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Magic Numbers Are People, Too: 2008 Edition

In 2006 I created the first Mets-by-the-uniform-numbers "Magic Number" countdown.  I think it was fun.  By my breakdown, today we are at 16, Doc Gooden.  After the jump (if I did this correctly) you can find the whole post, which has been modified to reflect the current team a bit...

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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.  (Mr. Met gave me the idea back in '06, BTW.)

So here's my human countdown:

16 - Doc Gooden
15 - CarlosB
14 - Gil Hodges
13 - Wags
12 - Ron Darling
11 - Super Joe (Tim Teufel, Tim Bogar, HIPPO!)
10 - ND Chavez (Rusty Staub)
9 - Todd Hundley (Gregg Jefferies)
8 - Gary Carter
7 - Professor Reyes
6 - Nick Evans (Wally Backman)
5 - Baseball Jesus (Tsuyoshi Shinjo)
4 - Ron Swoboda (Rusty Staub)
3 - Rafael Santana
2 - Marv Throneberry
1 - Mookie Wilson
00 - Mr. Met!

Let me know what you think.  I will edit the list to include other names worthy of inclusion.  (Optional choices will be in parentheses.)

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Tood

Is Tood Hundley an inside joke I don’t get or a typo?

Otherwise, jinx-peddlers be damned. Let’s have some fun!

by Eric Simon on Sep 10, 2008 4:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I dunno, but I like it

In high school, we called cigarettes “toods”. Not even a tangential or anecdotal relation to this post, but it is funny to me.

Also, #5 should be Tsuyoshi Shinjo, because it makes me laugh. Glad we’re not involved in the #17 debate.

'Catsmeat!' he cried. 'I see it all. It was that chump, Catsmeat.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Sep 10, 2008 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

#5 Shall Remain Unchanged!

Why would I ever remove the Baseball Jesus from this list? The day the Mets make it to 5 I will declare it “Baseball Jesus Day”!

"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."

by IanB in MD on Sep 10, 2008 4:53 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Typo.

Let me get cracking on that. Tood was a man of his time.

"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."

by IanB in MD on Sep 10, 2008 4:51 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I think we need to start calling Shinjo "Baseball Jesus"

David Wright can be “Hebrew Hammer” as per the discussion in last night’s game thread.

by JoshNY on Sep 10, 2008 5:17 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't know about all that, hon.

I guess I gotta go back and read that one.

"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."

by IanB in MD on Sep 10, 2008 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Is he Jewish?

Ryan Braun is the Hebrew Hammer. That is his nickname, cerially.

by BlackOps on Sep 10, 2008 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm super serial

The joke was that we should call everyone (or, everyone who got a hit, maybe, or a HR or whatever) the “Hebrew Hammer” because it’s fun to confuse people.

Carlos Delgado: Hebrew Hammer!

by JoshNY on Sep 10, 2008 8:45 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I agree

Shinjo is no longer the Hebrew Hammer; Dub will be the Hebrew Hammer. Shinjo, wherever he is, is permitted to be the Baseball Jesus. However, I will still refer to Dub as the Baseball Jesus.

'Catsmeat!' he cried. 'I see it all. It was that chump, Catsmeat.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Sep 10, 2008 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

In Japan, Shinjo's basically a rock star.

He IS the Baseball Jesus, as far as they’re concerned.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Sep 11, 2008 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Swoboda?

Shouldn’t #4 be Rusty Staub? And there have to be better options for 5 and 6.

by madisonmetsfan on Sep 11, 2008 9:17 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

How about

#4: Cookie Rojas? Nails?
#5: I have no qualms with Dub or Shinjo, but how about Steve Henderson or Davey Johnson?
#6: Wally Backman?

Other numbers:

#10: could also be Rusty Staub. Or perhaps Roberto Petagine.
#11: Tim Teufel? Tim Bogar? HIPPO!

'Catsmeat!' he cried. 'I see it all. It was that chump, Catsmeat.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Sep 11, 2008 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I tried to mix it up with current and former guys

I hit the #4 for Swoboda because of the 1969 connection.

  1. was hippo last time, but I decided to switch to Super Joe because he has grit and heart. Those are pretty much the most important stats.

And, hey, #6 goes to Nick because he is one of the new guys. Gotta give some love to the news guys.

"The people of Houston are spending money like oil's selling at $40 a barrel."

by IanB in MD on Sep 11, 2008 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

No love for The Glider?
  1. Ed Charles

The butcher and the baker and the people on the street, where did they go? To meet the Mets!

by Rod Gaspar Fan Club on Sep 14, 2008 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

#9

Gregg Jefferies! He was my favorite player when I was a kid. I vividly remember my Dad helping me stand on the railing separating the stands from the field so Jefferies could sign my ticket stub when I was 5.

by ams258 on Sep 11, 2008 2:56 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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