# "So, You used to play for the Mets? For ten years huh...?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358 "2021-02-07T05:30:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/62 "2021-05-20T23:56:37Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > I did read it. Did he look like him or not? What does Dave Madagan look like? ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/63 "2021-05-21T00:34:12Z")
You’re lucky, if you scroll up you’ll find that someone already linked to a website that features his picture. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/64 "2021-05-21T00:35:20Z")
Look up their farm system affiliates, lol ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/65 "2021-05-21T01:01:52Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > I did read it. Did he look like him or not? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/66 "2021-05-21T13:00:56Z")
Every New Yorker becomes a Mets fan when the Mets are doing better than the Yankees. ETA: Hardly matters the way this thread went off the rails. Can anybody recap, is there or is there not some guy named D.B. Cooper who played for the Mets for 10 years? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/67 "2021-05-21T14:02:44Z")
Yes there was. But his career took a real high dive at the end. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/68 "2021-05-21T14:47:34Z")
Me too. He’s far from unknown if you’re familiar with 80s and 90s baseball. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/69 "2021-05-21T14:51:35Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > You’re lucky, if you scroll up you’ll find that someone already linked to a website that features his picture. Just because I’m being kind… Magadan back when he was a player with the Mets: [![](http://sabr.org/sites/default/files/Magadan-Dave.png) ](http://sabr.org/sites/default/files/Magadan-Dave.png) Magadan in 2019: [![](https://metsmerizedonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dave-magadan.jpg) ](https://metsmerizedonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/dave-magadan.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/70 "2021-05-21T15:01:31Z")
Also, just to be complete…this is a 2018 picture of Orlando (not David) Mercado, whom I mentioned yesterday. He did have a ten-year MLB career, and did play briefly for the Mets. [![](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/M507BE/baseball-coach-and-former-player-orlando-mercado-attends-the-press-M507BE.jpg) ](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/M507BE/baseball-coach-and-former-player-orlando-mercado-attends-the-press-M507BE.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/71 "2021-05-21T19:21:24Z")
Orlando looks a lot closer… but… nope, not him. PS- Your behavior has been exemplary. Thank You! LOTS of others have not… so… it’s time to ask: . People, explain to me… what are we doing here. Is the board trying to pillory me because a man (whom I had no idea either way and was my superior in the chain of command at a new company) claimed to have played for the Mets and even signed a Mets hat I brought in? Is the board trying to harass and crucify me because I didn’t know he was lying on the spot? Am I to nibbled at by the crazed roaches who are obsessed beyond all reason with one ball team ( and Should I Spray RAID 6 inches from the insect like it says on the label)? I only came back here to correct a mistake… but I feel like I’m fielding calls from the mentally ill callers to WFAN AM. ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/72 "2021-05-21T22:10:32Z")
To recap, you started the thread in February saying “how do I find out about this guy?” and then tell us it’s Dave Madigan who is a very well known player. Three months later you come in and say his name is David Mercado and boy is he in trouble, he’s a liar, he cost me a hat, he’s going to be fired. One person quite politely asked if you were sure about the name this time and that’s being harassed and crucified? ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/73 "2021-05-21T22:29:19Z")
> [@BeeGee](#): > > “how do I find out about this guy?” and then tell us it’s Dave Madigan who is a very well known player. Three months later you come in and say his name is David Mercado and boy is he in trouble, he’s a liar, he cost me a hat, he’s going to be fired. One person quite politely asked if you were sure about the name this time and that’s being harassed and crucified? Wrong. I came back to say what his name is. Mentally Ill Scumbags came at me because, how dare I be wrong? So what if he cost me a hat… if miserable low-class scumbags are going to come hard on to Me for his lying, well fuck you, peanut munching bitches, Guess He’s Going Down… and All On Your Entitled Say-So! Wanna give me crap? It ALL goes down hill and Fuck You Mets Fans. I have plenty of hats, this one is not important, and if creepy-assed WFAN Mets scumbag fans want to miss-read what was written with Intentional Ignorance, well then… Go Fuck Yourselves ( And the Consequences of Your Shitty Bad Actions). No person ( besides kenobi\_65 ) in this thread was the Slightest bit polite… and the Fuck Yous issued are well deserved and in order. Better that the whole Mets Team goes ZERO for 5000 than any single one of these scumbags ever be allowed to watch any Mets win. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/74 "2021-05-21T22:45:11Z")
As I said earlier, I’m the furthest thing from a baseball fan, never mind a Mets fan, but your behavior here is just insane. No one had been rude to you. Not so much vice versa. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/75 "2021-05-21T22:46:42Z")
Wow. Just wow. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/76 "2021-05-21T22:51:13Z")
I think someone’s off his mets… ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/77 "2021-05-21T22:53:27Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > > [@BeeGee](#): > > > > “how do I find out about this guy?” and then tell us it’s Dave Madigan who is a very well known player. Three months later you come in and say his name is David Mercado and boy is he in trouble, he’s a liar, he cost me a hat, he’s going to be fired. One person quite politely asked if you were sure about the name this time and that’s being harassed and crucified? > > Wrong. I came back to say what his name is. Mentally Ill Scumbags came at me because, > how dare I be wrong? So what if he cost me a hat… if miserable low-class scumbags are going to come hard on to Me for his lying, well fuck you, peanut munching bitches, Guess He’s Going Down… and All On Your Entitled Say-So! Wanna give me crap? It ALL goes down hill and Fuck You Mets Fans. > > I have plenty of hats, this one is not important, and if creepy-assed WFAN Mets scumbag fans want to miss-read what was written with Intentional Ignorance, well then… Go Fuck Yourselves ( And the Consequences of Your Shitty Bad Actions). > > No person ( besides kenobi\_65 ) in this thread was the Slightest bit polite… and the Fuck Yous issued are well deserved and in order. Better that the whole Mets Team goes ZERO for 5000 than any single one of these scumbags ever be allowed to watch any Mets win. Well that escalated quickly. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/79 "2021-05-21T23:19:15Z")
I’m closing this thread. One poster got an official warning, and a bunch of others replied inappropriately to his last few posts. Remember, report, don’t insult back. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-used-to-play-for-the-mets-for-ten-years-huh/932358/80 "2021-05-21T23:19:19Z")
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