{"id":618,"date":"2006-08-18T15:37:01","date_gmt":"2006-08-18T15:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/?p=618"},"modified":"2013-11-30T15:38:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-30T15:38:26","slug":"86ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=618","title":{"rendered":"86ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/86.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-172\" alt=\"86\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/86.gif\" width=\"56\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a>Generally, we can take or leave Old-Timers Days, but if you didn&#8217;t wipe your eyes tonight you&#8217;re either too young to remember or at the wrong address.<\/p>\n<p>Throwback Night features the Met debut of lefty pitcher\u00a0<strong>Dave Williams,<\/strong>\u00a0the former Red we traded for in May, wearing the\u00a0<strong>racing stripes\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0No. 32.<\/strong>\u00a0Williams, it should be noted, is the\u00a0<strong>third guy to wear No. 32 this year alone<\/strong>\u00a0for the Mets. Rotten emergency starter\u00a0<strong>Jeremi Gonzalez<\/strong>\u00a0had it back in May and recently sacked pinch-hitter\u00a0<strong>Eli Marerro\u00a0<\/strong>took over in June.<\/p>\n<p>In case you&#8217;re wondering, that&#8217;s not a record, though it ties for second: In 2004, the Mets trotted out<strong>four different stiffs in No. 6\u00a0<\/strong>(<strong>Ricky Gutierrez, Gerald Williams, Tom Wilson and Jeff Keppinger<\/strong>). We&#8217;re impressed if you can even recall Tom Wilson&#8217;s Met career.<\/p>\n<p>We needn&#8217;t even have to say it, but\u00a0<strong>Heath Bell 19\u00a0<\/strong>was optioned to Norfolk to make room for Williams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Generally, we can take or leave Old-Timers Days, but if you didn&#8217;t wipe your eyes tonight you&#8217;re either too young to remember or at the wrong address. Throwback Night features the Met debut of lefty pitcher\u00a0Dave Williams,\u00a0the former Red we traded for in May, wearing the\u00a0racing stripes\u00a0and\u00a0No. 32.\u00a0Williams, it should be noted, is the\u00a0third guy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=618\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;86ed&#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":[235,247,153,160,156,232,147,150],"class_list":["post-618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dave-williams","tag-eli-marrero","tag-gerald-williams","tag-heath-bell","tag-jeff-keppinger","tag-jeremi-gonzalez","tag-ricky-gutierrez","tag-tom-wilson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618","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=618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618\/revisions\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}