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Share your memories of Mike Marshall
HERE IS WHAT OTHER METS FANS HAVE TO SAY:
Charlie
December 10, 2001
The ultimate in the "past-his-prime" pickup department. Now... If the Mets had gotten him in, say, 1975 --when he was coming off a Cy Young Award & The Mets had just traded Tug McGraw....
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Nishna
October 10, 2003
After the Mets let him go, he was charged with breaking a truck window with a rock or a ball or something he threw at it from his garage. Any judge who saw him pitch for the Mets would have let him off, because he couldn't possibly hit a target that small from that distance.Didn't he once lose a game by throwing a wild pitch on an intentional walk? Might not have that one quite right, but he definitely had some serious control problems toward the end.
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Joe Figliola
October 15, 2003
At the time, I thought it was a smart move by the Mets to pick Marshall up. Back then, I looked upon it as the team picking up a savvy veteran who knew how to win. Although I don't recall him losing a game on a wild pitch during an intentional walk, I do remember him pitching pretty well. His numbers, particularly his ERA, were decent for the team at the team. However, I question why schmucko Torre didn't use him more in save situations. Wasn't that Marshall's claim to fame throughout his career?
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Mex
February 7, 2005
I believe in a game against the Stros, Marshall uncorked two wild pitches in the ninth inning to lose 5-4. If I remember correctly, the first allowed a runner to advance to third, the next, to score the winning run. Both pitches were knucklers.
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Bob P
February 12, 2005
Mex, a quick check at retrosheet.org show that you are mostly right about Marshall. I think the game you are referring to was played September 1, 1981 at the Astrodome.The Mets trailed 2-0 for much of the game, but tied it in the seventh. Marshall replaced Pete Falcome in the bottom of the seventh and retired seven of the first eight batters he faced. But with one out in the ninth, Andy Ashby doubled. A groundout moved pinch-runner Scott Loucks to third, and with Harry Spilman at the plate, Marshall threw a wild pitch giving the Astros the win.
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Jonathan Stern
January 23, 2012
During his playing career, Mike Marshall earned a PhD in kinesiology. I am not even going to try to explain what kinesiology is. My attempt to understand it from the wiki article failed.In one of his books, Tim McCarver wrote that he had a fight with Marshall and never liked him.
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JFK
December 19, 2012
Marshall was a SS in the minors for 4 years before he pitched. One look at his fielding stats explain why he became a pitcher. In his 4 years he made 53, 68, 45 and 39 errors.
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