D'Oh!

It seems appropriate to tell you today (while recovering from my return trip from the West Coast) that...

* Ron Hodges only walk-off Homer of his career came in a game in which the opposing starting pitcher was Wayne Simpson.

The details of that contest can be found here
http://metswalkoffs.blogspot.com/2005/12/rondezvous-with-destiny.html

True Metpsons know...Bart Shirley went 0-for-12 for the 1967 Mets, his only season with the team. The 12 hitless at-bats ranks second among position players who never had a hit in their Mets careers. The leader is Shirley's former teammate, Sandy Alomar Sr. (the current 3B coach) who went 0-for-22 for that same squad