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KC Jan 18 2008 06:58 PM

I was messing around up top tonight and will be over the weekend. It's easier to keep it the way it is (not fully functional) than to switch it back. Thanks for your patience.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 18 2008 08:40 PM

I like it

AG/DC Jan 18 2008 09:12 PM

Gorgeous, but double-check Schaefer.

Benjamin Grimm Jan 19 2008 05:23 AM

It does look nice. The archives link, though, isn't current.

cooby Jan 19 2008 07:27 AM

That picture is wonderful!

metirish Jan 23 2008 08:37 PM

I've been wondering all day if that is Jeremy Burnitz, looks like him to me but the background people look from way back.

DocTee Jan 23 2008 08:54 PM

Rusty Staub. My daughter freaked me out...she pointed out what seems to be a profile of a man's face just above the right shoulder of the sunglass clad, white-haired fan to the right of the image. Now, like the FedEx arrow, that's all I see.

metsmarathon Jan 23 2008 09:34 PM

all i see is an airplane flying towards a skeleton wearing an suit and a white wig. its not sunglasses. its gaping eyesockets and no flesh! evil skeleton-fan, augh!

G-Fafif Jan 24 2008 03:42 PM

Loving the rotating pix!

KC Jan 24 2008 03:44 PM

That face did look a lot like a Burnitz grimacing swing. Speaking of grimaces ... Camera Carter.

AG/DC Jan 24 2008 05:32 PM

Cool. Is that from the '86 series? Is it possible to autorotate the images? Since you have those cool b/w photos, you might want to put some color in the framework.

metirish Jan 24 2008 05:43 PM

This is a great new feature, love it.

KC Jan 24 2008 06:10 PM

Thanks irish and fafif. AD: Cool. Is that from the '86 series? Yup © AD: Is it possible to autorotate the images? The original idea was to do a slide show, but the board doesn't seem to support the java applet that I'm familiar with using. An auto-rotate applet would probably run into the same conflicts. It's just as fun to just post a new pic of a top 100 Met every day -- for now. AD: Since you have those cool b/w photos, you might want to put some color in the framework We'll see, I'm just trying to mix things up a bit and some days I'm more in- terested than others. I kinda like the drab look, especially when I have the screen open at work.

Rockin' Doc Jan 24 2008 08:31 PM

Great job on the banner KC. I like seeing the diffeent pictures. The black and white pictures have a classic feel to them.

DocTee Jan 24 2008 08:55 PM

Personally, I prefer the stylized Shea we had last week.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jan 25 2008 06:33 AM

The blue at the top of the rectangle clashes badly with the blue of the background. Otherwise, dyn-o-mite

SteveJRogers Jan 27 2008 01:56 PM

Fix the link for the UMDB! I clicked on it and it is linked to Yancy Grimm's UMDB logo image.

KC Jan 27 2008 04:30 PM

Steve J Hacker strikes again.

AG/DC Jan 28 2008 05:49 PM

'Mando merely pawn in game of life.

KC Jan 28 2008 06:38 PM

I don't know what that means. I'll be randomly doing the top 50 first from the numeric ranks listing. I liked Armando more than most Mets' fans over the years ... then again, I didn't think Bonilla deserved (or Rey for that matter) a lot of the guff he got so I'm a hard case. Anyone who thinks Armando doesn't belong up top for a day should make their case in the rankings forum. He is #24, after all was said and done.

AG/DC Jan 28 2008 06:57 PM

I celebrate Armando.

themetfairy Jan 28 2008 07:17 PM

Mando signed autographs for my kids. So I'm not going to complain about seeing him in an FDNY cap.

A Boy Named Seo Jan 28 2008 07:32 PM

I dig how the photos look liked they're clipped from an old newspaper. Like it all around.

soupcan Jan 29 2008 07:02 PM

Who dat - Swan?

KC Jan 29 2008 08:05 PM

Yup©, I have 94 more of these ... maybe we should start a thread away from the the BttA forum.

metirish Feb 06 2008 05:15 PM

Absolutely love the Piazza picture.

Rockin' Doc Feb 06 2008 06:01 PM

metirish - "Absolutely love the Piazza picture." A Boy Named Seo - "I dig how the photos look liked they're clipped from an old newspaper. Like it all around." Rockin' Doc - "Great job on the banner KC. I like seeing the diffeent pictures. The black and white pictures have a classic feel to them." G-Fafif - "Loving the rotating pix!" We really need to work on our bitching! Our bitching suxx!

metirish Feb 07 2008 06:00 AM

Always good to heap praise on the Lord of the Manor.

Rockin' Doc Feb 07 2008 06:55 AM

Lord of the Manor would make a great handle for a poster.

metirish Feb 07 2008 07:01 AM

I'm sure we have a WASP or two that could use it...

metirish Feb 09 2008 06:54 AM

Nice touch with the tribute picture.

cooby Feb 15 2008 06:27 PM

Nice John Milner pic

Rockin' Doc Feb 15 2008 08:03 PM

It's Hammer time!

soupcan Feb 26 2008 07:19 AM

That looks like Flynn but the uni doesn't seem right? Is it the Gold Glover?

KC Feb 26 2008 08:51 AM

It's Flynn, I'll have to look at the the source I cropped it from and take a better look at the uniform. For CPF purposes, I try and leave off as much of the jersey logo, patches, and the hat NY's to keep it not too Metly. Also, I was doing only the top 50 for awhile but now I've expanded it to the top 100 to keep things a little more interesting.

metirish Feb 26 2008 09:34 AM

When will you start taking requests?

KC Feb 26 2008 05:54 PM

Here's the whole picture plucked from The New York Mets Encyclopedia by Peter C. Bjarkman. I don't really remember snow-white unis from the late 70's, but I suppose I don't remember many details about the late 70's.

SteveJRogers Feb 26 2008 06:09 PM

That is a Met grey road uni from 1974-1977. Photo comes from Chicago since all the photos in the book are from George Brace out of Chicago.

KC Feb 26 2008 06:17 PM

Thanks, they look pretty white to me. There are some AP photos and others too, but you're right it is predominately 'Brace Photo' in the credits.

SteveJRogers Feb 26 2008 06:23 PM

KC Feb 26 2008 06:36 PM

That's a cool cover. The guy that is selling it is selling off his Ryan collection and calls it RYAN with SEAVER, HUNTER, TIANT. Uh.

SteveJRogers Mar 02 2008 05:15 PM

In the words of Men At Work, who can it be now? Is that Kong?

KC Mar 02 2008 05:33 PM

Nah, we did Kingman already ... This guy's batting lefty.

SteveJRogers Mar 02 2008 05:44 PM

I'm surprised you didn't call me SteveJGetYourEyesChecked.

KC Mar 02 2008 05:58 PM

Don't be SteveJMartyr.

SteveJRogers Mar 02 2008 06:00 PM

I'm not, I'm just surprised you missed the opportunity.

cooby Mar 02 2008 06:23 PM

Boswell

cooby Mar 10 2008 07:10 PM

was I right?

KC Mar 13 2008 05:14 PM

boom boom

cooby Mar 13 2008 06:26 PM

Enthralled. Please leave it there a while!

Rockin' Doc Mar 17 2008 05:23 AM

Why does KC have a picture of Dave Winfield on the header? When I first glanced at the picture of Bobby Bonilla, my initial impression was that it looked like Winfield. It took me a moment to realize that it was Bonilla. It's not like the two of them would normally be easy to confuse for one another. Does anyone else note the resemblance or do I need to have my eyes examined?

AG/DC Mar 17 2008 06:26 AM

The curled lips and the neatly trimmed moustache are what brings them together. The baggy uniform and cutting him off at the armpits hides what distinguishes them, Winfield's height and considerably more strapping physique. Bo also has/had a rounder face and Winnie's more triangular, but his jowls are shrowded in shadow.

seawolf17 Mar 17 2008 08:01 AM

Plus, if I recall, I always liked Winfield, and Bonilla SUCKED.

KC Mar 17 2008 08:08 AM

As I've said many times, I might be the only guy who didn't hate Bonilla. I don't know why, but those teams just plain sucked and I felt he was the lightning rod for negative attention. He worked his way onto our top 50 Mets of all time so it must be warranted on some level. Ordoñez, Bonilla, maybe I'll do Coleman next!

AG/DC Mar 17 2008 09:23 AM

KC wrote: I don't know why, but those teams just plain sucked and I felt he was the lightning rod for negative attention. Yup. He also threatened a writer. He shouldn't have, but that writer was disingenuosly mean-spirited and provocative.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 17 2008 09:36 AM

The Mets after letting Strawberry walk over money, poured more of it into acquiring Bonilla and by doing so sent a message that he was "worth" more. It was a bad interpretation of what was really happening but that's the risk they ran. Bonilla was a jerk too. I think it was a mistake to have re-acqiured Bonilla prior to 2000. In a trade at least. Had he been amenable to taking a reserve role, rather than being forced to accept one, he might have been a real asset.

AG/DC Mar 17 2008 09:40 AM

Mistake, yeah, but that was a mutual salary/headache dump with the Dodgers and Mel Rojas. As such, it was a compounding of an earlier mistake, thiinking they could correct their Rojas boner somehow.

seawolf17 Mar 17 2008 09:51 AM

It was a combination of all those things, really. My lingering Bonilla memory is from the Brad Clontz game... he came up as a PH in the ninth inning, and we went crazy, because we were sure he was going to redeem himself by blasting us into the playoffs with a home run... and iirc, he bounced out weakly to third. I've never booed so hard in my life.

KC Mar 17 2008 09:53 AM

Aren't the Mets like still paying Bonilla to this day or am I remembering wrong and/or exaggerating the length of some buy out arrangement.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 17 2008 09:58 AM

It didn't surprise me at all when guys like Hubie Brooks or Lee Mazzilli came back for a second tour with the Mets. But Bonilla was one guy I never would have pegged as a returnee. Fun fact about that Rojas/Bonilla trade. Steve Phillips was under suspension at the time, and Frank Cashen had to come out of retirement to make that trade.

Frayed Knot Mar 17 2008 10:03 AM

KC wrote: Aren't the Mets like still paying Bonilla to this day or am I remembering wrong and/or exaggerating the length of some buy out arrangement. In getting rid of him the second time the two sides agreed on annual payments which stretched out some 30 years instead of the team fronting the entire $6mil or so up front. So, yeah, he's still being paid by the Mets but through the results of whatever annuity they purchased a few years back and not off the current payroll.

cooby Mar 19 2008 06:19 PM

Wayne Garrett, what a nice memory

soupcan Mar 20 2008 07:13 AM

cooby wrote: Wayne Garrett, what a nice memory You're right. I thought it was Grote.

G-Fafif Apr 17 2008 01:21 PM

For some reason, I am mesmerized by Lee Mazzilli, capless, presumably taking infield at first base (4/17). These revolving pictures continue to be a treat.

AG/DC Apr 17 2008 01:29 PM

I never saw that dismissive smirk when I was young. When I see it on middle-aged Mazzilli now, I hate him.

themetfairy Apr 17 2008 08:55 PM

Nice pitching :)

soupcan Apr 18 2008 09:05 AM

AG/DC wrote: I never saw that dismissive smirk when I was young. When I see it on middle-aged Mazzilli now, I hate him. Speaking of middle-aged Mazzilli - Geez what an old, ugly guy he has turned into. Never would have thought that such a good looking young man would morph into such an unpleasent looking mook. He's actually kind of scary looking. The way he sometimes looks at that Yallof guy I think he's gonna just beat the shit out of him.

metirish Apr 18 2008 10:10 AM

I don't bother to watch the pre or post game show , I've no interest in either of those guys , SNY should go out and get Harold Reynolds , he and ESPN settled the lawsuit Reynolds took against them last week. ] The Associated Press reported yesterday that Harold Reynolds and ESPN have settled Reynolds' lawsuit over his firing as a baseball analyst two years ago. Reynolds, a former Oriole, was suing for $5 million after ESPN bounced him for what the network apparently believed was sexual harassment but what Reynolds contended was a "brief and innocuous" hug with a female intern. Reynolds' statement: "My family and I are ecstatic. This was a matter of principle, and I stood on principle and never wavered. All of my goals were met, and now I look forward to concentrating on the game I love." ESPN termed the settlement "economically compelling," and spokesman Mike Soltys said: "It was a fraction of his demands and substantially less than what it would have cost us to litigate the case. Our confidence in both the appropriateness of our action and our legal position never wavered."

AG/DC Apr 18 2008 10:31 AM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 18 2008 02:17 PM

soupcan wrote: ="AG/DC"]I never saw that dismissive smirk when I was young. When I see it on middle-aged Mazzilli now, I hate him. Speaking of middle-aged Mazzilli - Geez what an old, ugly guy he has turned into. Never would have thought that such a good looking young man would morph into such an unpleasent looking mook. He's actually kind of scary looking. The way he sometimes looks at that Yallof guy I think he's gonna just beat the shit out of him. That's what I'm talking about. That smirk says, "Bunting in that sitchooation?! What kind of stupid shit am I being asked to believe here? Gimme a break. Yallof, take that lump of dogshit out of here before I give you a slap."

Batty31 Apr 18 2008 02:04 PM

soupcan wrote: ="AG/DC"]I never saw that dismissive smirk when I was young. When I see it on middle-aged Mazzilli now, I hate him. Speaking of middle-aged Mazzilli - Geez what an old, ugly guy he has turned into. Never would have thought that such a good looking young man would morph into such an unpleasent looking mook. He's actually kind of scary looking. The way he sometimes looks at that Yallof guy I think he's gonna just beat the shit out of him. And to think I had a huge crush on him back in the day! I will even 'fess up that I still have the 8 x 10 black and white photos I collected of him and the 3 ring notebook where I kept his stats (along with Doug Flynn and Joel Youngblood).

themetfairy Apr 18 2008 02:24 PM

Back then it was understandable -

AG/DC Apr 18 2008 02:32 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Apr 18 2008 02:43 PM

Mazzilli-san, concentrate. Focus power.

Benjamin Grimm Apr 18 2008 02:36 PM

="themetfairy"]Back then it was understandable - I'm no judge of male attractiveness. I can't tell an ordinary guy from a hunk. But I'm sometimes surprised at what women find attractive, and that 1979 Lee Mazzilli baseball card is a prime example.

AG/DC Apr 18 2008 02:43 PM

He likes the bears.

Batty31 Apr 18 2008 03:19 PM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm no judge of male attractiveness. I can't tell an ordinary guy from a hunk. But I'm sometimes surprised at what women find attractive, and that 1979 Lee Mazzilli baseball card is a prime example. That card isn't the most flattering pic. If I had a scanner, I'd scan one of the photos I still have from the era. In my defense, I was a little kid at the time.

themetfairy Apr 22 2008 06:09 PM

Is that Matlack?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 22 2008 06:23 PM

yes

themetfairy Apr 22 2008 07:09 PM

Thought so. Thanks.

soupcan Apr 23 2008 06:16 AM

Been waiting for Matlack, thanks.

seawolf17 Apr 24 2008 09:52 AM

My all-time favorite Met.

KC Apr 24 2008 10:33 AM

Reminds me of my Mom, she used to call him, "my second favorite Kevin."

seawolf17 Apr 24 2008 10:36 AM

Her first, of course, would be Kevin Federline. You'd be number three.

AG/DC Apr 24 2008 10:52 AM

If he doesn't log on today, we'll know Vic is in jail.

themetfairy Apr 26 2008 09:33 AM

Love the photo of Ronnie :)

SteveJRogers May 07 2008 05:53 PM

Heh, the ST/Batting Practice jerseys actually look better in artistic B&W. Not much better, but less of an eyesore! =;)

AG/DC May 09 2008 05:50 AM

Mike Cameron, right? Most muscular neck in Mets history.

metirish May 09 2008 08:04 AM

Looks like him.

cooby May 09 2008 05:22 PM

Oh, momma say a prayer for me...

AG/DC May 09 2008 07:59 PM

I wish that I had Jesse's girl.

metirish May 09 2008 08:18 PM

test

KC May 10 2008 06:05 AM

Is that an Explorer test or a Firefox test? (assuming your home)

themetfairy May 11 2008 05:16 PM

Boo!

KC May 11 2008 05:35 PM

Gotta show all randomly generated top 100. I don't see how Glavine settled in at 29 ahead of a whole bunch of Mets one might think should be higher all-time ... but that's what happened.

SteveJRogers May 11 2008 05:48 PM

It is probably more an indication of how little this franchise has had in terms of very good (as Mets) players to play here for a prolonged period of time over the course of its 46 year history. Heck I'm pretty sure the number of Mets to have played parts or all of 5 or more seasons is somewhere in the very low hundreds, or even less than 100.

Frayed Knot May 11 2008 06:44 PM

76 to be precise. Or at least only that number who played well enough to get into our end-of-year top 30 lists in 5 or more seasons. It's possible there are a handful of others who played small bits of a 5th season but aren't included in my count. For players with exactly 5 NYM years, Glavine ranks behind Armando & Agee (5 and 4 slots) and just ahead of Rick Reed & Reyes. Jose's problem is that his first year was only a partial and the 2nd even less full as those hamsting and back problems knocked him out of most of it.

SteveJRogers May 11 2008 07:34 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: It's possible there are a handful of others who played small bits of a 5th season but aren't included in my count. Yup, also like the Bruce Boisclairs of the world.

AG/DC May 11 2008 07:44 PM

Boisclair isn't an issue. Glavine, to his credit, stayed mostly healthy and off the DL for five years. He even pitched with a broken face.

SteveJRogers May 11 2008 07:51 PM

AG/DC wrote: Boisclair isn't an issue. Glavine, to his credit, stayed mostly healthy and off the DL for five years. He even pitched with a broken face. I meant that as Boisclair was on the major league roster at least once during a 5 year period. I was just bringing up a good example of what FK was talking about.

Frayed Knot May 11 2008 07:54 PM

Boisclair is merely an example; 5 seasons on a NYM roster but in only 3 of those did he make the CPF top-30 ergo he's not counted in the 'how many Mets lasted 5 seasons' count above. As for Glavine, folks can whine all they want but they also helped vote him the 11th, 2nd, 4th, 5th & 8th best Met during his tenure. And if you didn't help decide that well then you've got even less to complain about.

Willets Point May 12 2008 11:46 AM

My eyes, my eyes!!!

Elster88 May 12 2008 05:52 PM

AG/DC wrote: Glavine even pitched with a broken face. Haha we had a lot of guys do that.

KC May 14 2008 02:09 PM

Doc could pass for Denzel's brother in some photos, no?

soupcan May 14 2008 02:30 PM

Doctor K all the way!

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 16 2008 05:01 PM

Ed Lynch will lead us to subway glory.

KC May 18 2008 06:57 PM

The Falcone picture doesn't look too good, they're only as bad as the source. The cropping of some of these guys turns out kinda funny sometimes. It may look like he's throwing, but he was a lefty. He's removing his arm from Stoins' shoulder (who is embracing him with his mitt around his belt line) and going to shake hands with Jorgensen.

SteveJRogers May 18 2008 08:11 PM

Thats Pete Falcone? Looks more like someone diving to make a catch or something.

soupcan May 19 2008 07:11 AM

Falcone was related to some MLBer too. Anybody remember that?

AG/DC May 19 2008 07:28 AM

Cousin of Joe Pignatano.

soupcan May 19 2008 07:40 AM

Grazi.

SteveJRogers May 21 2008 07:47 PM

I know its a random generator, but could you have rigged it to get Piazza on there?

KC May 21 2008 08:23 PM

Did Piazza already on this round of 100. Brace yourself, tomorrow is Sisk ... don't tell anyone.

themetfairy Jun 03 2008 02:50 PM

Is Rick Reed the first player to appear twice on the banner?

Willets Point Jun 03 2008 03:50 PM

themetfairy wrote: Is Rick Reed the first player to appear twice on the banner? He appeared once as a "replacement banner" for a union ballplayer.

KC Jun 03 2008 06:16 PM

tmf: >>>Is Rick Reed the first player to appear twice on the banner?<<< Not unless I messed up. He's number 80, with 20 more to go.

themetfairy Jun 03 2008 07:43 PM

="KC"]tmf: >>>Is Rick Reed the first player to appear twice on the banner?<<< Not unless I messed up. He's number 80, with 20 more to go. OK - my mind must be playing tricks on me.

seawolf17 Jun 03 2008 07:54 PM

You can never have too much Rick Reed. One of my favorite Mets. Didn't Reeder get a raw deal from guys because he was a replacement player?

DocTee Jun 03 2008 08:05 PM

I'd say he got fair treatment.

metirish Jun 03 2008 08:06 PM

I don't think Rick was ever really accepted by the Union crowd , IIRC he never was allowed to sit in on meetings.

DocTee Jun 03 2008 08:08 PM

I believe he was barred from ever joining the MLBPA because of his strike-breaking/scabbing.

AG/DC Jun 03 2008 08:08 PM

A lot of 1969ers crossed the line that season (or at least danced on it), but they weren't barred from the union.

KC Jun 05 2008 05:08 PM

Had scanner problems, Rick camped out an extra long time. Tried a different USB cable and scanner problems resolved. I'm pretty sure Rick got his union card eventually -- one of a handful of replacement players to do so? He crossed the line to pay medical bills for his sick parent. Not exactly scabby.

themetfairy Jun 05 2008 05:21 PM

I don't believe that Reeder was ever admitted into the union. But yes, he crossed the picket line because it was the only way he could pay for his diabetic mom's medical expenses. Whatever one's feelings are about union solidarity, Rick's motives were certainly understandable. Another Reed factoid - after 9/11, when the Mets all contributed a day's pay to Rusty Staub's New York Police and Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund, then Twinkie Rick ponied up almost $37,000 as well. He was quoted as saying "I might be an ex-Met, but I don't have to be an ex-New Yorker, do I? The City is still in me in some ways. Once a Met, always a Met I guess." ([url=http://www.kcmets.com/MondayMorning100101.html]source[/url])

G-Fafif Jun 05 2008 05:33 PM

Meant to mention how much joy I got from seeing Rick Reed grace CPF for a couple of days. Fairy has the story right on his crossing. He was told he'd be throwing for scouts, not in spring games, but the Reds told him to get into a game if he wanted any kind of look at all. He needed to take care of his mother and get his parents' car's door replaced (not to turn this into a Lifetime movie) which is why he risked the enmity of his fellow players for the relatively paltry sum of $25K. No, he never did get back into the union despite applying. His teammates, even the union activists, looked past it in a matter of months. (Glavine, my sources tell me, treated Rick in jerklike fashion throughout the rest of his career, including at the '98 All-Star Game, which explains why I never warmed to Tom Glavine as a Met.) His name came up in yesterday's telecast in relation to the Mets' winning percentage being greatest when John Maine starts. Reed is second on the list (that is the Mets' record vis-a-vis their starting pitcher). Keith immediately credited Reeder with "guts" and the "heart of a lion". Amen, brother. Amen.

KC Jun 05 2008 06:01 PM

Thanks to both of you for all that quick info.

themetfairy Jun 05 2008 06:05 PM

You're welcome. We aim to please :)

DocTee Jun 05 2008 10:05 PM

Call me a jerk, but there's other ways to feed your family than crossing a picket line.

AG/DC Jun 05 2008 10:40 PM

Was there ever actually a picket line?

KC Jun 06 2008 04:27 AM

DT: >>>Call me a jerk, but there's other ways to feed your family than crossing a picket line<<< Yeah, I ain't getting into all that though over a baseball player now retired. I got IBEW, Postal, and Teamster nif's I can get into that with the push of a cellie speed dial.

AG/DC Jun 11 2008 08:39 PM

Never had any hate for Jefferies, but his mug was never a pleasure to look at.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 15 2008 05:14 AM

I recognize the vast majority of the photos that end up in the banner, but this guy has me scratching my head. My best guess: Fernando Vina?

KC Jun 15 2008 05:42 AM

Yancy Johnson - #94

AG/DC Jun 16 2008 05:52 PM

Mmmm... ice cream.

SteveJRogers Jun 16 2008 06:21 PM

Couldn't have gotten a nice crop of him walking off the mound during the 2000 NLDS Game 4?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 16 2008 06:55 PM

AG/DC wrote: Mmmm... ice cream. Or as Lunchpail Jr. says: KEEM!

seawolf17 Jun 16 2008 07:16 PM

MiniWolf goes with "neenee," as in "neenee kuh." (That means "ice cream truck.") I will always associate those white hats with two players: Bobby Jones and Carlos Baerga.

KC Jun 16 2008 07:16 PM

SJR: >>>Couldn't have gotten a nice crop of him walking off the mound during the 2000 NLDS Game 4?<<< Maybe next time, Jeets. Keep it up and we'll trade you to grandslamsingle for a couple of emoticon prospects.

DocTee Jun 17 2008 06:20 PM

I associate the ice-cream caps with Bernard Gilkey

SteveJRogers Jul 02 2008 05:06 PM

Mystery Met this time... Process of elimination guess, Danny Frisella?

KC Jul 02 2008 08:44 PM

Skip Lockwood, Frisella is one of the remaining seven I think (I don't have the list in front of me). It's winding down, guess I'll do 101-200 next. Should be a few hard ones mixed in that group.

AG/DC Jul 03 2008 01:13 PM

Fuckin' A.

KC Jul 03 2008 01:20 PM

A fuckin' yay, or a fuckin' nay? Country bashing is big these days. I like Independence Day, and say fuck the king. Or you could abstain, courteously.

AG/DC Jul 03 2008 01:30 PM

Fuckin' A.W.E.S.O.M.E.

G-Fafif Jul 03 2008 02:32 PM

HUZZAH!

Benjamin Grimm Jul 03 2008 03:28 PM

I like it.

Rockin' Doc Jul 03 2008 04:34 PM

U.S.A. all the way. I think the picture is quite appropriate.

themetfairy Jul 03 2008 04:46 PM

What were their uniform numbers?

KC Jul 03 2008 05:47 PM

1a - 1c through 13a - 13c ... a couple didn't sign though, I think. In the HBO mini-event about John Adams he was incensed at the notion of all these men being together at once to sign when viewing a huge famous mural of the event as it just didn't happen that way. Historical distortion, gotta love it.

Nymr83 Jul 04 2008 02:19 PM

my avatar disappeared?

themetfairy Jul 04 2008 02:24 PM

Nymr83 wrote: my avatar disappeared? I still see it.

AG/DC Jul 04 2008 06:57 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Jul 04 2008 09:59 PM

In 1776, they depict each delegation as having three men. It was varied, though, wasn't it?

cooby Jul 04 2008 08:04 PM

Is that guy signing barelegged?

seawolf17 Jul 04 2008 09:49 PM

I believe the Met connection to that image would be Julio Franco, third from the left.

AG/DC Jul 04 2008 10:03 PM

seawolf17 wrote: I believe the Met connection to that image would be Julio Franco, third from the left. Actually the connection is John Adams, ancestor of Todd Zeile.

SteveJRogers Jul 06 2008 10:15 PM

Hey its the newest Twinkie Hall of Famer!

AG/DC Jul 10 2008 12:24 PM

Neil Allen looks like a good scrap loader.

soupcan Jul 17 2008 07:58 PM

Cook?

themetfairy Jul 17 2008 08:15 PM

Definitely Cook.

soupcan Jul 18 2008 06:16 AM

I remember a game once where Cook had men on first and third, did that fake-pickoff-spin-move-to-third-then-whip-around-and-try-to-get-the-guy-on-first that never works. It worked - he got the guy on first and then picked off the guy at third a pitch later.

themetfairy Jul 18 2008 06:39 AM

That wasn't Cook - that was Turk. He was pretty good with that move. Let's put it this way - I think you meant Turk, because he did that several times. I don't recall Cook doing it, but I'm willing to be proven wrong.

Vince Coleman Firecracker Jul 18 2008 06:43 AM

themetfairy wrote: That wasn't Cook - that was Turk. He was pretty good with that move. Let's put it this way - I think you meant Turk, because he did that several times. I don't recall Cook doing it, but I'm willing to be proven wrong. I vaguely remember Cook doing it once, but Turk was the king of that move. I think Turk did it twice in one game.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jul 18 2008 07:17 AM

Interesting today how Turk has become an outspoken critic of steroid use while Cook, appearances indicate, was a greenie-and-creatine cocktail hour man.

soupcan Jul 18 2008 07:22 AM

themetfairy wrote: Let's put it this way - I think you meant Turk, because he did that several times. I don't recall Cook doing it, but I'm willing to be proven wrong. I meant Cook. I distinctly remember him doing it.

Frayed Knot Jul 18 2008 07:32 AM

Vince Coleman Firecracker wrote: I vaguely remember Cook doing it once, but Turk was the king of that move. I think Turk did it twice in one game. Not just in one game, but in one inning - and the 11th inning no less (and still managed to lose the game) 5/16/00 - vs Colorado J Hammonds -- Groundout: SS-1B Bubba Carpenter pinch hits for Julian Tavarez batting 5th -- Home Run (eventual game-winner) A Ledesma -- Walk B Mayne -- Single to RF (Line Drive); Ledesma to 3B ** Mayne Caught Stealing (PO) 2B (P-1B-2B) N Perez -- Intentional Walk (?!?! Kind of defeats the purpose of the PO, no?) ** Perez Picked off 1B (P-1B) (?!? - Kind of defeats the purpose of the IW no?)

KC Jul 22 2008 03:46 PM

Scanner issue once again stalls the march from 98-200. Mixing in some random retreads for those sick of staring at Henderson's three-mile-smile.

Rockin' Doc Jul 22 2008 04:51 PM

That's alright, I always liked HoJo.

SteveJRogers Jul 25 2008 02:44 PM

That guy should have batted leadoff!

KC Aug 08 2008 07:42 PM

My favorite pic of the 98, love the foot.

AG/DC Aug 21 2008 01:21 PM

I don't know who we have here, but he looks like a coach. Is that Mackey? By the way, when the Mets dugout empties to celebrate a win, I always think Schneider looks like a coach.

batmagadanleadoff Aug 21 2008 01:27 PM

Todd Hundley?

AG/DC Aug 21 2008 01:34 PM

I guess so: everything about him says "lefthanded hitting catcher." That extra chin is throwng me, but it must be him. Hundley's prime was after I'd left for DC and before the internet gave me Metly access, so his face --- at least his mature face, rather than his young skinny one --- is pretty hard for me to picture, as Met All Stars go. Who knew he had a beta chin? I didn't.

KC Aug 21 2008 05:14 PM

Sorry, I only just noticed there were posts down here. It was Hundley as a young buck. I'm still mixing in the top 98 out of laziness. I got my electrical problem straightened out in my home computer area a couple of days ago and will start cycling in 99-200 once I find some mojo.

cooby Aug 22 2008 08:55 PM

IS it just my imagination, or is Pat Zachery up there at least once a week?

KC Aug 23 2008 07:04 AM

It's possible, I don't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday. I use this http://www.random.org/integers/ Right now it's one number between 1-98. When I start doing new ones it'll be one number between 99-200 and start use pictures of the Mets in the ranking project that match.

Rockin' Doc Aug 23 2008 08:10 AM

Zachary never could have played for a winner like Willie Randolph.

KC Aug 27 2008 02:43 PM

Sent Randle to an early shower, no luck giving sumbatch yesterday.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 27 2008 03:05 PM

wally whitehurst?

KC Aug 27 2008 03:33 PM

Yessir, #124. Len was #120. There's gonna be some stumpers the next hundred days or so.