Rico Brogna, Good Fit (and other ex-Met updates)

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Thank you Irish. I showed that clip to MK before school this morning, and he loved it :)

[Guest Valadius]

Roger McDowell was hired as the new pitching coach of the Atlanta Braves today.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Valadius wrote: Roger McDowell was hired as the new pitching coach of the Atlanta Braves today.

On the Braves site the picture is of him as a Dodger!

He spent a season and a half more as a Met BTW

Steve

[Guest SI Metman]

Maybe he'll give John Smoltz a hot foot next season.

[Guest MFS62]

I'd have the umpires check the condition of the balls very carefully.
Remember Roger's tool belt?

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Scott Podsednik was credited with eight at-bats in the 14-inning victory over the Astros in Game 3, the most ever in a Series game, breaking the record of 7 held by Don Hahn of the Mets in Game 2 of the 1973 Series against the A's in Oakland.

[Guest TheOldMole]

I remember that Roger ran Gregg Jefferies out of town.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

TheOldMole wrote: I remember that Roger ran Gregg Jefferies out of town.

Uh, how can that be possible when Roger was traded in 89? Should be the other way around

[Guest TheOldMole]

Well, an exaggeration. Roger was a leader of the hate-Jefferies faction in the Mets clubhouse.

[Guest Elster88]

I never pictured Roger as a coach. Now he's replacing one of the better pitching coaches. Interesting.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

TheOldMole wrote: Well, an exaggeration. Roger was a leader of the hate-Jefferies faction in the Mets clubhouse.

So was Randy Myers, if I remember correctly.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Who Jefferies also seriously outlived.

[Guest Centerfield]

I hated Gregg Jefferies too. Because of him I tried swinging my bat in a pool and I still sucked.

And my bat got rusty.

[Guest MFS62]

Centerfield wrote: I hated Gregg Jefferies too. Because of him I tried swinging my bat in a pool and I still sucked. And my bat got rusty.

That's what you get for using a metal bat. (Aluminum rusts?)

Later

[Guest PatchyFogg]

When I was a kid, Roger McDowell appeared at our Little League Awards Night (back when you could book a major leaguer for 500 bucks). His wife Karen was so pretty that she signed as many autographs as he did. But, alas, I hear that they are divorced now.

[Guest MFS62]

I spoke with Mrs. McDowell and Mrs. Whitey Ford when they were guests on the Ann Liguori radio show on WFAN. (On her show, you could speak with the in-studio guests)
I asked Mrs. Ford whether she could recommend any tools (for doctoring the ball like the ones like Whitey used to use) for Roger's tool belt.
They all got a kick out of my comments.

Later

[Guest Valadius]

Remember... Stu Sternberg and the rest of my dad's friends in the D-Rays ownership group are from New Jersey. And I know of at least one of them that's a Mets fan. So it wouldn't surprise me if he ended up in Tampa Bay.

[Guest HahnSolo]

Edgy wrote:

]Scott Podsednik was credited with eight at-bats in the 14-inning victory over the Astros in Game 3, the most ever in a Series game, breaking the record of 7 held by Don Hahn of the Mets in Game 2 of the 1973 Series against the A's in Oakland.

Damn you, Scott Podsednik!!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bobby Valentine wins the prestigious Shoriki Award.

[url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051102&content_id=1263510&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb]Gerry Hunsicker[/url] is expected to accept a somewhat less prestigious job in the Tampa Bay Devil Rays front office.

Larry Bowa has officially signed on as Yankee third base coach.

Jerry DiPoto has been named the director of professional scouting by the Diamondbacks. (Fourth story.)

Tsuyoshi Shinjo has re-signed with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters for 220 million yen.

[Guest metirish]

And how many dollars is 220 million yen....I hate math...1 yen = 0.01 $...not a lot really..

[Guest MFS62]

It'll be interesting to see if Bowa can control his famous temper now that he's a Yankee. Or do you think they hired him to be a "hired gun" because of some radio fandroid comments this year about how Torre didn't demonstrate any fire?

DISCLAIMER: I'm not suggesting that baseball executives make hiring decisions based on fan calls to sportstalk stations.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hiring Bowa was reportedly Torre's initiative.

220,000,000.00 JPY = 1,883,653.93 USD

[Guest MFS62]

And I just heard that the Yanks came to terms with Maz for another coaching position with the team.

Later

[Guest metirish]

He's back as bench coach I believe.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mike Piazza (who I guess is kinda sorta a former Met) is inducted intot the Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame.

[Guest mlbaseballtalk]

Edgy DC wrote: Mike Piazza (who I guess is kinda sorta a former Met) is inducted intot the Italian-American Sports Hall of Fame.

True, but ya don't want to quite say it untill he signs a contract

[Guest Valadius]

Gooden Pleads Guilty

[url]http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AgLJ__nvaL5ywwZH9KQh7f4RvLYF?slug=ap-goodenplea&prov=ap&type=lgns[/url]

[Guest Edgy DC]

]``This is a person who children and young teens respect and has the potential to make a tremendous difference in kids' lives,'' prosecutor Pam Bondi said.

Um, yeah, I guess, but exactly what year are you living in, counselor?

[Guest Edgy DC]

• [url=http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051103&content_id=1264052&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb]Gerry Hunsicker[/url]'s role will be "senior vice president of baseball operations.' Was that Duquette's title here?



• Gulfport's own Matt Lawton is very sorry and accepts his punishment.

All for now.

[Guest Elster88]

I think this will go down as the longest thread one day. (I don't count Apropos of nothing as a thread since, by definition, there is no actual common theme throughout it.)