{"id":875,"date":"2008-03-20T01:20:42","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T01:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beta.mbtn.net\/?p=875"},"modified":"2013-12-01T01:23:21","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T01:23:21","slug":"pick-a-number-win-a-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/?p=875","title":{"rendered":"Pick a Number, Win a Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re in New York this Saturday, don’t forget to check out the\u00a0SABR\u00a0<\/a>meeting, where I’ll be doing a short presentation and then signing\u00a0books<\/a>\u00a0with co-author\u00a0Matt Silverman<\/a>. There’s a small admission fee, but its more than worth it to be involved. There’s usually some stuff for collectors, plenty of baseball books (and writers) on hand, there’s an impossible trivia contest and interesting presentations. And fewer pocket-protectors than you would think. 10 a.m. at the Mid-Mahattan Library at 5th Ave. & 40th.<\/p>\n

Thanks to readers Kevin and John who informed me of some minor errors in the player profiles they’d come across (Benny Agbayani<\/a>,\u00a0Ron Taylor<\/a>,\u00a0Vince Coleman<\/a>\u00a0and a few others). The new format fortunately makes these things very easy to fix, so don’t hesitate to\u00a0inform me<\/a>\u00a0if something looks goofy. The majority of these “player views” by the way are nothing much to look at yet, but I’ll be adding to them gradually. Some include\u00a0photos\u00a0<\/a>and\/or\u00a0brief bios<\/a>\u00a0already.<\/p>\n

\"\"Meanwhile in Metland, how about a round of applause for handsome young\u00a0Fernando Martinez,<\/strong>\u00a0who was reassigned to minor league camp but had little to be ashamed of, leaving behind a mark of .340\/.373\/.426, with four doubles and just seven whiffs in 47 spring training at-bats wearing\u00a0No. 67.<\/strong>\u00a0MBTN reader\u00a0Kevin, yes, the same one looking up Vince Coleman, suggests turning speculation over what number F-Mart wears when\/if he returns in the regular season into a game. This of course is a great idea.<\/p>\n

In the comments section below, please submit your guess as towhat number will be issued to Fernando Martinez upon his regular-season debut with the Mets.<\/strong>\u00a0Keep in mind this exercise may require you to further speculate as to the time (or year, even) at which he arrives so as far as I’m concerned all number guesses are valid. I’ll try to keep track and offer a prize (how about a signed book?) to the winner.<\/p>\n

Currently, you needn’t be logged in to comment, but it may aid in tracking you down in the event you win. Politic all you want, but be a sportsman and enter just once.<\/p>\n

Word also today that along with a few of the longer shots (Joselo Diaz, Nate Field, etc.) chubby veteran pinch-hitting hopeful\u00a0Olmedo Seanz<\/strong>\u00a0was assigned to minor league camp. Could a guy who wears No. 93 (Brady Clark<\/a><\/strong>) make the team? Just might. A trade could very well be in the works as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you’re in New York this Saturday, don’t forget to check out the\u00a0SABR\u00a0meeting, where I’ll be doing a short presentation and then signing\u00a0books\u00a0with co-author\u00a0Matt Silverman. There’s a small admission fee, but its more than worth it to be involved. There’s usually some stuff for collectors, plenty of baseball books (and writers) on hand, there’s an … Continue reading “Pick a Number, Win a Prize”<\/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":[350],"class_list":["post-875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fernando-martinez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875","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=875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":876,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875\/revisions\/876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbtn.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}