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First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz
| Edgy MD Oct 12 2021 01:12 PM |
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A kwiz to fill in gaps during the offseason. Name Mets who were first round picks.
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| seawolf17 Oct 12 2021 01:14 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Frayed Knot Oct 12 2021 01:15 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| seawolf17 Oct 12 2021 01:25 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 12 2021 01:29 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 12 2021 01:29 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Seawolf hits the board first with a Mets #1 overall pick! Six points with a chance for 10 more!
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| seawolf17 Oct 12 2021 01:40 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Lefty Specialist Oct 12 2021 01:54 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 12 2021 01:55 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 12 2021 01:55 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Ten points can be tough booty to corral, and so that question stays on the board. Good news is that there is no negative for getting a bonus wrong.
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| Lefty Specialist Oct 12 2021 01:57 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 12 2021 02:00 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Lefty Specialist Oct 12 2021 02:03 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 12 2021 02:05 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Lefty Specialist Oct 12 2021 02:06 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 12 2021 02:07 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Frayed Knot Oct 12 2021 02:13 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 12 2021 02:19 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 12 2021 02:21 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 12 2021 02:27 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 12 2021 02:43 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Frayed Knot comes in low.
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| Gwreck Oct 12 2021 02:43 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 12 2021 02:50 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 12 2021 02:54 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 12 2021 02:59 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Frayed Knot Oct 12 2021 03:15 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 12 2021 03:18 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 12 2021 03:50 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Gwreck Oct 12 2021 07:47 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 12 2021 08:52 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Just noticed this rule. Cap'n David Wright.
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| seawolf17 Oct 13 2021 09:22 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Five.
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 13 2021 09:35 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Frayed Knot Oct 13 2021 09:40 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 13 2021 09:44 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 13 2021 10:15 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 13 2021 10:40 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Let's get back to work!
Five is too low! No bonus for you.
Benji gets himself a six-pointer! Tim was the number-one overall pick taken by the Mets in 1968. Ben's Bonus Question: How many players who won a championship ring with the Red Sox also played for the Mets, if only briefly?
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 13 2021 11:10 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 13 2021 11:11 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 13 2021 11:19 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Grimm comes up short in the Sox KNOWLEDGE. The answer is more than four.
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| ashie62 Oct 13 2021 11:48 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 13 2021 12:50 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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This is correct for three points! Your Lefty Specialist Bonus Question: Who Is the earliest MLB first-round draft pick that is still active (or at least was at the end of the 2021 season)?
That's three more Grimm points to add to your kitty! Your Ben Grimm Bonus Question: Which first-round-selected Major Leaguer, who ultimately became a Met, had the shortest Mets career?
This is correct, for five points! I'm curious about your style. Why are your answers being submitted with elipses after them? IS THERE TEXT WE AREN'T SEEING?! Your SECOND Lefty Specialist Bonus Question: In 2016, Daulton Jefferies was the Oakland A's first round draft pick. Which former Met is his uncle??
Some of us start early. MMM is one of those, and THAT IS CORRECT FOR THREE POINTS! Your Marshmallow Milkshake Bonus Question: How many times did Ron Darling pinch-run in his career?
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 13 2021 01:07 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Wild guess here... Jeff Conine?
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| Edgy MD Oct 13 2021 01:12 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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No, and I actually phrased that incorrectly. So I'll give you another shot.
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 13 2021 01:31 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 13 2021 01:40 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 13 2021 03:06 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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I am going to guess 12 times. (This is not scientific. it was his uniform number and his first number, 44, is too high.) My next guess: Tom Veryzer!
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| Edgy MD Oct 13 2021 03:56 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 13 2021 08:46 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Lefty is clearly delayed by the devastation of having two HIGH VALUE questions on the board at once. But lest I let proceedings grind to an ABSOLUTE halt, I've continued to score. Unfortunately, that means Lefty has to juggle one more question (though not the two more that he was looking for).
Matlack is correct. He is our first #1 draft pick to flourish. This gives you three additional points putting you, at the time of this posting, within one point of the lead! Lefty's new bonus question (and our first to be repeated!): How many Mets first rounders were born in New York state?
As noted, the judges consider this to be a consecupost, and have disallowed it.
Mazzilli indeed! Who needs five tools when you can have three and a half, with a bonus plate discipline tool! You're on the board with three points! Johnny Lunchy's bonus question: How many Mets were #1 overall draft picks?
The Milkshake knows. The Milkshake exclaims! Milkman's bonus question: Which year's draft has thus far produced the first round that has included the most future Mets?
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| Fman99 Oct 14 2021 05:24 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 14 2021 07:01 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 14 2021 07:03 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 14 2021 07:40 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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You're coming in high.=Fman99 post_id=79752 time=1634210643 user_id=86] When it comes to draft pick lore I am utterly retarded. |
| Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 14 2021 07:56 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Bonus question answer: I'm going to guess 1974. Those bad late 1970s and early 1980s Mets teams were filled with last chances and "take-a-flyer" guys, and it seems like players drafted in the early 1970s would have progressed and been given up on by the later years.
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| Edgy MD Oct 14 2021 08:39 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 14 2021 09:00 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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I'm loving this kwiz, though the bonus questions are maybe a little over the top. I think Butch Huskey was a first rounder. At least, he was a can't-miss guy until he actually did miss.
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| Edgy MD Oct 14 2021 09:06 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Oh man, I can't wait to give you a bonus question.
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| ashie62 Oct 14 2021 01:09 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 14 2021 07:55 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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It strikes me that this question may well have a different answer before this kwiz is komplete.
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| ashie62 Oct 14 2021 09:54 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Frayed Knot Oct 15 2021 09:56 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| ashie62 Oct 15 2021 01:04 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 15 2021 01:43 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Please consider being discreet with regard to answering each other's bonus questions out loud. That could work against your interests, or the interests of an innocent third party.
This is correct for three points! Your Lefty Specialist Bonus Question: Who Is the earliest MLB first-round draft pick that is still active (or at least was at the end of the 2021 season)?
This is correct, for five points! Your SECOND Lefty Specialist Bonus Question: In 2016, Daulton Jefferies was the Oakland A's first round draft pick. Which former Met is his uncle??
Matlack is correct. He is our first #1 draft pick to flourish. This gives you three additional points putting you, at the time of this posting, within one point of the lead! Lefty's new bonus question (and our first to be repeated!): How many Mets first rounders were born in New York state?
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| Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 16 2021 06:23 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 16 2021 08:52 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Still trying to proceed while we discover the whereabouts of Lefty Specialist.
Good work staying with 1980, Baby! Three points and the lead for you! Your Bonus Question: How many father/son combinations shared first-round draft pick status? These are father/son pairs (Metly or not) that were each drafted in the first round of the MLB draft.
You're always in the game with Notre Dame! Three points and welcome to the board! Your Bonus Question: What date marked the first appearance of a first-round draft pick in a Mets uniform?
Correct! A first rounder and an almost unheard-of two-time minor league player of the year honoree. Your Bonus Question: What city has the largest Francophone metropolitan area?
And the third of the three in-house 1980 selections comes off the board! Your Bonus Question: How many Mets who were Rookie of the Year winners, no matter which team they were with when they won it? I don't have time to show the updated display of the all-time tables, but her are your scores.
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| Gwreck Oct 16 2021 09:13 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Tempted to go with “June 1965” but I'll guess they did not have the draftees wear the jersey on on draft day like they do now. So…wild guess…April 15, 1967??
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| Johnny Lunchbucket Oct 17 2021 05:06 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Uh, 14
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| Edgy MD Oct 17 2021 06:08 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 17 2021 06:24 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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You are effing with me. You are so effing with me. You want me to say Montreal, right? But I'm almost certain it isn't Montreal. 4 million in the Montreal area, and I think Paris is larger than that. But I don't think it's Paris, either. Dakar, Senegal.
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| Lefty Specialist Oct 17 2021 11:31 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Owwww! Stop poking me!!!!!
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| Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 17 2021 02:00 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 17 2021 02:33 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 17 2021 08:07 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Sorry! Spent the day on the road, and cleaning out my Mom's old place.
I like your logic and commitment to the question, but not quite. Dakar has the sixth-largest Francophone metro area. I'm glad to see you alive and well.
That's 10 bonus points for you!! Waino was drafted with the 29th pick of the 2000 draft. He is technically a 20th century ballplayer.
How the DICK did you get that one?! That's, like the hardest question in a not-easy batch of questions! Are you a ... what's the word? .... a cheat? A mountebank! Because that's another 10 points and an impressive lead for you!!
You can't get 'em all, can ya? The correct answer is more than four.
I haven't quite gotten there yet.
The correct answer is ... more than two!
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| Edgy MD Oct 20 2021 09:47 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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The second overall pick taken in the 1973 draft, courtesy of the Phillies. It took 17 rounds for him to go in the stupid, stupid NFL draft. This is five points for you, moving you squarely into fourth place!!! We spin the wheel of 50 bonus questions, and … amazingly, you get another repeat question! What city has the largest Francophone metropolitan area?
Royce Ring is currently a Mets pitching coach and was once the return on a trade by the Mets of Hall-of-Fame second baseman (and currently mysteriously banished from MLB employment) Roberto Alomar. He was also a #18 overall pick by the White Sox, and that means five points for you!! This deposes Chad ochoseis from his brief reign as fourth-place holder, and it earns you an exciting bonus question! Your bonus question: How many siblings of 1986 Mets were drafted by an MLB team?
You know how to pick ‘em. You get five, rather than three, points for naming a Met first-rounder selected by another organization, and you get an extra three points for naming a #1 overall pick. Eight points! That's enough to bounce you into fourth place (our third change in that position in a row!), and you can get even more if you correctly answer a bonus question! Your bonus question: What date marked the first appearance of a first-round draft pick in a Mets uniform? (I'm pretty sure that's come up before, but hey, answer it correctly, and you'll never have to see again!)
Chad, depressed about falling out of fourth, is not ashamed to take a big ol' bite o' some low-hanging fruit. That three-point EXPLOSION not only knocks you back into a tie for fourth, but really gets things jammed up in the pack behind leader Lefty Specialist, with five players sitting within three points of each other. But you, Chad, you don't want not three points. You're here for the bonus money! Your bonus question: How many Mets were MLB Rookie of the Year winners, no matter which team they were with when they won it? (Another returning question? Another returning question!) Let's see that scoring!
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| Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 21 2021 04:16 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 21 2021 11:10 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 21 2021 11:26 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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So here's how we're doing the bonus questions: We have fifty. We spin the wheel and whatever comes up, comes up. As folks answer any questions correctly, I've been adding new onez to keep the number at fifty.
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| Gwreck Oct 21 2021 02:49 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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I got this bonus question last time, and was told my guess of April 15, 1967 was “too early.” So…how about April 15, 1968?
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| Edgy MD Oct 21 2021 02:57 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 21 2021 03:03 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 21 2021 03:35 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 21 2021 09:07 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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I skipped this answer earlier, and I shouldn't have, because it's GOOD FOR FIVE POINTS AND SECOND PLACE! Another bonus question for Chad: Which year's draft featured three consecutive first rounders who ultimately got to be Mets?
This answer provided endless handwringing back at headquarters, as we reviewed rule number three.
Randall K. was a number-one pick in the now-extinct June secondary phase back in 1982, reserved for a constricted pool of players who had already been drafted but were not signed. This was indeed a supplemental draft under Rule 3 above, so we cannot allow this as a correct answer. This draft did, however occur in June, and we can understand how the final sentence under Rule 3 might be taken as conflicting information. There will therefore be no section of one point from Ben's score. Going forward, however, be forewarned. Supplemental and secondary phases dinna count, even if they are in June.
No such handwringing was necessary in scoring this one. Ike was the Mets' top draft pick in 2008, and his name gives you three points! This pulls you into a tie for third, as four players jockey with only two points separating them! Your bonus question Is good ol' #41: Which Mets first-round draft choice (not necessarily a Met) was the first such draftee to receive a bonus valued at over a million dollars in 2021 figures? We're looking for a guy who didn't necessarily get a million dollars at the time, but after adjusting for inflation and cost of living, it's 2021 equivalent would totally be over a million dollars. Mets! Economics! Math! Good luck!
Ocho is so ON in this quiz that he gives zero shits about names and goes right for the nicknames! We should give him a nickname-based trivia question! Anyhow, he's right for three points, breaking further away from that third-place pack! Your bonus question: Who was the first US first lady with a formal education? (Click a section of the chart below to see a larger version of that portion of the chart.) Here's the scoreboard:
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 22 2021 11:24 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 22 2021 12:37 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 23 2021 02:31 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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We have two bonus questions still on the board, both for the same competitor.
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| Edgy MD Oct 25 2021 01:22 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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The judges turned in a few more scorecards while we wait to see if the Knot is still participating.
We've got to at least get our Sandy Alderson #1's all on the board and Brandon was Sandy's #1 #1! Three points for you! This pulls you away from the field and toward the leaders, giving you some breathing room in sole possession of third! Your bonus question: Who ended George Brett's 30-game hitting streak in 1980?
A giant of a pick by a giant of an organization, Zack's trade to the Mets allowed Carlos Beltran to go west and do what he does, going a Beltranian .323 / .369 / .551 // .920 down the stretch for the 2011 Giants, who somehow missed the playoffs anyhow. But your post is about Zack Wheeler, and Zack's status as a San Francisco first rounder has earned you five points and pulled you within seven points of the lead!! Your bonus question: Which first round, before 2017, produced the lowest average career bWAR among all draftees?
Ashcroft gets on the board with Humbelina, who threw one complete game in his whole career and it was a perfecto! Your bonus question: Which team, besides the Mets, drafted and signed the most future Mets in the first round?
Veryzer well done! The Detroit Tigers made Tom the #11 overall pick in 1971, and hat's five points for you and 37 years after his last game (and seven years after his early death), TV is still helping win games, garnering five points for you and boosting you out of the cellar into seventh place, where all the cool kids hang out. Your bonus question: How many players drafted in the first round by the Mets retired without ever playing for them?
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 25 2021 01:24 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Ummm.... Goose Gossage?
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| Edgy MD Oct 25 2021 01:42 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Benjamin Grimm Oct 25 2021 01:50 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 25 2021 02:07 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 25 2021 03:22 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Out of the basement!
Making some assumptions here, I'm guessing you are saying guys who went to the minors but didn't get to the majors with the Mets, as opposed to guys like Kumar Rocker, who didn't play at all in the Mets system --which would be a trick question. So, in 56 years, knowing most of these guys with the Mets don't make it, I'm guessing 30 of the 56.
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| Edgy MD Oct 25 2021 04:01 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Making some assumptions here, I'm guessing you are saying guys who went to the minors but didn't get to the majors with the Mets, as opposed to guys like Kumar Rocker, who didn't play at all in the Mets system --which would be a trick question. So, in 56 years, knowing most of these guys with the Mets don't make it, I'm guessing 30 of the 56. |
| Frayed Knot Oct 26 2021 07:13 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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I'll go with five. The brothers of Keith, Ronnie, Mookie ... and probably two others I don't know about.
So this is a guy who was drafted by the Mets but didn't necessarily play for them, as opposed to one who played for them but wasn't necessarily drafted by them?
Oh good, I get to incorporate the rate of inflation over multiple years, or maybe even multiple decades, into my answer! Do I get time to get an Economics degree first or do you need the answer sooner?
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| Edgy MD Oct 26 2021 09:15 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 26 2021 10:04 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 27 2021 07:43 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Well, Kumar didn't retire, so we're really looking for first rounders who (a) failed to graduate from the minors, or (b) graduated from the minors only after moving on to another organization. Guessing 30 is coming in high. Nonetheless, keep in mind that the Mets have had more than 56 first-round draft picks, garnering multiple picks in some years. |
| Edgy MD Oct 27 2021 08:57 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Good guess, but the year we're looking for is later. The 1974 first round gave the world Dale Murphy.
I'm staying in the ballpark with 28. Darn you, Scott Kazmir and your ilk who played elsewhere! |
| Centerfield Oct 27 2021 09:04 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 27 2021 09:35 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Thank you for jumping in there and Gavining. The judges will have that scored just as soon as we catch up on these answers and folks lock in their bonus question responses!
You left out the “a” in his first name, but are damned correct about his draft status! (If only just!) TW went to Seattle with the 43rd overall pick in the 2010 draft, but still, technically, in the first round! This wins you five points and pulls you into a tie for sixth place! Third place is within your reach if you can answer your bonus question! We spin the wheel and assign you a bonus question: How many players who played for the Mets were #1 OVERALL picks? I believe you've already had this one, so here's a real chance for you to break the bank!
Yes, once upon a time, Braden Loop-de-doop was a high-value draft pick, and he's still paying dividends today by winning you five points! This helps you leapfrog Ben Grimm into third place! It also earns you to chance to win big points by answering a bonus question — not that you will! But the chance is there! Your unwanted bonus question is a repeater: Who was the first US first lady with a formal education?
I'm still trying to figure out the meaning of your second paragraph, but … YES! Rick Porcello! Evoking Rick's sweet name earns you five points and delivers you from the cellar!! ashie's bonus question: How many children or stepchildren of 1986 Mets were drafted by an MLB team?
Well-played! Joe Panik shared the distinction of going to the Giants in the first round along with Zack Wheeler. He went 29th overall in 2011, and you breathing his cognomen has enriched your score by five chips. This pulls you into a tie for fourth place! And that is a tie you can rocket out of if you can answer a bonus question! Lunchable bonus question: What city has the largest Francophone metropolitan area? THE RANDOMIZER KEEPS BRINGING US BACK TO THAT ONE!
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| metsmarathon Oct 27 2021 11:05 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 27 2021 11:24 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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=metsmarathon post_id=80287 time=1635354344 user_id=83]is there a list of incorrect guesses available for one such as myself who's late to the party? |
| Marshmallowmilkshake Oct 27 2021 12:17 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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DOH! I didn't realize we had to earn those. Pat Tabler!
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 27 2021 12:32 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| metsmarathon Oct 27 2021 01:07 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Chad ochoseis Oct 27 2021 05:41 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| metsmarathon Oct 27 2021 07:28 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Centerfield Oct 28 2021 08:30 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| metsmarathon Oct 28 2021 09:01 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Oct 29 2021 07:38 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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I missed this guess. Butch was a seventh-round pick in 1989 out of Eisenhower High in Lawton, OK. Minus one for you. "Can't miss" indeed! Butch ROCKED! You know how many picks from that round out-performed Butch Huskey that year? ONE! (And that one was Russ Springer of the Yankees, so you know he took PEDs.) Worry not! You are still firmly in second place!
Bobby V. Is not only honorable, but RIGHT honorable, and he was honored with the Dodgers' first pick (fifth overall) in 1968. That means five points for you! You have jumped from eighth to sixth! Less danger of relegation!
Gary might have been a first-rounder under other circumstances or other conditions. He was selected in the 11th round by Houston initially in 1965. When he didn't sign, Baltimore selected him in the first round of the January 1966 secondary phase. The Mets ultimately signed him as a third round pick in the supplemental stage of the 1967 June draft, but ultimately, he doesn't fit our criteria. A point lost, but nothing ventured, nothing gained!
Cheech gets you on the board! Five points for you! That's one point for every homer Cecchini hit in AA this season!
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ah crap. reggie jackson and willie stargell. speaking of hall of famers.... eddie murray.
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| Edgy MD Nov 03 2021 08:01 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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It will be, but you're sitting on a bonus question and a chance for big points!!
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I suspect the Mets didn't even have a hype machine before Doublepon came in! Even if they did, Steve Henderson came into the league as a Reds fifth-rounder, and no amount of hype was going to make the Seaver trade a popular one! While it is, however, true that Jon Matlack graduate from Nevada's [I]Henderson High School[/I], that answer will still get you NO POINTS! It will, however COST YOU ONE!
It's not only cool, it's GOOD FOR FIVE POINTS!! You can thank THE TEXAS RANGERS! Something else that is cool is you CLIMBING INTO SEVENTH PLACE with one bonus question answer separating you from THIRD!
Shawon Dunston is, of course, a Met who was a first-round draft pick, netting you three points! He's also a first-round draft pick from outside the organization, which nets you TWO EXTRA points! Finally, he's a #1 overall pick, which bumps up your score by THREE MORE POINTS! Such an answer is the HIGHEST-SCORING answer you can get without a bonus question! That's pretty good for someone who claims not to know how the game is played! And you know what you get now?! A BONUS QUESTION!
I can't say with certitude that what you're smelling is Cameron Maybin's draft status, but his status is in fact that of a FIRST-ROUNDER! Cameron went in the first round to Detroit back in 2005 and he's earning you five points in 2021! Know what makes foul smells go away? The sweet air of a tie for THIRD PLACE! And that air will smell all the sweeter if you can answer your BONUS QUESTION!!
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| Centerfield Nov 04 2021 11:54 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Nov 04 2021 12:40 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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I'm assuming that you just meant to grab this one question for quoting and your answer is ... 2? I hope I'm not wrong, because I'm not waiting for you to aver, because I'M TOO EXCITED TO WAIT! YOU ARE CORRECT!! You gain 10 points! You EXPLODE into THIRD PLACE!! Not only that! This is a magic BREAK-OPEN QUESTION!! You've correctly given us the number of Mets who were two-time first-rounders, but for five more points each, CAN YOU NAME THOSE TWO METS?!
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| Centerfield Nov 04 2021 01:27 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| metsmarathon Nov 05 2021 09:40 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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2019 is shaping up to be pretty first-roundery from the chart. i'll take the answer staring me in the face.
um... 1 speaking of 2019. marcus stroman.
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| Centerfield Nov 05 2021 01:08 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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metsmarathon was incorrect on 2019 being the number one-iest season in Mets history (too late) about one being the number 2008 Mets first round draft picks that never saw the show (too low), but BOTH WERE GREAT GUESSES!
As the game continues, broken-open questions, once missed, will become available for anyone to answer.
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| Edgy MD Nov 08 2021 08:00 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Please answer those hanging questions, competitors! The home audience is itching to see those cards turned over!
Candy went to the Buccos in the second round back in 1972, out of Brooklyn's LaSalle Academy. We like your thinking, but we'll still dock you a point!
Now [I]there's[/I] a low-hanging piece of goodeness, and it grants you three points! It also lifts you into a TIE FOR THIRD PLACE! But wait! There's MORE!
It takes a lot of wits to come up with BURNITZ! That's three points for YOU!! That allows you to jump up to sixth place, but that means FIRST PLACE IN YOUR FAMILY!! And that's before you tackle your RED-HOT BONUS OPPORTUNITIES!!
Port St. Lucie's own Rick Ankiel could pitch, he could hit, and he could play some outfield, but for some reason none of that was tantalizing enough in 1997 for any team to jump on his rights in the first round! SAD! And that's going to cost you a POINT! You remain in fourth, but you fall back into a tie with Johnny LUNCHBUCKET!!
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| Bob Alpacadaca Nov 09 2021 06:11 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| metsmarathon Nov 09 2021 06:24 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Bonus question 1. unless there's some obscure teuffel kid shuffling about out there that i don't know of.... stepkid preston wilson, one. ooh, ooh! preston wilson. regular guess. Bonus question 2. uhhh... preston wilson and ron darling
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| Edgy MD Nov 09 2021 06:49 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Chad ochoseis Nov 09 2021 08:27 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Nov 09 2021 08:39 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| metsmarathon Nov 10 2021 09:56 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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wait... '69 or '86?
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| Edgy MD Nov 10 2021 09:59 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Centerfield Nov 10 2021 10:20 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Name a name! Get in the game!!
There's always JB to add to your score with a chance for MORE! Five points for you gets you up to second place WITH A BONUS ON THE WAY!! Sorry. I must've been up late when I added this question to the list, because it's a doozy. But give it a shot, and then take a crack at the BROKEN-OPEN QUESTION!!
Lucky Lindy was born in Puerto Rico, but he went to high school in Monteverde, FL, and that allowed the Indians to pick him in the first round in 2011! BUT … Frayed Knot already correctly guessed The Lindberger back near the top of this question. I'll try to put together a list of correctly guessed names, as finding them all in that grid below is prolly a pain.
When you're cool, you're cool. And you've got FIVE COOL POINTS coming your way! That leapfrogs you into fourth with a crack at the BIG MONEY!
Speaking, indeed! But Steady Eddie apparently wasn't steady enough in high school to go above the third round! THAT'S A POINT OFF! BRUTAL! That drops you from second into a [I]tie[/I] for second! O, UNHAPPY DAY!!
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| Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 11 2021 01:42 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Nov 11 2021 05:24 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Juanito Cubo Del Almuerzo, you have some open bonus questions on the board, I believe.
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| metsmarathon Nov 12 2021 06:45 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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regular guess: matt harvey, who seems like the kind of guy to turn down a first round invite that wasn't quite good enough.
I'm reasonably certain that i don't think i know who bill mazer is. I'm also reasonably certain that bill mazer was in fact born three planets from the sun (sol), and within 100' of the solid parts of the surface of said planet. you can just give me my bonus points now. i'll wait.
matt harvey. robin ventura.
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| Edgy MD Nov 12 2021 07:50 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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The Amazing Bill Mazer was a legendary local New York sportscaster, as well renowned for his sports erudition as for his boring delivery. You're zooming in quite well. Give me the nation on that solid surface in which Mazer was birthed and five points will be yours.
Also good reasoning with Harvey, who had been first taken in round three by the Angels before the Mets grabbed him in a later year. No bonus points for him, but he will be tallied as your regular guess. Ventura was only drafted once.
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| Lefty Specialist Nov 12 2021 10:28 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Bob Alpacadaca Nov 12 2021 10:28 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Nov 12 2021 11:56 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Sure, it would be in keeping with the nickname "Amazing." If you get the question, we will be happy to consider "International Waters," "International Airspace," or "On Board an Orbiting Satellite" as responses.
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| Chad ochoseis Nov 13 2021 01:53 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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6 Keef & Bob Ojeda
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Saturday is Unanswered Bonus Question Day! Don't leave points on the table, folks! No penalties for answering wrong! There are kids in other forums STARVING for points!
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| Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 13 2021 04:16 PM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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[BLOCKQUOTE]Kumar Rocker reportedly had a Mets offer on the table for $6,000,000 before the Mets pulled the offer over concerns for his health. What Mets first rounder retains the title as the team's biggest first-round bonus baby?[/BLOCKQUOTE] Conforto
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Sadly, more than six players have brought a Sox championship ring to Queens, and sadly, Keith and Bobby are not our two draftees who were picked twice.\
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| Centerfield Nov 15 2021 10:03 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Marshmallowmilkshake Nov 15 2021 10:10 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Edgy MD Nov 16 2021 09:31 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Back in action and welcoming Bob Alpacadaca to the leaders' board.
Well, that's well played, because Tyner gets you within a point of third place, to where you had backslid! And you are within spitting distance fo the top! And you know how to keep going up — with your BONUS QUESTION!
Please note that Johnny Lunchbucket has been sitting on this question, and answering it correctly means you not only get big POINTS, but Johnny goes home empty-handed.
Somehow, Marcus' modest frame didn't scare off the big time scouts! At least, not the scouts for Toronto! And he didn't scare YOU OFF EITHER! And that's why you get FIVE POINTS!! And, OMIGOD! THAT MAKES YOU THE NEW LEADER BY A SINGLE POINT!! But wait … there's MORE!!
Now that's brain thinking. My main memory of Don Schultze was that, in his Mets debut, his uniform had been assembled so rapidly that his name instantly started peeling off of his back. You correctly recalled that he had been a first-rounder for the Cubs!! That's MORE THAN brain-thinkin'! That's FIVE-POINT brain-thinkin'! And a chance for MORE!!
Craig Swan's fond recollections at Shea include him getting a call from the daycare center to report that his daughter got a wad of bubble gum stuck in Preston Wilson's hair. Preston got the last laugh as he was eventually drafted in the first round by the team and young Ms. Swan went unselected! Wait, Preston didn't get the last laugh! You did! Because you get three points!! You also get a chance to put some space between you and the field by racking up BONUS points as you answer the following, but only after you give me a less JIVE-INTENSIVE answer to the Bill Mazer question!
Yes, a-MAZE-ingly, our random question generator generated the same random question TWICE IN A ROW!! Our judges and technicians have examined the instrument and ruled that everything in good, working, well calibrated condition!! So marathon and Al Paca had better hurry to beat the other to this question!
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Lots of movement, especially by late entry Bob Alpacadaca! Marathon is trying to run away and hide, but he never will if he doesn't answer that Bill Mazer question!!
As noted above, Eddie has been guessed. No points off for you, THIS TIME!!
Hubie amazingly got drafted SIX times, out of high school, junior college and Arizona State University. After turning down his first selection, the subsequent drafts were all secondary, but he was always a high pick. Ultimately he was waiting for a call from the Mets, who made his dream come true (AND YOURS!) when they picked him third overall in the 1978 draft! Three points! And bonus question FUN!
Harvey is correct! A first-round phenom out of UNC! For you, that means three points and THAT MUCH more distance between you and the rest of the FIELD! Plus, you know, a swing at that BONUS QUESTION ACTION!!
You're thinking outside the shrink-rap there! Rick had played forever, and had long since faded into part-time status, but somehow showed up on the Mets in 1991 and led them in games caught. Did a half-decent job, too! As did you for remembering that Rick had been a first rounder a generation earlier, and that's why you get FIVE POINTS! I'm not saying you should audition to be a member of RATT, but you are OUT OF THE CELLAR!! Plus, you've earned a chance at the BIG MONEY with this BONUS QUESTION!!
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| metsmarathon Nov 23 2021 06:30 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 23 2021 07:15 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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[BLOCKQUOTE]Bonus Question for: Johnny Lunchbucket from 11/22/2021 Joe PANIK
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| Edgy MD Nov 23 2021 07:20 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Come on! Answer one of your
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| Johnny Lunchbucket Nov 23 2021 07:23 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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[BLOCKQUOTE]Available Broken-Open Questions That You Are Additionally Invited to Answer Uh. Gary Gentry and John Stearns
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| Bob Alpacadaca Nov 23 2021 07:24 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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Out of the basement!
What do you call making Cincinnati players get up for early morning workouts? Red Dawn!
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| Edgy MD Nov 23 2021 07:27 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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| Bob Alpacadaca Nov 23 2021 07:33 AM Re: First-Round Fever: A Krane Pool Kwiz |
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I want more! I don't think anyone has guessed this high-number yet! 
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We're catching up on scoring some buttered bonus questions!
Well, that's just operating out of order. Answer the regular question first!! Under any circumstances, no, Brooks and Dunnie are not the two Mets drafted in the regular edition first round first. Hubie would be an excellent guess, generally, as he was drafted a whole bunch of times, but back then, once you opted not to sign the first time, you fell into a secondary draft pool. We're only looking for guys picked in the first round of the primary phase of the draft.
Assuming this is the "How many first rounders have been Mets?" question, this is a healthy guess but you're coming in high. The good news is that we have a high guess and a low guess on this question. We now have a finite range of possible answers.
Well that crosses out one of your chances to attempt that question, but you still have bonitos on the board, and with them, further passes at that two-timer question.
As noted earlier, THIS IS CORRECT!!! GO WOLVERINES!!! TEN POINTS TO YOU!!! Welcome to the middle of the pack!!
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