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Some final out of clinching games trivia

SteveJRogers Sep 13 2006 10:01 PM

Mets have clinched all their previous postseason apperances on the field and doing it defensivly, ditto with their LCS and WS apperances so the trivia questions are: A) Who was the Met opponent B) Pitcher on the mound C) Batter who made final out D) What play was it This is for the 1969 NL East 1969 NLCS 1969 WS 1973 NL East 1973 NLCS 1986 NL East 1986 NLCS 1986 WS 1988 NL East 1999 Wild Card Clincher 2000 Wild Card Clincher 2000 NLDS 2000 NLCS Bonus is same circumstances where the Mets clinched something in their last at bat 1999 Clincher to play in the Wild Card Play-In Game 1999 NLDS Clearly the majority of questions are beyond easy!

cooby Sep 14 2006 08:09 AM

Clearly the majority of questions are beyond easy! Oh, ho ho! Not for those of us with poor memories! :)

HahnSolo Sep 14 2006 08:57 AM

1969 NL East Shea V. St. Louis. Not sure who was on mound. Joe Torre 4-6-3 double play? 1969 WS Shea v. Baltimore. Davey Johnson fly to left (Cleon Jones). Koosman pitching. 1973 NL East Wrigley Field vs. Cubs. Tug on mound, ground out to John Milner at 1B. Don't know the batter. 1986 NL East Shea vs. Cubs. Gooden on mound. Chico Walker ground out. Backman to Hernandez 1986 NLCS Astrodome. Orosco strikes out Kevin Bass

seawolf17 Sep 14 2006 09:17 AM Re: Some final out of clinching games trivia

SteveJRogers wrote: 1999 Clincher to play in the Wild Card Play-In Game I know this because I was there, feeling the upper deck bounce like a set of fake bazooms(1): Brad Clontz, wild pitch to Mike Piazza, scoring Melvin Mora. And since nobody mentioned it yet, the '86 WS is obviously Jesse O striking out Marty Barrett. (1) Somers, Brett. (1975.) "Match Game 75." Hollywood, CA: Goodson & Todman.

TransMonk Sep 14 2006 10:59 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 15 2006 12:27 PM

If I remember correctly in 2000 they clinched the wild card they day after they got eliminated from the division, so even though they wrapped up the wild card spot (in a win against the Braves I believe), it still felt hollow to celebrate too hard after coming so close to the winning the division.

SteveJRogers Sep 14 2006 11:12 PM

Okay, answers are as follows: (Thanks to UMDB and Retro Sheet for dates and stuff I didn't know, or remembered) 1969 NL East 9/24 Shea Gentry on the mound, Joe Torre (Cardinals grounds into a 6-4-3 DP NLCS 10/6 Shea Ryan on the mound, Tony Gonzalez (Braves) grounds to third WS 10/16 Shea Koosman on the mound, Davey Johnson (Orioles) flies out to Left 1973 NL East 10/1 Chicago McGraw on the mound, Glenn Beckert (Cubs) Lines into a DP back to First NLCS 10/10 Shea McGraw on the mound, Dan Driessen (Reds) grounds out first to pitcher 1986 NL East 9/17 Shea Gooden on the mound, Chico Walker (Cubs) grounds out to second NLCS 10/15 Houston Jesse Orosco on the mound, Kevin Bass (Astros) Strike Out WS 10/27 Shea Jesse Orosco on the mound, Marty Barrett (Red Sox) Strike Out 1988 NL East 9/22 Shea Ron Darling on the mound, Lance Parrish (Phillies) Strike Out 1999 NL Wild Card Play In Tie Forcer Game 10/3 Shea Brad Clontz (Pirates) throws wild pitch, Melvin Mora scores winning run NL Wild Card Play-In Game 10/4 Cincinnati Leiter on the mound Larkin (Reds) Lines to 2nd NLDS 10/9 Shea Todd Pratt Solo HR off of Matt Mantei (Diamondbacks) 2000 NL Wild Card 9/27 Shea Benitez on the mound, Keith Lockhart (Braves) Strike Out NLDS 10/8 Shea Bobby Jones on the mound, Barry Bonds (Giants) Fly out to Center NLCS 10/16 Shea Hampton on the mound, Rick Wilkins (Cardinals) Fly out to Center[/url]