From last year, one man’s attempt to craft an “Irish” Mets team.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from Shea Stadium – lets welcome Bob Murphy to the microphone (Tim McCarver is up in the TV booth) to introduce the Irish Mets – a list of Mets who have at-least Irish-sounding names. Â Feel free to hit comments to add suggestions, nitpick heritage, or bitch. Â Bob, take it away…(no I’m not going to attempt to write in Murph-cadence)
First let’s meet the pitchers:
Our starters: Nolan Ryan, Tim Leary, Terry Leach and Jim McAndrew
The bullpen:Â Â Tug McGraw & Roger McDowell (we could add brief 2009 Met Darren O’Day)
Behind the plate: catcher Mike Fitzgerald
Third base: He played 38 games there in 1990, please welcome back our old friend Tom O’Malley
Shortstop: Â Roy McMillan
Second base: Â Doug Flynn
First base: moving from LF on the 2008 team to first…Daniel Murphy!
In left: Our former “we need a body” supersub Joe McEwing. (I wanted to nominate the big redhead Rusty Staub but was overruled by the Mets Police Emerald Society). Â Last year McEwing was at first and Murphy here.
In Center: Kevin McReynolds (33 games there in 1991)
The Right Fielder: Dave Gallagher
Pete Flynn will take care of the grounds, and to manage this not-so-impressive lineup, we considered having a player-manager at SS, but we decided to go un-Wilpon and not forget the New York Giants so John McGraw will be our choice.
Who did I miss?