Newsday’s The Final Score blog makes us aware of this # 54 Mets used Dromerhauser 1988 playoff jersey that is up on Ebay. Back then Dromerhauser was the Mets bullpen catcher. Jim Baumbach writes that neither he nor the guy who selling the jersey know Dromerhauser’s first name. So I was curious and googled it. The first entry that popped up is this NYT story that not only gives us his first name, Rob, but a story of how in 1989, with Gary Carter, Barry Lyons hurt and Mackey Sasser their only catcher left, then GM Joe McIlvaine had a contract drawn up for Rob Dromerhauser because they weren’t sure if Phil Lombardi who they had called up from Tidewater would make it to the game on time. Lombardi did make it by the first inning so the rest is history. McIlvaine went on to say of Dromerhauser,

“For a while, Robbie was our Walter Mitty.”

Robbie’s jersey is going for $95 if interested. I seem to remember SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt doing a piece on the Mets current bullpen catcher, am I mistaken?