020 08:49 PM
Re: Featured Faces

No, it's totally #3.

kcmets
Aug 27 2020 09:20 PM
Re: Featured Faces

I know, just funnin'. With those ears, split front teeth and scraggly beard

you'd think he'd jump off the screen.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 27 2020 10:01 PM
Re: Featured Faces

The Mets can get a black eye from anything

Frayed Knot
Aug 28 2020 03:19 AM
Re: Featured Faces

#3 is Mr. Double State Capital: Austin Jackson

Edgy MD
Aug 28 2020 05:57 AM
Re: Featured Faces

Oh, thank heavens. Somebody saw a 2018 Mets game.

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[*]Benjamin Grimm: 39

[*]batmagadanleadoff: 18

[*]Frayed Knot: 16

[*]Johnny Lunchbucket: 13

[*]Transmonk: 8

[*]Fman99: 6

[*]ashie62: 5

[*]kcmets: 5

[*]mfs62: 5

[*]Seawolf17: 5

[*]HahnSolo: 3

[*]A Boy Named Seo: -1

[*]LWFS: -1
[/list]

Edgy MD
Aug 28 2020 06:19 AM
Re: Featured Faces

The random shots on the front page of baseball-reference are clearly weighted to give us more than a fair share of high-profile players, so I'm going to try once to generate a truly random set on my own, and we'll see how folks fare.

I suspect, poorly.

1.https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202007270/images/headshots/7/7aa72d4b_sabr.jpg> 2.https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202007270/images/headshots/c/c0897bfc_mlbam.jpg> 3.https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202007270/images/headshots/4/426d34b7_sabr.jpg> 4.https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202007270/images/headshots/e/eae588a7_davis.jpg> 5.https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202007270/images/headshots/8/85dc1aee_davis.jpg> 6.https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202007270/images/headshots/7/78012e58_sabr.jpg>

7.https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202007270/images/headshots/3/3162c844_sabr.jpg> 8.https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202007270/images/headshots/3/39a2c73d_mlbam.jpg> 9.https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202007270/images/headshots/8/8a5992c9_sabr.jpg>10.https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202007270/images/headshots/6/62e1164b_sabr.jpg>11.https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202007270/images/headshots/b/b823bf07_sabr.jpg>12.https://www.baseball-reference.com/req/202007270/images/headshots/8/8e168b1b_sabr.jpg>

If anything, that batch is far harder than I suspected it would be, so scoring this round is increased by a factor of 10. (Just don't cheaty-cheat.)

Zero Mets there, by the way.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 28 2020 07:44 AM
Re: Featured Faces

7. Pete Browning

Edgy MD
Aug 28 2020 07:54 AM
Re: Featured Faces

7. Toad Ramsey, Louisville Colonels, St. Louis Browns, 1885-1890.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 28 2020 08:05 AM
Re: Featured Faces

My next guess would have been Chicken Wolf, who was also an 80s Louisvillian

whippoorwill
Aug 28 2020 08:07 AM
Re: Featured Faces

8. Opie Taylor representing Fuller Brushes

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 28 2020 08:09 AM
Re: Featured Faces

I'll just throw a guess that 1 is Dummy Hoy

Edgy MD
Aug 28 2020 08:12 AM
Re: Featured Faces

=whippoorwill post_id=44907 time=1598623651 user_id=79]
8. Opie Taylor representing Fuller Brushes

Opie is one of, I think, only two active players in the array.

8. Matt Ramsey, reliever, 2019 Angels. ONE career inning.

Benjamin Grimm
Aug 28 2020 08:15 AM
Re: Featured Faces

8. Matt Ramsey has an ugly beard. If he does something about it, he may get another inning or two.

Edgy MD
Aug 28 2020 08:31 AM
Re: Featured Faces

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:
I'll just throw a guess that 1 is Dummy Hoy

I'm guessing you mean WILLIAM Hoy, you unreconstructed hate-machine.

1. Charlie See, outfielder, Cincinnati Reds, 1919-1921.

Not a long career, but he got a World Championship share (though he didn't appear in the series) when the White Sox tanked in 1919.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 28 2020 08:39 AM
Re: Featured Faces

The No. 5 guy looks like Ross Jones but he was a former Met so it's prolly not him

Edgy MD
Aug 28 2020 11:29 AM
Re: Featured Faces

5. Don Crow, c, Dodgers, 1982. Four trips to the plate over four games, never reaching base, and whiffing four times. He did, however, catch one would-be base-stealer in five attempts against him.

You're right, however, about Ross Jones similarly rocking a real squirrelly mustache.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Aug 28 2020 12:00 PM
Re: Featured Faces

I feel like we should recognize #4. Joe Vitko

Edgy MD
Sep 08 2020 09:04 PM
Re: Featured Faces

Two Mets present. Feel free to name any others for big scores, but the round ends when we get our two Metsies.

https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/featured-faces-1png.png>

LWFS
Sep 08 2020 09:26 PM
Re: Featured Faces6

3: Haranggggg6

6. Tony Pena

10. Mr. Gwynn

Edgy MD
Sep 08 2020 09:36 PM
Re: Featured Faces

Sheesh. Show a little class. One answer at a time.

Where were you raised, anyhow?

Edgy MD
Sep 28 2020 07:03 PM
Re: Featured Faces

With all the ballplayers in MLB history, how do you end up having two shots of Mike Hargrove in a single array of a dozen portraits?

https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/screen-shot-2020-09-28-at-8.59.03-pm.png>

Frayed Knot
Sep 28 2020 07:10 PM
Re: Featured Faces

I noticed that minutes ago and was just about to post the exact same thing.

I wasn't sure whether to count that score as a 5 (I also got Maris, Strasburg, and Toriii) or a 4 since counting Hargrove as a right answer twice seems like cheating.

ashie62
Sep 28 2020 07:41 PM
Re: Featured Faces

3 Roger Maris

Edgy MD
Sep 28 2020 07:59 PM
Re: Featured Faces

Thanks for playing. Wasn't planning on scoring that array, though.

Edgy MD
Oct 10 2020 03:43 PM
Re: Featured Faces

Here's a good one. Twelve faces. Three Mets.

Feel free to name non-Mets for higher scores, but the round ends when our three Mets are in the bag.

ONE guess per post. NO consecuguessing.

https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/screen-shot-2020-10-10-at-5.21.11-pm.png>

Johnny Lunchbucket
Oct 10 2020 05:13 PM
Re: Featured Faces

Adrian Gonzalez

ashie62
Oct 10 2020 05:17 PM
Re: Featured Faces

Mike Schmidt

Fman99
Oct 10 2020 08:29 PM
Re: Featured Faces

Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 10 2020 08:38 PM

OE: Guessed an already guessed guess

Johnny Lunchbucket
Oct 10 2020 08:32 PM
Re: Featured Faces

Trot Nixon is the Bosock ( the white one)

Fman99
Oct 10 2020 08:40 PM
Re: Featured Faces

#3 is Yankee shit-ass Tom Tresh.

Edgy MD
Oct 10 2020 09:26 PM
Re: Featured Faces

Nice work.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Oct 10 2020 09:37 PM
Re: Featured Faces

I'm gonna risk it all, Alex, and say that's Mike Remlinger in the Braves cap

Edgy MD
Oct 11 2020 04:46 AM
Re: Featured Faces

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:
Adrian Gonzalez

The AG is correct, pulling you into a tie for third.

Mike Schmidt

I gave Lunch the benefit of the doubt that he was looking at window #2, and so I'll give you the same grace that you were referring Schmidty in Window #9. Yes, of course. You get the five points that were sitting on the tee, rocketing you into fifth.

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:
Trot Nixon is the Bosock ( the white one)

I always mix up Trot Nixon with Troy O'Leary, and there they are in one array, and you get three more points, leapfrogging into second place.

#3 is Yankee shit-ass Tom Tresh.

That's five shit-ass points for you, leaving you in fourth shit-ass place!

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote:
I'm gonna risk it all, Alex, and say that's Mike Remlinger in the Braves cap

Good guess, but that is not Remi. And the second place standing that was yours alone is now yours to share!

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[*]Benjamin Grimm: 39

[*]batmagadanleadoff: 18

[*]Frayed Knot: 16

[*]Johnny Lunchbucket: 18

[*]Fman99: 11

[*]ashie62: 10

[*]Transmonk: 8

[*]kcmets: 5

[*]mfs62: 5

[*]Seawolf17: 5

[*]HahnSolo: 3

[*]A Boy Named Seo: -1

[*]LWFS: -1
[/list]

Edgy MD
Oct 11 2020 03:22 PM
Re: Featured Faces

As Elvis Costello said to Paul McCartney, however, you were correct to pick my Brave face.

https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/screen-shot-2020-10-10-at-5.21.11-pm.png>

Johnny Lunchbucket
Oct 12 2020 07:23 AM
Re: Featured Faces

Greg McMuffin

Edgy MD
Oct 12 2020 07:50 AM
Re: Featured Faces

You're on the right track. We are indeed looking for a recidivist Met.

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[*]Benjamin Grimm: 39

[*]batmagadanleadoff: 18

[*]Frayed Knot: 16

[*]Johnny Lunchbucket: 17

[*]Fman99: 11

[*]ashie62: 10

[*]Transmonk: 8

[*]kcmets: 5

[*]mfs62: 5

[*]Seawolf17: 5

[*]HahnSolo: 3

[*]A Boy Named Seo: -1

[*]LWFS: -1
[/list]

Frayed Knot
Oct 28 2020 05:45 AM
Re: Featured Faces

FF this morning features a complete array showing only current Dodgers.

Nice touch.

kcmets
Oct 28 2020 06:39 AM
Re: Featured Faces

For entertainment purposes only, not part of ongoing competition...

http://www.thecranepool.net/images/dodgerff.png>

Frayed Knot
Oct 28 2020 06:51 AM
Re: Featured Faces

And that's a different array than the one I saw just an hour ago, so it looks like everyone on the team is going to get his [CROSSOUT]day[/CROSSOUT] 30 minutes(?) in the sun today.

Edgy MD
Oct 28 2020 07:39 AM
Re: Featured Faces

Good opportunity to name our recidivist Met!

Fman99
Oct 28 2020 07:18 PM
Re: Featured Faces

Well I don't wanna be the guy who puts this whole thing to bed, so, #9 is Mookie Betts.

Edgy MD
Oct 28 2020 07:53 PM
Re: Featured Faces

We're looking for a Met (besides Trot Nixon and Adrian Gonzalez) in this array.

https://metsrostercentral.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/screen-shot-2020-10-10-at-5.21.11-pm.png>

Edgy MD
Oct 29 2020 09:15 PM
Re: Featured Faces

Hintaroonie: Our mystery face belongs to a plaer who played post-season ball for the Mets.

Johnny Lunchbucket
Oct 30 2020 03:46 PM
Re: Featured Faces

It's obviously that guy in the Braves hat, who looks like a releif pitcher to me. I gonna damage my score further by guessing Mike (not Giancarlo) Stanton

Edgy MD
Oct 30 2020 04:37 PM
Re: Featured Faces

Stan-tone wasn't a two-time Met. Nor did he appear in the playoffs for the Mets.

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[*]batmagadanleadoff: 18

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[*]Johnny Lunchbucket: 16

[*]Fman99: 11

[*]ashie62: 10

[*]Transmonk: 8

[*]kcmets: 5

[*]mfs62: 5

[*]Seawolf17: 5

[*]HahnSolo: 3

[*]A Boy Named Seo: -1

[*]LWFS: -1
[/list]