Happy Mets Birthday Baseballl Quote to Craig Swan

When I think of Craig Swan, I think of two things. Number One, he led the National League in E.R.A. in 1978, no small accomplishment with that Met team. Number Two, next to Keith, Swanee (as he was affectionately known) had the best mustache in Mets history. Very impressive.

In honor of Swan's long career with the Mets (1973-1984), he gets the Mets Birthday Quote of the Day.

This quote was about his toughness as a player.

"No one ever tried harder to come back than Swanee."
--Rusty Staub, on Craig Swan

Happy Mets Birthday in Quotes to Howard Johnson

Fellow Mets fans, today is the birthday of the one and only Ho Jo, Howard Johnson. Before David Wright came along, Ho Jo was the best third baseman in Mets history. He played with the Mets from 1985--1993. He was also part of one of the best deals in Mets history as he was traded from the Tigers to the Mets for Walt Terrell.

Ho Jo was a two time all-star, the National League Home Run Leader in 1991 and in 1987, he was a members of the prestigious 30/30 club---30 home runs and 30 stolen bases.

Without a doubt, Johnson is well deserving of the Mets birthday quote of the day

"Howard Johnson could turn God's own fastball around."
--Tim McCarver

Happy Mets Birthday in Quotes to Wes Westrum

Everyone knows who the first manager of the Mets was---The Old Professor, Casey Stengel. However the trivia question of the day is who was the second manager of the Mets? The answer is the recipient of today's Mets baseball quote of the day---Wes Westrum.

Wesley Noreen Westrum took over as the Mets manger in late August of 1965. He managed the team in 1966 and then left  the team with eleven games left in the 1967 season.

He was a long time New York Giants catcher who was well regarded for his defense. One another great attribute of Westrum was his sense of humor. He has provided many a funny quote over the years baseballquotations.com

Today's Mets Birthday Quote of the day is a classic baseball quote from Westrum

"Baseball is like church. Many attend but few understand."

Happy Mets Birthday Quote of the Day to Randy Milligan

November 27th is the birthday of former Mets, Randy Milligan and Raul Valdez.

Milligan gets the Quote of the Day www.baseballquotations.com for his impressive Mets career. In 1987, he played in three games for the Mets and had one at bat. The one at bat was a strikeout.

He did however go on to have a solid career, mostly with the Orioles. This led former Mets and Orioles hitting coach, Tom McCraw to say of Milligan,

"I don't like to put tags or labels on anyone, but in my mind, here's 70 RBIs."
---Tom McCraw, talking about Milligan

He did prove prescient in 1991 when Milligan did have exactly 70 RBIs for the Orioles.

Happy Mets Birthday Quote: Richie Hebner

November 26th is the birthday of three players who have worn Mets uniforms including a current player. Former Met Catcher Brian Schneider was born today as is current Met John Smoker, which has got to be one of the all-time great names for a relief pitcher.

However, the winner of the prestigious Met Birthday Quote of the day was Richie Hebner. Hebner was a solid hitting third baseman who played most of his career with the Pirates. He did spend a brief time in Flushing, playing for the Mets. One of the most interesting facts about Hebner was that his father was a mortician and he spent the off season working in the family funeral home and being a grave digger, which led to some funny quotes over the years.

Congratulations to Richie Hebner for winning the New York Mets Birthday Quote of the Day,

"I've buried people in better shape than I am"
--Richie Hebner, after running two miles

Happy Mets Kinerism of The Day

Not a lot of famous Mets were born today---the biggest name being long time relief pitcher Octavio Dotel. Given that I don't have any quotes on Dotel, Chico Walker or Shingo Takatsu, I thought we would give the Mets Quote of the Day to the great Ralph Kiner.

Not only was Kiner a Hall of Fame Ballplayer, but he was a Hall of Fame Malaprop King as an announcer.  We honor the great Ralph Kiner.

Today's Classic Kinerism:

"The Mets are winless in the month of Atlanta."
Ralph Kiner

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Happy Mets Birthday to Joe 'Ducky' Medwick

How the heck did Hall of Famer, Joe 'Ducky' Medwick get our Mets birthday Quote of the Day. Well there are very few Mets birthdays today---Jason Jacome and long time Pirate pitcher Bob Friend who ended his career with the Mets.

Because, Ducky Medwick, played  from 1940-1943 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, that qualifies as the closest to a Met. Medwick was a ten time all-star mostly with the Cardinals. He was the National League MVP and triple crown winner in 1937. He was a tough guy but had a good sense of humor as reflected by this quote. Happy Birthday Ducky Medwick.

"I, too, used to be a Cardinal."
--Joe Medwick, after Medwick met the Pope

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