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Why him? Why today?
Edgy DC Jun 05 2007 09:26 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jun 06 2007 10:00 AM |
More investigating the UMDB Most Popular Lookup reasons.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 06 2007 09:58 AM |
The logs offer no insight regarding Bud Harrelson's popularity on June 4. (Sometimes the Google search words offer a clue. Not this time, though.)
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Edgy DC Jun 06 2007 10:01 AM |
Date: 6/5
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Willets Point Jun 06 2007 10:43 AM |
I'm hoping Billy Wynne has a really good day sometime soon.
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Frayed Knot Jun 06 2007 11:00 AM |
Bud winning the day today would make more sense.
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Elster88 Jun 07 2007 10:40 AM |
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That's what I figured.
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Centerfield Jun 07 2007 10:58 AM |
Ron Darling won yesterday. I'm guessing it's because of the clips they showed on SNY. Plus he was sitting behind the batter during the game.
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Willets Point Jun 07 2007 11:07 AM |
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That must've annoyed the catcher and the ump.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 09 2007 07:58 AM |
Yesterday's win was the 121st for David Wright.
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Elster88 Jun 09 2007 08:59 AM |
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I never figured out why.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 12 2007 08:54 AM |
Ed Kranepool with a win on June 11. Perhaps because he was the answer to SNY's Aflac Trivia Question.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 12 2007 12:29 PM |
For some reason I can't determine, a lot of people are Googling Ed Glynn today.
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Edgy DC Jun 12 2007 12:33 PM |
Like you need a reason to Google Ed Glynn.
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Willets Point Jun 12 2007 12:34 PM |
I just Googled Ed Glynn for no good reason.
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 12 2007 12:35 PM |
I guess that proves it then.
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Willets Point Jun 12 2007 12:37 PM |
Nice simulpost Edgy.
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Edgy DC Jun 12 2007 12:47 PM |
Flushing Flash:
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Lundy Jun 12 2007 05:56 PM |
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Anthony of the "Opie and Anthony" radio show mentioned this morning that his mother briefly dated Ed Glynn back in the day...
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 12 2007 06:29 PM |
And there it is!
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Benjamin Grimm Jun 20 2007 06:37 AM |
Huge number of hits yesterday for David Cone. Not as big as if he'd robbed a jewelry store or flew a plane into a building, but about as big as if he'd beheaded a cat. The logs show a lot of searches on phrases like "caught in the act" and "caught in the bullpen."
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Edgy DC Jun 20 2007 06:40 AM |
I sense that "beheading the cat" will soon be a new euphemism for wanking.
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seawolf17 Jun 20 2007 07:51 AM |
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[url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=schoenfield/070619]Baseball's Unbreakable Records[/url], as per ESPN.
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Edgy DC Jun 29 2007 10:29 AM |
Date: 6/28
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 04 2007 08:12 PM |
Early explanation of the likely July 4 leader:
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 05 2007 10:48 AM |
UMDB traffic today is well below the summertime average. I guess a lot of people are off from work, and those who are in front of a computer probably are trying not to think about the Mets on the day after a 17-7 loss and a three-game sweep.
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Edgy DC Jul 05 2007 10:55 AM |
A greater question is whether Bruce Boisclair's Independence Day victory will catapult him back toward the top twenty.
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 05 2007 11:12 AM |
I'm afraid that Bruce would need a month filled with Independence Days in order to get back into the Top Twenty.
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Edgy DC Jul 05 2007 11:22 AM |
Wright is 15th and Reyes 43rd?
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G-Fafif Jul 05 2007 03:44 PM |
How much looking up of David Wright can one fan base do in one season? Not that UMDB shouldn't be the fast 'n' first source for all Met biography, but after a while, wouldn't everybody who needs to know something about David Wright have gleaned it already? He's kind of a mass-market paperback open book.
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 07:25 AM |
Joe Torre's win on July 18 was, surprisingly, his first ever.
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Edgy DC Jul 19 2007 07:50 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 19 2007 08:09 AM |
Randy Jones
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metirish Jul 19 2007 07:53 AM |
Todd Zeile.
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 07:53 AM |
Randy Jones: NO
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 07:55 AM |
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No.
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Edgy DC Jul 19 2007 07:59 AM |
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I really rallied in the late innings there.
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 08:03 AM |
Still missing two guys from the current decade, two World Series participants, two guys who never made the playoffs, two teammates of Ed, and the big time award winner.
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TheOldMole Jul 19 2007 10:09 AM |
Another unlikely to be broken record -- AL outfielder Rick Bosetti, who set himself the goal of peeing in every outfield in the AL, in fair territory, during a game.
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TheOldMole Jul 19 2007 10:12 AM |
A check in [url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Rick_Bosetti]Baseball Reference[/url] reveals that he managed to christen every big league ballpark, including the NL ones, although his NL career was brief -- and, oddly, at the beginning of his major league tenure.
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seawolf17 Jul 19 2007 11:03 AM |
Is the major award winner Jon Matlack?
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metirish Jul 19 2007 11:05 AM |
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A dubious record,why ever would he do such a thing...amazing.
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sharpie Jul 19 2007 11:06 AM |
Cal Koonce
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Johnny Dickshot Jul 19 2007 11:12 AM |
Can't be Matlack, since the clue indicates he won the award for another team. That guy is Jeff Kent!
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 11:13 AM |
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No. The major award was won while the player was with another team.
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 11:14 AM |
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No and no.
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Johnny Dickshot Jul 19 2007 11:16 AM |
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 11:17 AM |
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No, no, no, and no. Kent, in 77th place, has four wins. Swan won once and McEwing three times. Wiggy has never won the day, but he's not in the top ten. Of the six remaining guys, two are pitchers, four are not.
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 11:18 AM |
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Ewww. That is weird! I wonder where I got that from.
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seawolf17 Jul 19 2007 11:20 AM |
Ah, details. Sometimes I don't do so much reading.
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 11:23 AM |
Orel would have been correct if we were doing Top Twenty. (He's at number 16.)
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 11:27 AM |
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Oops: A correction. We're still missing THREE World Series guys. The original count was six and we've accounted for Millan, Ventura, and Knight. Both of the current decade guys are World Series guys. The award winner is a never-in-the-postseason guy. One of Ed's remaining two teammates played in the World Series. The other never hit the postseason.
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DocTee Jul 19 2007 11:29 AM |
Melvin Mora
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 11:31 AM |
Not Melvin Mora. Never won the day, but too far down on the list.
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DocTee Jul 19 2007 11:34 AM |
Roberto Alomar?
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 11:46 AM |
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Nope.
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Johnny Dickshot Jul 19 2007 11:51 AM |
withdrawn. I don;t even get the question
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HahnSolo Jul 19 2007 11:56 AM |
Turk Wendell
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 12:10 PM |
Wendell, no. Viola... YES!
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sharpie Jul 19 2007 12:41 PM |
Mike Hampton
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HahnSolo Jul 19 2007 12:49 PM |
Rick Reed
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 12:53 PM |
Not Rick Reed. And Hampton just missed.
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metirish Jul 19 2007 12:58 PM |
Bobby Jones.
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 01:07 PM |
1.
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 01:10 PM |
Four remaining: one current decade guy (who played in a World Series), two non-playoff guys, and two teammates of Ed Kranepool (one of whom also played in a World Series).
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seawolf17 Jul 19 2007 01:13 PM |
Agbayani?
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 01:16 PM |
Ding!
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sharpie Jul 19 2007 01:27 PM |
Ron Swoboda
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 01:36 PM |
No, not Swoboda.
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seawolf17 Jul 19 2007 01:37 PM |
Grote?
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seawolf17 Jul 19 2007 01:38 PM |
<--- Wayne Garrett?
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HahnSolo Jul 19 2007 01:42 PM |
Cleon Jones
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 01:42 PM |
1.
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DocTee Jul 19 2007 01:59 PM |
Joel Youngblood.
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sharpie Jul 19 2007 02:02 PM |
Dave Kingman
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 02:04 PM |
1.
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 02:05 PM |
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Oops, missed this one. No, not Cleon. We have all of our World Series guys.
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DocTee Jul 19 2007 02:06 PM |
Todd Hundley
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 19 2007 02:08 PM |
And we're done!
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Elster88 Jul 21 2007 12:13 PM |
Marlon Anderson was yesterday's.
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Elster88 Jul 21 2007 12:15 PM |
Thing, do you have any interest in posting the all-time list from 1 to 815? I have an interest in reading it. The above poll piqued my curiosity. And other cool stuff like who has the most daily wins. I wish I ran your website.
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 23 2007 09:19 AM |
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Okay, since you asked. Keep in mind that daily totals have only been tracked since April 2003. If I had been tracking them since the UMDB's inception in early 1999, Mike Piazza would probably have a much higher total. So, to a lesser degree, would Tommie Agee and John Milner. (They would have received the "death benefit" that Donn Clendenon, Tug McGraw, Rod Kanehl and maybe a few others did.)
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Edgy DC Jul 23 2007 09:32 AM |
Greg Goosen won a day?
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 23 2007 09:39 AM |
Even more surprising is that Brian Daubach has won three times and Carlos Delgado hasn't even won once.
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Elster88 Jul 23 2007 05:35 PM |
Great stuff, thanks YSG. How about a popularity ranking from 1 to 815?
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Benjamin Grimm Jul 26 2007 04:56 AM |
Brent Gaff, currently in 412th place, got his first daily win yesterday, thanks, I'm sure, to Keith Hernandez talking about him in the SNY booth last night.
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Elster88 Jul 26 2007 09:45 PM |
I was just going to ask who the fuck Brent Gaff was after browsing UMDB.
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Nymr83 Jul 26 2007 10:09 PM |
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he said "I want everyone to turn on their computers and Google Keith Gaff tonight"
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Benjamin Grimm Aug 12 2007 08:20 AM |
August 11: Danny Napoleon wins big, thanks to a link from FoxSports.com:
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MFS62 Aug 12 2007 08:48 AM |
I once discussed Brent "Willy" Gaff with Steve Schryver (who was Mets Director of Minor League Player Development.
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Edgy DC Aug 14 2007 11:04 AM |
Poor Danny wins again today.
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