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TUCKER ASHFORD Share your memories of Tucker Ashford Tucker Ashford's complete Mets profile Doug May 6, 2013 West Palm Beach March 1984 Tucker was playing for the Mets in a spring training game and I was in the stands behind the 3rd base dugout. Tucker comes up late in the game, after having made a couple of errors and striking out at the plate. The fan in front of me, a heavy man who was clearly inebriated, starts letting Tucker have it "You are the worst excuse of a player ever to play in the majors.....You'll be out of the game by midseason...etc.." It was a really quiet crowd and everyone was feeling uncomfortable, including us - I mean what did Tucker do to the fan? And, this is only spring training. So, Tucker is at the plate with the fan heckling incessantly, and, you guessed it, Tucker rips a hard single up the middle. The crowd goes wild!! Everybody is letting the drunk fan have it. Even Bobby Valentine, the 3rd base coach, asks the heckling fan, who is quietly staring straight ahead, what he thinks of Tucker now. However, before a pitch is even thrown to the next batter, TUCKER GETS PICKED OFF 1ST BASE! The drunk fan stands up and screams "I REST MY CASE!" and leaves the ballpark as the entire stadium is howling in laughter. In 40 years of going to baseball games, I have never seen anything funnier! I am still in contact with one of the friends I went to the park with that day and we still laugh about it. Stay strong Tucker, hope you are well! Thanks for the memory.

COLLIN COWGILL Share your memories of Collin Cowgill Collin Cowgill's complete Mets profile JFK May 3, 2013 Another Sandy Alderson bust.

DANNY FRISELLA Share your memories of Danny Frisella Danny Frisella's complete Mets profile Dick Casho May 15, 2013 I coached Danny Frisella from when he was nine years old until his 16th birthday. I remember him always having a BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE. When I heard of his accident I was saddened. To his wife and family, my condolence.

IKE HAMPTON Share your memories of Ike Hampton Ike Hampton's complete Mets profile Mike Mets Fan since 1962 May 16, 2013 Ike was the DH when Guidry stuck him out 3 times 6/17/78. I listened to the game. 18 strike outs, 400 Holy Cows.

BILL HEPLER Share your memories of Bill Hepler Bill Hepler's complete Mets profile Fritz Fritsch May 15, 2013 Interesting statistical line on Bill Hepler. 69 innings pitched, gave up 71 hits and 51 walks. That's almost two base runners every inning, yet he had a not too bad ERA of 3.52. Creates the impression of a young pitcher who pitched his way into and out of a lot of jams. Plus a 3-3 .500 record, which was all right for a Met pitcher in those days; makes you wonder why he didn't stick around longer. Must have hurt his arm or something.

MICKEY LOLICH Share your memories of Mickey Lolich Mickey Lolich's complete Mets profile Bob P May 7, 2013 I have to respectfully disagree with NYB Buff's claim that Lolich belongs in Cooperstown. I'll start with full disclosure: I was (and still am) bitter that the Mets gave up one of my favorite players, Rusty Staub, to get Lolich-- who was well past his prime. But the facts are: Lolich spent 16 years in the Majors. He made the all- star team 3 times, led the AL in wins once, shutouts once, complete games once, innings once, strikeouts once, and losses TWICE. He finished second (1971) and third (1972) in the Cy Young race, and he never finished higher than TENTH PLACE in the league in ERA (finished tenth in both 1971 and 1972). Baseball Reference lists among his top ten in similarity scores: Jerry Koosman, Jerry Reuss, Rick Reuschel, Luis Tiant, Vida Blue, and Joe Niekro. All of that tells me Lolich in his prime was a good pitcher, but nowhere near a HOFer.

TUG MCGRAW Share your memories of Tug McGraw Tug McGraw's complete Mets profile Salamander May 10, 2013 Tug was a key figure for both the Mets and Phillies in his career. But with which team was he better treated? When the news of his brain tumor came out in 2003, the New York Daily News mentioned it somewhere in the back of its sports section with little or no interest. Meanwhile, his picture appeared on the front page of the Philadelphia Daily News. It appeared as if Tug was more respected in Philly, at least at that emotional time. Why was this the case? It could have had something to do with Tug's actions during the Phils' World Championship celebration in 1980. Caught up in the moment, he said to the Philadelphia crowd "New York can take this championship and stick it!" It was a comment directed to the Big Apple media (not the Mets fans) and probably not forgotten by those in it. This could easily be the reason that the New York press didn't cover the sad news of his condition the way it should have. Quality Met May 15, 2013 Salamander, I understand what you're saying, but I think you're a little off on something. The reason McGraw's brain tumor was such a big story in Philly was that he became a reporter in that town after his career ended. This created a special bond with himself and the folks there that just didn't exist anywhere else. Tug was really looked at as one of their own in Philadelphia. Also, Tug and New York seemed to lose touch with each other once he was traded, which was six years before his "stick it" quote. They didn't get reconnected until his induction into the Mets Hall of Fame in 1993 and the silver anniversary of the '69 Miracle a year later.

WILLIE MONTANEZ Share your memories of Willie Montanez Willie Montanez's complete Mets profile Larry Laughing at the Late 70's May 6, 2013 Another Montanez quirk was pointing to the ball after hitting it, especially grounders and liners, as if to guide it past the infielders. Though he drove in 96 in a poor lineup, he was already in steady decline as a hitter when the Mets swung that mindless 4-way trade, which amounted to Matlack and Milner for Montanez, with Ken Henderson as the ball-and-glove to be named later. Hendon't did help the 1978 Mets to a stunning 4-1 start, only to disappear for good two days later, and Montanez wouldn't last the following season. Meanwhile, Matlack registered the second lowest AL ERA, to Ron Guidry, and Milner helped Willie Stargell's Family win it all in '79. One of the most underrated of the franchise-killing trades engineered by M.Donald Duck and Joe McDonald Duck, under The Incompetency of the Payson heiress, Lorinda deRoulet.

JUNIOR NOBOA Share your memories of Junior Noboa Junior Noboa's complete Mets profile Chris M May 15, 2013 I have no memory of Noboa as a Met, but I do remember that my friends and I would play baseball and pretend to be the best players on the Mets or around the league. I was always Todd Hundley, another friend was always Jeff Bagwell, etc. However, any time somebody had a really bad at-bat or made a bad play in the field, the rest of us would scream at him: "YOU'RE JUNIOR NABOA"

JOHN STROHMAYER Share your memories of John Strohmayer John Strohmayer's complete Mets profile Lou May 6, 2013 He shared a 76 million dollar lottery win in 2009. NICE!

RUBEN TEJADA Share your memories of Ruben Tejada Ruben Tejada's complete Mets profile Hot Foot May 4, 2013 Ruben finally showed some spark in last night's extra-inning win. He got the game-winning hit in Atlanta, capping a come-from-behind rally. I just would like him to show some fire; to play harder. He clearly has a lot of talent and is still young, but he has always seemed to play with a laid-back attitude that was fine when he was hitting .280 but not fine when he was hitting .220 and making routine errors. It hasn't seemed like he has played up to the level of his talent yet, due to lack of hustle (from either being tired from the long season or conserving energy for the long season). When he came up to the big leagues, he was serviceable, and up to this point that hasn't changed, but obviously there is room for improvement.

PAT ZACHRY Share your memories of Pat Zachry Pat Zachry's complete Mets profile Larry Laughing at the Late 70's May 6, 2013 Synonymous with Seaver -that's Amazin! To watch this erratic, scraggly, ungainly Wacko from Waco as the replacement for the classic Terrific One was all the more unsightly in the most hideous era in Mets history. The Kicking of the Helmet/ Dugout Step is probably his most "sums it all up" legacy he leaves to Met fans. Picturing it makes me both laugh, and incredulous: Did it really happen that way? It's too good/bad to be true! How awkward, angry, stupid, unlucky -even lucky- must a young athlete be to risk so much while imitating life to an art form in such a perfect narrative? The Miracle of '78!

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