In your face, J.J. Abrams! Our Episode 7 is releasing a good year and a half before yours…
Like you, we have spared no expense. Just check out that super-realistic CGI ‘stache on our subject. And consider our prize stash: a 2002 Topps Super Teams Keith Hernandez (numbered 1909 out of 1986) and a 2005 Topps Retired Gold Keith Hernandez (numbered 99 out of 500).
So, dear reader, is the Force strong with you? Identify this Mystery Met from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away can you?
Or perhaps you’ll adopt a new strategy, and let the Mookiee win…
My first thought was Tim Foli?
It’s our AAA manager Wally Backman
These are the not the Mets we’re looking for…
Hahaha!
This looks early 1980s to me. The scrubs I remember with a stache are Jerry Martin and Rick Sweet. I seem to recall Sweet’s being bushier so I’m going with Martin.
John Christenson ?
Still looking for a winner.
Probably a pitcher and showing him in a batting pose is a fake out.
Ross Jones?
Not a pitcher Steevy, and not Ross Jones, although that was an awesome guess.
On April 28, 1984, Jones came up to bat in the bottom of the ninth of a tie game with the first-place Phillies. Facing Al Holland, he smacked a walk-off double, driving in Hubie Brooks. This was his only hit in a Mets uniform.
A hint: Our subject here is also a member of the one-hit-as-a-Met club. In fact, that one hit was his only career hit…
Using your hint – how about Mike Bishop? He has one career hit and played on the 1983 Mets.
You got it, Brian!
Bishop was a catcher who appeared in three April games for the 1983 Mets. His only MLB hit came in the backend of a doubleheader vs the Pirates, when he connected for a second-inning double off Lee Tunnell.
Bishop had some outstanding seasons in the Minors, including a 1980 campaign with AA El Paso wherein he batted .325 with 33 HRs and 104 RBI as a 21-year old. Hmm, a catcher whose offensive prowess does not translate from the Minors to the Majors…
The Mex cards will be in the mail in a couple of days!