Get off of My Lawn!: Rico Brogna and Mets in Retirement, 2024

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Rumble Ponies

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Rumble Ponies

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Oh, then to replace that we also have

Yard Goats

[Edgy MD]

They all have a semblance of a tie to the city.



That doesn't change the reality that they all deliberately chose a name that diminishes, infantalizes, and sometimes even emasculates the player for the sake of tired and cliched marketability through goofiness.



I blame Max Klinger and his Mud Hens hat.

[G-Fafif]

Jeff Conine, proud papa.

[metirish]

Without looking it up what season did Conine briefly play for the Mets ?



I was surprised as I would have guessed an earlier year

[Benjamin Grimm]

My guess is 2007. I seem to associate it with late-season desperation.

[metirish]

Yes 2007 ,



On August 20, 2007, Conine was traded to the Mets for minor leaguers Sean Henry and Jose Castro.[18] Though he hit an RBI single in his first at-bat as a Met,[19] he proved less successful in that role with the Mets, batting just .195 over 21 games with his new club.[1] On September 20, Conine announced that he was considering retirement before his final series in South Florida. He played his final game on September 30 against the Marlins, replacing an injured Carlos Delgado at first base.



Wikipedia

[G-Fafif]

Matt Harvey wants to hang with us again.

As Matt Harvey prepared to film a promotional scoreboard video early Saturday afternoon at Citi Field, a team staffer handed him a Mets jersey to wear. Struggling for a moment to slip his arm into the sleeve, Harvey smiled. “It's been a while,” he said. Although Harvey had been to several prior games this season, he has not been much of a presence at Citi Field for many years. Now retired from his playing career for good, however, Harvey hopes to become more of one. On Saturday alone, Harvey filmed the scoreboard video as well as a social media reel, recorded a podcast and conducted an interview. He has told vice president of alumni relations Jay Horwitz that he'd like to be as involved as possible.

https://www.mlb.com/news/matt-harvey-hopes-to-be-more-involved-with-metshttps://www.mlb.com/news/matt-harvey-hopes-to-be-more-involved-with-mets

[Frayed Knot]

Sounds like maybe the real estate biz isn't going so well.

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[Edgy MD]

That's great. Nobody ever associated Lucas with social skills, but I wish him the best.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Excited for Duda. I'd been hanging around on linkedin wondering if he'd get a second career