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Name That Mets Pitcher

Feb 2009 by Eric Simon - 53 comments

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Feb 2009 by Eric Simon - 27 comments

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Aaron Heilman

The 2009 NY Mets: WE GOT K-ROD! OMG, Putz, too! Sign Lowe! Lowe's a Brave. Sign Manny! Tim Redding, WTF? Sign Manny! Sheets or Perez? SHEETS! Perez?? Oh, Sheets is hurt -- good job, Minaya! WTF?! SIGN MANNY!

by ZaBlanc on Feb 13, 2009 4:34 PM EST reply actions  

shit i was just gonna say that.

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Feb 13, 2009 4:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Chan Ho Park

Flailing away here, man. But I retract Zambrano. And don’t want to do work.

by jasondg on Feb 13, 2009 5:22 PM EST reply actions  

"You're not big Papi!"

Why I drink Jim Beam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMdiRkiYREU

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 13, 2009 5:48 PM EST reply actions  

off topic (as if is matters)

I just got really psyched for the baseball season, like 30 seconds ago. I saw a picture of Reyes in my wanderings of the intertubes and was really thankful to be able to pull for a team that has some seriously dynamic and exciting players. Lets go Mets

by HotChipWillBreakYourLegs on Feb 13, 2009 8:01 PM EST reply actions  

Jeff D'Amico?

"One of the nice things about baseball is that there are no rules you can't break." - Jim Bouton

by Prince on Feb 14, 2009 12:28 PM EST reply actions  

I don't think that's right.

I just remembered that he was really tall.

"One of the nice things about baseball is that there are no rules you can't break." - Jim Bouton

by Prince on Feb 14, 2009 12:29 PM EST up reply actions  

haha

his name is actually worthy of misspelling.

Why I drink Jim Beam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMdiRkiYREU

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 14, 2009 4:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Jim Abbot

My favorite Mets pitcher.

The 2009 NY Mets: WE GOT K-ROD! OMG, Putz, too! Sign Lowe! Lowe's a Brave. Sign Manny! Tim Redding, WTF? Sign Manny! Sheets or Perez? SHEETS! Perez?? Oh, Sheets is hurt -- good job, Minaya! WTF?! SIGN MANNY!

by ZaBlanc on Feb 15, 2009 12:01 AM EST reply actions  

umm

was that a joke?

On the topic though – I was at Jim Abbot’s no-hitter. It was my first ever Yankees game, and I was sitting in a luxury box to boot. Suffice to say that was the high point of my Yankee Stadium experiences…(other than seeing Pedro bean Jeter and Soriano back-to-back and send one of them to the hospital – I can’t believe I don’t remember which one)

by cjmulrain on Feb 15, 2009 11:10 AM EST up reply actions  

umm...was that a joke?

LMMFAO!

Wait…Luxury box?! What?!

Why I drink Jim Beam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMdiRkiYREU

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 15, 2009 12:19 PM EST up reply actions  

My brother and my dad were at that game.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Feb 16, 2009 4:21 AM EST up reply actions  

Kris Benson

something about that glove folded up reminds me of him.

When asked why I was a Mets fan, I responded, "pain is my lifeblood."

by wrightHOF on Feb 15, 2009 3:08 PM EST reply actions  

something else reminds me of him...

Why I drink Jim Beam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMdiRkiYREU

by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 15, 2009 3:39 PM EST up reply actions  

So I totally dropped the ball on this one

But so did you guys, in a way. The answer is:

Shingo Takatsu

by Eric Simon on Feb 15, 2009 10:06 PM EST reply actions  

Mr. Zero!!

I was close-ish. Japan is pretty close to Korea.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Feb 16, 2009 12:34 AM EST up reply actions  

I hate this game.

We've got ourselves a ball club, the Mets of New York town!

by kingcritical on Feb 16, 2009 4:22 AM EST up reply actions  

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