Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site fisher.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!astrovax!fisher!david From: david@fisher.UUCP (David Rubin) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: Re: Met musings Message-ID: <445@fisher.UUCP> Date: Tue, 11-Dec-84 08:23:23 EST Article-I.D.: fisher.445 Posted: Tue Dec 11 08:23:23 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 04:36:36 EST References: <109@rruxu.UUCP> Organization: Princeton Univ. Statistics Lines: 23 [sing praises to mr. bow-tie!] I, too, was quite puzzled by the acquisition of Howard Johnson, and could only explain it by assuming that the Mets were planning to trade away someone from the left side of the infield. It turns out this was the case. Little did I suspect that Cashen would actually get us Gary Carter, the single player in the majors today who would most improve the Mets. When they announced (during the Monday night football game) that there had been a big baseball trade sending Carter to the Mets (at least I was hoping they had said the "Mets"), I started figuring who the Mets had given up. I settled on Brooks (the Expos want middle infielders who can hit), Fitzgerald (they would of course need a catcher), and Sisk (Reardon was rumored to be on the way out). I wasn't too far off, and pleasantly surprised, that the actual deal was for Brooks, Fitzgerald, Wynningham (good-looking AAA outfielder), and pitcher who I had not heard of (began with a "T", I think). And to think I would have been pleased by getting only Diaz! Frank Cashen, I doff my cap to you, sir! David Rubin