Magic Numbers Are People, Too

by IanB in MD on Aug 30, 2006 9:22 PM EDT Comment 28 comments

Let's be real, people, the Mets don't win the NL East every day, so we need to have some good fun with it. Reading Mr. Met's post today I got an idea - magic numbers are our heroes. Today, with a magic number at 17, the Mets are Keith Hernandez away.

So here's my human countdown - with current Mets getting preference over history - below the fold.

16 - Duke
15 - CarlosB
14 - Gil Hodges
13 - Wags
12 - Ron Darling
11 - Hippo
10 - ND
9 - Tood Hundley
8 - Gary Carter
7 - Professor Reyes
6 - Mike DiFelice
5 - Baseball Jesus
4 - Woody
3 - Rafael Santana
2 - Marv Throneberry
1 - Mookie Wilson
00 - Mr. Met!

(And...looking at the Phils 4-0 lead tonight, the Mets are gonna be at Duke tomorrow.)

Let me know what you think.

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10 should be

Endy Chavez, he deserves it this year.

its a ground ball...trickling... its a fair ball, its by Buckner, rounding third Knight, the Mets will win the ballgame, the Mets win

by DoctorK16 on Aug 30, 2006 9:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh, he is there.

ND (Endy) is shorthand. I don't know a good one for DeFelice.

by IanB in MD on Aug 30, 2006 10:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

n

i mighta gone with anyone over DeFelice (even tho he's current). Timo, because who doesn't love Timo? Mora, because man that trade sucked. Or Wally B, because that's straight outta my youth.

DeFelice? he's a rental.

by londoncatfish on Aug 30, 2006 10:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but I need to have rules!

I wanted to include Melvin. He's awesome. But MikeD is on the team, so he's got to be on the list.

by IanB in MD on Aug 30, 2006 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

forget the rules and the current team

16 is Gooden. The magic number is Doctor K.

[Citizens Bank Park] is a paradise of cheap homeruns. -Gary Cohen

by kingcritical on Aug 30, 2006 11:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I second that

its a ground ball...trickling... its a fair ball, its by Buckner, rounding third Knight, the Mets will win the ballgame, the Mets win

by DoctorK16 on Aug 30, 2006 11:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

with the sentiment expressed by others here. We should mix and match the 2006 players with 1986 players. So instead of DiFelice, Woodward, and LoDuca, how about Backman, Dykstra, and Doc?

Isn't is great to have the best record in baseball and a magic number of 16? Instead of debating various holes in the team, like other fans do, we debate how to label the magic number! Woo Hoo!

John Maine for Cy Young!

by Greenpoint Ian on Aug 31, 2006 9:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Right on

let's use our all-time numbers. Starting with the Doc.

"He even tried to pimp it," Floyd said. "He's got no pimp." Said Wright: "I don't even know what that means."

by Billy Everyteen on Aug 31, 2006 11:09 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wayne Garrett was 11 wasn't he?

I know I could google it, but we're supposed to be experts on here.

"The Mets with the bases loaded: Chavez, great speed, Reyes, great speed, Lo Duca, good guy."

by Mr. Met on Aug 31, 2006 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm not a stickler, even for my own rules.

This has a mix of 69, 86 and current players.

16 - Doc
15 - CarlosB
14 - Gil Hodges
13 - Wags (Lee Mazilli?)
12 - Ron Darling
11 - Tim Teufel
10 - Duffy Dyer
9 - J.C. Martin
8 - Gary Carter
7 - Professor Reyes
6 - Wally Backman
5 - Baseball Jesus
4 - Nails
3 - Rafael Santana
2 - Marv Throneberry
1 - Mookie Wilson
00 - Mr. Met!

by IanB in MD on Aug 31, 2006 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice list.

I lean towards using the best player of that number, with a lean to historical names (thus Darling over Willie, for example). I'd definitely put Buddy H. over Santana.

"The Mets with the bases loaded: Chavez, great speed, Reyes, great speed, Lo Duca, good guy."

by Mr. Met on Aug 31, 2006 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

So would I, but...

...Raffy is a reminder of the old days of baseball. A time when you could win the World Series with a poor offensive short-stop.

by IanB in MD on Aug 31, 2006 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

but....

The Yankees did that four times!

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

by Josh on Sep 8, 2006 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

sweet

I like it.

[Citizens Bank Park] is a paradise of cheap homeruns. -Gary Cohen

by kingcritical on Aug 31, 2006 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

one last thing

With all that Endy has done for this team, maybe he should get the 10 slot over Duffy Dyer.

And now I'll stop being a backseat diarist.

[Citizens Bank Park] is a paradise of cheap homeruns. -Gary Cohen

by kingcritical on Aug 31, 2006 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Backseat, schmack-seat

No worries. I thought the list might spark some good chatter. After all, it's not every day the Mets are one "Doc" Gooden away from taking the NL East from the damn Braves!

Endy should have stayed, but this list needed a 'Duffy' on it.

I'm mostly kicking myself that I didn't think of this when the Magic number was either Nolan Ryan or Cliff Floyd. Now THAT would be a good conversation.

by IanB in MD on Aug 31, 2006 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs