A remark in the comments section in the previous entry, noting that slugging middle infielder\u00a0Omar Quintanilla\u00a0had become the Mets’ first Q surname and the 25th letter represented overall, inspired the following attempt to field a team of Mets using each letter of the alphabet only once. Thanks for the inspiration and the post-list suggestions. I like this team’s chances even if Seaver might have to sit to get Strawberry’s bat in the lineup. Isn’t that so Metly?<\/p>\n
Starting pitchers (5)<\/strong> Relievers (6)<\/strong> Catchers (2)<\/strong> Infielders (6)<\/strong> Outfielders (6)<\/strong> A remark in the comments section in the previous entry, noting that slugging middle infielder\u00a0Omar Quintanilla\u00a0had become the Mets’ first Q surname and the 25th letter represented overall, inspired the following attempt to field a team of Mets using each letter of the alphabet only once. Thanks for the inspiration and the post-list suggestions. I … Continue reading “Mets by the Letters”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[596],"class_list":["post-1831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-omar-quintanilla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1832,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nGooden, SP
\nKoosman, SP
\nLeiter, SP
\nSeaver, SP
\nViola, SP<\/p>\n
\nDotel
\nFranco
\nInnis
\nMcGraw
\nOrosco
\nZachry<\/p>\n
\nCarter
\nPiazza<\/p>\n
\nAlfonzo, 2B-3B
\nHernandez, 1B
\nQuintanilla, SS-2B
\nReyes, SS
\nTeufel, 2B
\nWright, 3B<\/p>\n
\nBeltran
\nEverett
\nC. Jones
\nNieuwenhuis
\nUnser
\nYoungblood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"