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GaryMrMets
02-01-2003, 02:11 AM
1) "Name the Met who scored the winning run on Opening Day 1998 and ONE of the two relievers who didn't appear in the
14-inning victory over the Phillies."

2) "Name the two players who accounted for all five of the Mets'
RBI when David Cone and Bret Saberhagen threw
back-to-back shutouts against Houston on Apr. 28-29,
1992."

3) "Name the members of the 1997 Indians who EVENTUALLY spent time ON the Mets' roster."

4) "Name the members of the Mets and Red Sox who
participated in the teams' first-ever interleague game in 1997
and have since gone on to play for the other club--i.e. Mets
who eventually joined the Red Sox and vice versa."

5) "Name the Yankee pitcher who walked Lee Mazzilli to bring
home the winning run in the 1979 All-Star Game AND identify
the Met who was selected to the All-Star team along with
Mazzilli but did not get into the game itself."

6) "Name the two players the Mets acquired from Los Angeles
in exchange for Juan Samuel."

7) "Name the position player the Mets acquired for Dave Kingman
in 1977 AND name the four teams Kingman played for in 1977."

8) "On Aug. 4, 1982, Joel Youngblood became the first player in
history to get hits for two different clubs on the same day. Name
the player the Mets received for him AND the pitchers who allowed Youngblood's hits."

9) Name the Met pitcher who allowed the first homer in Rockies
history in 1993, the Met who hit the first-ever homer at Coors
Field in 1995 and the Met pitcher who allowed the game-winning
homer in the first-ever game at Coors Field.

10) "Name the Mets' starting pitcher AND winning pitcher in
their 5-4, 18-inning victory over the Pirates on Apr. 28, 1985."

11) "Name THREE of the FOUR Mets pitchers who earned wins in
the Mets' four-game sweep of the Braves in the summer of 1989."

12) "Name the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher who beat Dwight Gooden and the Pirates pitcher who lost to Frank Viola when the two Mets pitchers were seeking their 20th wins in the final weekend of the 1990 season."

13) "Name the player the Mets chose over Bobby Valentine with the No. 1 pick in 1968."

14) "Name the two players selected and signed by the Mets in 1981 who eventually became huge contributors to a pair of World Series clubs--one on the field and the other off it."

15) "Name the player the Mets selected ahead of Mookie Wilson in the 1977 draft."

16) "Name the Met Byung Hyun Kim struck out for the final out in his first major league save."

17) "Name the Mets who scored the tying and winning runswhen Matt Franco laced a two-run single off Mariano Rivera in a 1999 interleague game between the Mets and Yankees."

18) "Name the player the Mets sent to Detroit in exchange for Howard Johnson."

19) "Name the Mets pitcher whose single-season record for games pitched was broken by Jeff Innis."

20) "Name the three Mets who were teammates of Tom Seaver in both 1977 and 1983."

21) "Name the three players who have played for all FOUR
CURRENT New York and Chicago teams."

22) "Name at least five of the seven players who have played for
the Mets, Yankees and Cubs BUT NOT the White Sox."

23) "Name the three ex-Mets who, within the past five years, were on the Hall of Fame ballot but received zero votes."

24) "How many current skippers played for the Mets during their big league careers?"

25) "Name the Met who made the most appearances in the leadoff spot in 2001."

26) "Name the last player the Mets went to arbitration with."

27) "Name the first Met pitcher to make 30 starts in a single season without registering a complete game."

28) "Name the Met who hit the game-winning home run against
Milwaukee at Shea on Sept. 13, 2000, the players who scored on the homer AND the ex-Met who surrendered the winning runs for the Brewers."

29) "Name the San Diego Padres pitcher who surrendered Jay Payton's first major league hit."

30) "Name the area baseball icon who managed the last Met team to finish last in the majors in runs scored AND the area
baseball icon who led those Mets in both games played and at-bats."

31) "Name the Mets pitcher who surrendered the 3,000th and final hit of Roberto Clemente's tragically shortened career."

32) "Name the pitcher who surrendered the first homer of Mo Vaughn's big league career."

33) "Name the Pirates pitcher who surrendered Roberto Alomar's first career major league home run in 1988."

34) "Name the Mets pitchers who earned the victories the last time the Mets swept the Braves."

35) "Name the Brewers pitchers who surrendered a grand slam homer to Robin Ventura in both ends of a doubleheader in 1999."

36) "Name the only Mets pitcher to record a win against the Astros in 1993 AND the player who scored a run for the Mets
in Darryl Kile's no-hitter."

37) "Name the Met who broke up Russ Ortiz' no-hit bid at Shea in
2000."

38) "Name the FOUR members of the '97 Marlins who went on to play for the Mets."

39) "Name the two current Royals who spent time on the Mets' roster in the '90s yet never played in a game FOR the Mets."

40) "Name the first Met to ever get a hit in the All-Star Game."

41) "Name the last Met to bat .210 or lower in a full season AND
rack up enough plate appearances (502) to qualify for the batting crown."

42) "Name the two players to play for the Mets, Yankees, Reds and Indians in their careers."

43) "Name the player who delivered the game-winning hit to cap the Mets' five-run ninth inning rally against Curt Schilling and the Phillies in 1999."

44) "Name the Met who earned the win to halt the Mets' home losing streak at eight on Aug. 21, 1980."

45) "Name the team Anthony Young beat to end his record 27-game losing streak. For extra credit, name the player who drove
in the winning run in that game in the bottom of the ninth."

46) "Name the pitcher who took the loss for the Mets in the 1994 season finale AND the player who hit a home run to account for the Mets' only run of the game."

47) "Identify the last season--before 2002, of course--in which SIX
OR MORE Met pitchers tossed a complete game. Also, name the pitchers."

48) "How many games in a row did the Mets win at the end of the 1979 season to avoid a 100-loss season? Also, name the only
pitcher to earn more than one win during that streak."

49) "Name the Phillie who had the only hit in Terry Leach's
one-hitter in October 1982."

50) "Name the last Met manager to lose his job/fail to be re-hired
AFTER a season--DISREGARDING interim managers who took over in the final month of the season."

51) "Name the Dodger outfielder who drew a walk off Dwight Gooden and scored on Mike Scioscia's game-tying home run in
the ninth inning of Game Four of the 1988 NLCS.

52)"Name the only member of the Mets' 2000 NLCS roster who DID NOT get into a game against the Cardinals."

53) "Name the other two Met skippers, aside from Casey Stengel, who arrived at Shea with more than 400 big league wins to their credit."

54) "Name all the Met managers who directed the team to a winning record in their first FULL season at the helm."

danimal
02-01-2003, 08:15 PM
1) Alberto Castillo
2)Bobby Bonilla and Eddie Murray?
6) Mike Marshall and Alejandro Pena
7) Bobby Valentine, Yankees, Angels, Mets, Padres

danimal
02-02-2003, 04:50 PM
13)Tim FoliSSCanoga Park, CA
15)Wally BackmanSSBeaverton, OR
54)Yogi Berra,Joe Frazier,Davey Johnson,

GaryMrMets
02-03-2003, 11:45 PM
danimal, you are correct about # 6, 7, 13, 15, & 54. # 2 you are half correct with Eddie Murray. # 1 is wrong, try again.

1) Alberto Castillo
2) Bobby Bonilla and Eddie Murray?
6) Mike Marshall and Alejandro Pena
7) Bobby Valentine, Yankees, Angels, Mets, Padres
13)Tim FoliSSCanoga Park, CA
15)Wally BackmanSSBeaverton, OR
54)Yogi Berra,Joe Frazier,Davey Johnson,

danimal
02-04-2003, 05:53 PM
1) Dave Mlicki Armando Reynoso for one of two relievers not to appear in the game?

Hobosox
02-05-2003, 05:48 PM
3) Justice and Alomar
4) Mo Vaughn, Rey Sanchez...
38) Al Leiter, Bobby Bonilla, (Piazza??)...