{"id":2613,"date":"2016-07-05T19:07:06","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T01:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2016-07-05T19:07:06","modified_gmt":"2016-07-06T01:07:06","slug":"triple-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2613","title":{"rendered":"Triple Threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/18.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/18.gif\" alt=\"18\" width=\"42\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>So it&#8217;s a bit of a double tragedy out there tonight. Travis d&#8217;Arnaud surrendering his favorite uni number &#8212; one he earned while Jose Reyes was drawing gigantic checks from a franchise that traded d&#8217;Arnaud away &#8212; and the Mets bending over backwards to accommodate a disgraced star when there&#8217;s no guarantee he&#8217;s anything approaching the No. 7 he once was.<\/p>\n<p>Travis for his part robotically blurted out unconvincing platitudes about Reyes and Peyton Manning, and here is is, wearing his third uni number in as many years. They couldn&#8217;t even do the right thing and use this unusual situation to re-introduce No. 8 to the uni-sphere.<\/p>\n<p>d&#8217;Arnaud by my count is the 28th guy to wear three or more numbers for the Mets:<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"400\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Player<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>1st<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2nd<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>3rd<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>4th<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>5th<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jeff McKnight<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kevin Collins<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pedro Feliciano<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ed Lynch<\/td>\n<td>59<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Darrell Sutherland<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td>43<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cleon Jones<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>John Stephenson<\/td>\n<td>49<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jim Hickman<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mike Jorgensen<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hank Webb<\/td>\n<td>42<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hubie Brooks<\/td>\n<td>62<\/td>\n<td>39<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Clint Hurdle<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Chuck Carr<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>27<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kevin Elster<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Charlie O&#8217;Brien<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ron Darling<\/td>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jason Phillips<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>David Cone<\/td>\n<td>44<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jae Seo<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Roger Craig<\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>36<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lee Mazzilli<\/td>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mike DiFelice<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Marlon Anderson<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ramon Martinez<\/td>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>26<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Robinson Cancel<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>29<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Anderson Hernandez<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Omar Quintanilla<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Travis d&#8217;Arnaud<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So it&#8217;s a bit of a double tragedy out there tonight. Travis d&#8217;Arnaud surrendering his favorite uni number &#8212; one he earned while Jose Reyes was drawing gigantic checks from a franchise that traded d&#8217;Arnaud away &#8212; and the Mets bending over backwards to accommodate a disgraced star when there&#8217;s no guarantee he&#8217;s anything approaching &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=2613\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Triple Threats&#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":[387],"tags":[110,100,612],"class_list":["post-2613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uni-controversies","tag-jeff-mcknight","tag-jose-reyes","tag-travis-darnaud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613","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=2613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2614,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613\/revisions\/2614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}