Countdown to OOTP 22 - Page 12

rjl518 · 03-17-2021, 10:00 PM

9 Days Left

Todd Hundley
Another one of the Mets better catchers.

Marquis Grissom
This guy was one of the better lead-off hitters in the game.

BusterKing · 03-17-2021, 11:01 PM

The Iron Man:

Future All-Star :

Westheim · 03-18-2021, 01:28 AM

Probably the last guy to wear #8, which for them was often a catcher number including several Hall of Famers, for the Mets in anger: Desi Relaford. That was in ’01 – no Met player has worn Gary Carter’s old number since then.

Germaniac · 03-18-2021, 02:13 AM

Ryan Braun

zappa1 · 03-18-2021, 03:51 AM

The Flyin Hawaiian Shane Victorino and Juan Samuel.
Watching Samuel run out a triple gave me goosebumps. 72 steals as a rookie.

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BigRed75 · 03-18-2021, 05:46 AM

After his surgery, Bo Jackson signed with the White Sox and wore No. 8 - that was my sophomore year of high school, and that season I wore No. 8 as well. It became my number for the rest of my career

Bluenoser · 03-18-2021, 06:45 AM

Can't see his number, but yes it's #8 for the Boston Red Sox, Capt Carl Yastrzemski

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BigRed75 · 03-18-2021, 06:52 AM

Germaniac · 03-18-2021, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluenoser

Can't see his number, but yes it's #8 for the Boston Red Sox, Capt Carl Yastremski

Funny, just a few days ago I noticed that it's not "Carl Yastremski" but "Carl Yastrzemski"

I was about to report an error to the developers and decided to double check via google

swoboda · 03-18-2021, 04:49 PM

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rjl518 · 03-18-2021, 07:11 PM

8 Days Left

Gary Carter.
Wanted to wear a Mets cap in the HOF.
If you were running down the 3rd base line and Gary was waiting for you at the plate...it was your funeral!

Willie "Pops" Stargell
So well loved and he was a monster at the plate.

Dave Stieb II · 03-18-2021, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigRed75

After his surgery, Bo Jackson signed with the White Sox and wore No. 8 - that was my sophomore year of high school, and that season I wore No. 8 as well. It became my number for the rest of my career

Bo Jackson! Thanks for taking me back. Most impressive two-sport athete I ever saw. And it all ended too soon.

Westheim · 03-19-2021, 12:47 AM

Couldn’t decide today, so I’ll just post two Mets: Kevin Mitchell, probably actually getting the second hit in The Bottom of the Tenth here, from the 1986 Mets, and Hubie Brooks, who didn’t take a good picture in which his number was also visible during his Mets tenure, and was included in the Expos-bound grab bag that landed Gary Carter for the Mets after the ’84 season.

Germaniac · 03-19-2021, 01:13 AM

Don Money

BigRed75 · 03-19-2021, 01:15 AM

BigRed75 · 03-19-2021, 01:19 AM

zappa1 · 03-19-2021, 03:22 AM

Maikel Franco and Vince DiMaggio. Franco just signed with the Orioles.
Vince played 1 full season for Phils in 1945. Also hit 4 Grand Slams that year tying the record for slams in a season. Then basically, was finished.

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swoboda · 03-19-2021, 02:02 PM

Al "Flip" Rosen just one base hit short of the Triple Crown in 1953

swoboda · 03-19-2021, 02:06 PM

Jose Jose Jose

swoboda · 03-19-2021, 02:07 PM

and " Steady Eddie"
Ed Kranepool, a guy who was never within twenty exits on the freeway of the triple crown in any season he played

03-17-2021, 10:00 PM	#221
rjl518 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Born in Shea Stadium, lives in LoanDepot Park. Posts: 6,242	9 Days Left Todd Hundley Another one of the Mets better catchers. Marquis Grissom This guy was one of the better lead-off hitters in the game. Attached Images __________________ My Threads: MLB Project 32 by SFGiants58 "Colon looking for his 1st hit of the year and he DRIVES ONE! Deep left field! Back goes Upton! Back near the wall! ITS OUTTA HERE!!! Bartolo has done it!!! THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED!!! This is one of the great moments in the history of baseball! Bartolo Colon has gone deep!" ---Gary Cohen. (May 7, 2016) (Petco Park) NYM 6 @ SD 3

03-18-2021, 01:28 AM	#223
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,244	Probably the last guy to wear #8, which for them was often a catcher number including several Hall of Famers, for the Mets in anger: Desi Relaford. That was in ’01 – no Met player has worn Gary Carter’s old number since then. Attached Images __________________ Portland Raccoons, 90 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

03-18-2021, 02:13 AM	#224
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 3,058	Ryan Braun __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

03-18-2021, 05:46 AM	#226
BigRed75 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,430	After his surgery, Bo Jackson signed with the White Sox and wore No. 8 - that was my sophomore year of high school, and that season I wore No. 8 as well. It became my number for the rest of my career __________________ Mainline team SPTT team Was not a Snag fan...until I saw the fallout once he was gone and realized what a good job he was actually doing. - Ty Cobb

03-18-2021, 06:45 AM	#227
Bluenoser Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: In The Moment Posts: 14,136	Can't see his number, but yes it's #8 for the Boston Red Sox, Capt Carl Yastrzemski _ Attached Images Last edited by Bluenoser; 03-18-2021 at 03:35 PM.

03-17-2021, 11:01 PM	#222
BusterKing Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,418	The Iron Man: Future All-Star :

03-18-2021, 03:51 AM	#225
zappa1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,114	The Flyin Hawaiian Shane Victorino and Juan Samuel. Watching Samuel run out a triple gave me goosebumps. 72 steals as a rookie.

03-18-2021, 06:52 AM	#228
BigRed75 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,430	__________________ Mainline team SPTT team Was not a Snag fan...until I saw the fallout once he was gone and realized what a good job he was actually doing. - Ty Cobb

03-18-2021, 04:49 PM	#230
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,220	Last edited by swoboda; 03-18-2021 at 04:53 PM.

03-18-2021, 07:11 PM	#231
rjl518 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Born in Shea Stadium, lives in LoanDepot Park. Posts: 6,242	8 Days Left Gary Carter. Wanted to wear a Mets cap in the HOF. If you were running down the 3rd base line and Gary was waiting for you at the plate...it was your funeral! Willie "Pops" Stargell So well loved and he was a monster at the plate. Attached Images __________________ My Threads: MLB Project 32 by SFGiants58 "Colon looking for his 1st hit of the year and he DRIVES ONE! Deep left field! Back goes Upton! Back near the wall! ITS OUTTA HERE!!! Bartolo has done it!!! THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED!!! This is one of the great moments in the history of baseball! Bartolo Colon has gone deep!" ---Gary Cohen. (May 7, 2016) (Petco Park) NYM 6 @ SD 3

03-19-2021, 12:47 AM	#233
Westheim Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Germany Posts: 13,244	Couldn’t decide today, so I’ll just post two Mets: Kevin Mitchell, probably actually getting the second hit in The Bottom of the Tenth here, from the 1986 Mets, and Hubie Brooks, who didn’t take a good picture in which his number was also visible during his Mets tenure, and was included in the Expos-bound grab bag that landed Gary Carter for the Mets after the ’84 season. Attached Images __________________ Portland Raccoons, 90 years of excell-.... of baseball: Furballs here! 1983 * 1989 * 1991 * 1992 * 1993 * 1995 * 1996 * 2010 * 2017 * 2018 * 2019 * 2026 * 2028 * 2035 * 2037 * 2044 * 2045 * 2046 * 2047 * 2048 * 2051 * 2054 * 2055 * 2061 1 OSANAI : 2 POWELL : 7 NOMURA \| RAMOS : 8 REECE : 10 BROWN : 15 HALL : 27 FERNANDEZ : 28 CASAS : 31 CARMONA : 32 WEST : 39 TONER : 46 SAITO Resident Mets Cynic - The Mets from 1962 onwards, here.

03-19-2021, 01:13 AM	#234
Germaniac Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Frankenthal, Germany Posts: 3,058	Don Money __________________ I'm going to have to meet my Maker some day. And if He asks me why I didn't let this boy play, and I say it's because he's black, that might not be a satisfactory answer. Happy Chandler, 1947

03-19-2021, 01:15 AM	#235
BigRed75 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,430	__________________ Mainline team SPTT team Was not a Snag fan...until I saw the fallout once he was gone and realized what a good job he was actually doing. - Ty Cobb

03-19-2021, 01:19 AM	#236
BigRed75 Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 2,430	__________________ Mainline team SPTT team Was not a Snag fan...until I saw the fallout once he was gone and realized what a good job he was actually doing. - Ty Cobb

03-19-2021, 03:22 AM	#237
zappa1 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 2,114	Maikel Franco and Vince DiMaggio. Franco just signed with the Orioles. Vince played 1 full season for Phils in 1945. Also hit 4 Grand Slams that year tying the record for slams in a season. Then basically, was finished.

03-19-2021, 02:02 PM	#238
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,220	Al "Flip" Rosen just one base hit short of the Triple Crown in 1953 Attached Images __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson

03-19-2021, 02:06 PM	#239
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,220	Jose Jose Jose Attached Images Last edited by swoboda; 03-19-2021 at 02:13 PM.

03-19-2021, 02:07 PM	#240
swoboda All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Guarding The Line Posts: 1,220	and " Steady Eddie" Ed Kranepool, a guy who was never within twenty exits on the freeway of the triple crown in any season he played __________________ "...If you want to look ahead to the bottom of the ninth, the Mets will be sending up Buddy Harrelson, Jerry Buchek , and Don Bosch, we'll be right back after this word from Rheingold Beer" The late great Lindsey Nelson