BEg2 ch27 El Atildado, Jay Payton

[Michael Bailey]

Atildado translates to “dapper” (related to “atildar” - to put a tilde on,
which seems reasonable - a good haircut can change a plain old “n” to a
spiffy “ñ”)

“The barbershop, El Atildado, is below street level. There’s a noisy
subarctic air conditioner, back copies of OYE and Novedades, and 90 percent
of the conversation, like the commentary to the Mets game on the TV, in
Caribbean Spanish. Horst has just gotten absorbed in the game, which is
with the Phillies….”


Mets won Sept 2, 3, and 4, over the Phillies, despite a lower won/lost
ratio going into the games.



“Hey, look,” sez Otis, as his brother makes dummy-up signals, “it’s
Carmine—hey! hey, Carmine!”


         “Yo, guys,” Detective Nozzoli’s eyes flicking to the TV screen.
“How they doin?”

         “Five–nothin,” Ziggy sez. “Payton just homered.”

https://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=paytoja01

Jay Payton played for the Mets from 1998 to 2002 - looks like he was traded
mid-season to the Rockies.

He hit 8 home runs in 2001.
Not finding the granularity for which games tho.

He had uniform number 44 that year.

A nice article on him:
https://www.amazinavenue.com/platform/amp/2020/8/31/21407723/mets-prospect-retrospective-of-jay-payton