This goes out as a reminder for all the remaining Mets Fans out there
Run to the Hills
Run for your life !
- Iron Maiden
Okay now that that’s out of the way it is time to take our daily dose of propofol that is ” This Day In Mets Infamy With Rusty” !
First off Happy Birthday to one time long man / spot starter and coach for the Mets – Mike ” Brother of Greg” Maddux (1961)
Also celebrating a birthday is our everyday outfielder from ’96 & ’97 – Brian ” son of Hal” McRae (1967) – Have you ever noticed that aside from a Todd Hundley whenever we have a brother or son of a star player they turn out to be mediocre at best ?
Now here’s a bright spot in the annals of Mets infamy – today is the day our New York Mets signed free agent Jerry ” KOOZ!” Koosman in 1964.
and here is a equally infamous transaction that happened today in 1992 when our beloved – yet dysfunctional New York Mets traded David Cone to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent and Ryan Thompson . As we all know Kent turned into a Hall Of Fame second baseman after he left us and Thompson was a fourth outfielder at best – it’s these kinds of deals that want you to kill your self quick and painlessly !
and lastly on this day in 2004 our New York Mets traded reliever Dan Wheeler to the Houston Astros for Adam ” Doctor” Seuss on August 27, 2004. – Long story short , Wheeler went on to make the World Series with the Tampa Bay Rays while Seuss played two games for St. Lucie before getting trapped into the 12th dimension.
All I can say is to quote Joe Benigo- ” Oh The Pain !!!
10 comments
trs86
8/27/2009-8:14am at 8:14 am (UTC -4)
“just for Mets players on the DL would be higher than the total budgets of 17 other teams”
prismo
8/27/2009-8:28am at 8:28 am (UTC -4)
Next spring training I’d love to see scrimmage games of the ’09 Scrubs vs the ’09 Injured
prismo
8/27/2009-8:20am at 8:20 am (UTC -4)
The Mets are only 12 games ahead of the “worst-in-the-mlb” Nationals. I hope they keep losing and get Bryce Harper in the draft. Is that being a bad fan?
dirtysanchez
8/27/2009-8:40am at 8:40 am (UTC -4)
lol…no. Thats called making the best out of a bad situation lol
Kingman 26
8/27/2009-9:24am at 9:24 am (UTC -4)
Has anyone seen, anywhere, any mention of where the 2009 Metsies stand in terms of games lost to injuries, in recent years or all-time?
Elias must be able to summon something like this from their database….I mean, we must, at this point and by the end of the year, be among the all-time champs in games lost to injuries.
Take a look at 1987—it was bad, but nothing at all like this.
I mean, we have Pelf and Slappy and Murph and Schneider and KRod and a couple bench and bullpen guys left…that is it….
trs86
8/27/2009-9:28am at 9:28 am (UTC -4)
Cash wise I am sure we are #1. As for pure numbers we were tied with the Reds this season for number of dl trips but I think Perez put us over. At least he is helping us win something.
prismo
8/27/2009-9:29am at 9:29 am (UTC -4)
What does ‘games lost to injuries’ mean?
prismo
8/27/2009-9:31am at 9:31 am (UTC -4)
Do you mean total number of days on the DL for Mets players?
trs86
8/27/2009-9:38am at 9:38 am (UTC -4)
I think he is maybe implying a formual showing games we would have won without injury.
udontmesswthejohan
8/27/2009-9:53am at 9:53 am (UTC -4)
Sanchez named Jets starter…Rex Ryan has a Latino bias!!!
I kid, I kid. Just have to keep from laughing as I gear up for another death march, I mean season.