{"id":1987,"date":"2014-01-12T08:45:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T14:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2015-04-20T19:49:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T01:49:40","slug":"can-the-grandy-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=1987","title":{"rendered":"Can the Grandy Man?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/3.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-85\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/3.gif\" alt=\"3\" width=\"27\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>I don&#8217;t want to set outsized expectations, but a good season from new outfielder <strong>Curtis Granderson<\/strong> just might eclipse the career home run totals of the Mets&#8217; all-time leader in among those who&#8217;ve worn No. 3. <strong>Carl Everett<\/strong> racked up 27 home runs over his three seasons in Mets No. 3 jersey. And an OK season would match the eight-year career home run output of <strong>Vance Wilson,<\/strong> No. 3&#8217;s second-most prolific home run hitter.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not unimaginable that <strong>Bud Harrelson&#8217;s<\/strong> 242 career RBI could be in jeopardy after a few seasons, though his totals for Games and at-bats as a No. 3 may never be challenged. Take a look at the career totals <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatemets.com\/uninumbers.php?tabno=3&amp;thisNumber=3\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t want to set outsized expectations, but a good season from new outfielder Curtis Granderson just might eclipse the career home run totals of the Mets&#8217; all-time leader in among those who&#8217;ve worn No. 3. Carl Everett racked up 27 home runs over his three seasons in Mets No. 3 jersey. And an OK &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=1987\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Can the Grandy Man?&#8221;<\/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":[628,627,623],"class_list":["post-1987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bud-harrelson","tag-carl-everett","tag-curtis-granderson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987","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=1987"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2246,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1987\/revisions\/2246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}