Good morning to all my Mets bretheren out there its time for your morning dose of Mets history – or as I like to call it infamy… But anywhoo its time for “this date in Mets infamy with Rusty”
Birthday wishes go out to probably one of the few bright spots of the 78, ’79 pitching staff – reliever Ed “in like ” Glynn (1953)
reserve catcher for the ’86 team Barry “heart of a ” Lyons (1960)
and back up infielder Aaron ” all but forgotten” Ledesma (1971)
everyones favorite hot head Carl ” dinosaurs aint in the bible so they never existed” Everett (1971)
also exdodger phenom who looked mortal when he pitched for us -Chan “tally ” Ho Park(lot) (1973) first off – it makes me happy he’s on the phils , secondly what ever happen to our chan ho parkinglot?
New York Mets selected Darryl Strawberry in first round (first pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1980. – this was probably one of the high points og the dismal met years so much talent – that later on was wasted
New York Mets selected Rick ” I was traded for Keith Hernandez and all I got was this lousy t-shirt” Ownbey in 13th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.
New York Mets selected backup catcher Ronn “wrap” Reynolds in fifth round of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.
New York Mets selected John the lost gibb brother”Gibbons in first round (24th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1980. he was if you all remember going to be the starting catcher in the ’84 season before having his jaw broken and was never the same hence the trade for Gary Carter
New York Mets selected Billy “I’m not him” Beane in first round (23rd pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1980.
New York Mets selected Gregg Jefferies in first round (20th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 1985. – You know Roger McDowell was happy about this
New York Mets selected Joe Crawford in 17th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1991. – one word “WHO!”
New York Mets selected Jason “iZZY” Isringhausen in 44th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1991.
New York Mets selected Bill “PULSE” Pulsipher in second round of free agent draft on June 3, 1991.
New York Mets selected Vance Wilson in 44th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1993. – he was a keeper imho
New York Mets selected Benny “the original hawaiian punch” Agbayani in 30th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1993.
New York Mets selected Jason “Papa” Roach in 20th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1997.
New York Mets selected Jason “Steves smarter brother” ( j/k actually no relation )Phillips in 24th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1997.
New York Mets selected Tyler “texas ranger” Walker in second round of free agent draft on June 3, 1997.
New York Mets selected Eric “the hammock” Cammack in 13th round of free agent draft on June 3, 1997.
New York Mets selected Lastings “insert your punchline here “Milledge in first round (12th pick overall) of free agent draft on June 3, 2003.
New York Mets selected Brian Bannister in seventh round of free agent draft on June 3, 2003. CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHY WE TRADED HIM FOR A MURDERER!!??
New York Mets selected Carlos Muniz in 13th round of free agent draft on June 3, 2003. where he toils in buffalo to this day
New York Mets released Chan Ho Park on June 3, 2007. -See this has to be athe greatest insult for a human being – to be released on your birthday lol
and lastly its time for the Mo Vaughn fact of the day… HE’S STILL FAT !!!!
13 comments
darknova306
6/3/2009-6:53am at 6:53 am (UTC -4)
I loved Vance Wilson. I was really sad to see him go, I thought he was a great backup catcher for us.
The real question about Bannister is, why did we trade him for a Royals reliever with a 7+ERA? Even if Bannister was only a spot starter for us, there was no reason to bring in a flamethrowing reliever that couldn’t command ANY of his pitches. Bannister’s not a great pitcher, but he was a serviceable starter the way Omar thought Redding could be (nice job, Omar…).
rustyjr
6/3/2009-7:39am at 7:39 am (UTC -4)
Yeah I know but u can’t always blame omar – cashen, Phillips , duquette , harazin, and yes the ultimate ass grant all of made their share if bad trades – I just don’t see what the scouting corps saw other than his 90+ fastball
prismo
6/3/2009-7:40am at 7:40 am (UTC -4)
Benny Agbayani – the ORIGINAL flyin’ Hawaiian. Screw Victorino!
rustyjr
6/3/2009-8:03am at 8:03 am (UTC -4)
i wouldnt call Benny “flying” lol but he sure did pack a punch when they threw a fastball at him – kinda like Butch Huskey
GravediggerHebner
6/3/2009-10:43am at 10:43 am (UTC -4)
Well I could certainly rationalize that a guy with less than Greg Maddux stuff who had to pitch like Greg Maddux (and get the wide strike zones that Maddux got) to win could be traded for a 22 year old flamethrower who already had 2 seasons of major league experience and 20 major league saves under his belt.
And I don’t want to start any unnecessary slander so let me preface this by saying I’m not sure I am thinking of the right guy, but could an alternate caption be Billy “The Gay One” Beane?
rustyjr
6/3/2009-10:52am at 10:52 am (UTC -4)
Yeah grave that one – I just felt I didn’t need tobput his sexual orientation on there
GravediggerHebner
6/3/2009-11:02am at 11:02 am (UTC -4)
I agree that his sexual orientation doesn’t really matter. I am not trying to denigrate him by pointing it out. Just wasn’t sure if I was remembering the right thing, thanks for confirming.
rustyjr
6/3/2009-11:11am at 11:11 am (UTC -4)
No – I understand – I was just explaining that with my sarcasm I would generally write that but I was showing restraint
GravediggerHebner
6/3/2009-11:16am at 11:16 am (UTC -4)
I admire your restraint. Of course, that’s coming from a guy who wrote a post about O-Dog fetching balls.
rustyjr
6/3/2009-11:29am at 11:29 am (UTC -4)
Well that was too hard to resist LOL
fongy2
6/3/2009-11:53am at 11:53 am (UTC -4)
Nice Rusty. I hope you know that Billy
Beane is indeed the same GM of the A’s and Gibbons was the fmr mgr of
the Jays.Also Ed Glynn is the only
frm peanut vendor at Shea who went on
to play for us.
GravediggerHebner
6/3/2009-11:58am at 11:58 am (UTC -4)
Yes, nice catch Fongy. I guess when Rusty wrote “I’m not him” he was implying “not the gay one” as opposed to “not the GM of the A’s one.”
The “not the GM of the A’s one” is Billy Bean without the e at the end.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bean
rustyjr
6/3/2009-12:03pm at 12:03 pm (UTC -4)
Exactly heb and yes I meant to write about gibbons managing the jays and I forgot about glynn being a peanut vendor – I can’t wait to make a shawn abner post LOL