Mets Sign Wagner

[Elster88]

This may smell bad, kid.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Another interesting thing about Ron Hodges and Billy Wagner --- both were teammates of Dwight Gooden.

[metirish]

When did Wags and Doc play together?

[Guest sharpie]

Doc started one game for the 'Stros in 2000.

[Willets Point]

They both played with Sid Fernandez as well.

[Frayed Knot]

According to one report I read (forget where) former Met player, coach &
manager (and Charlottesville, VA native) Mike Cubbage knows Wagner
from the area and was involved in the conversation also.
Good to have those ex-Mets scattered about the country shooting down
those stories about big bad NYC.

[Zvon]

metirish wrote: Wags has 19 of these on his farm...

So I guess that means ones not gettin it.
Got a picture of that poor creature?

[seawolf17]

He'll also now have been a teammate of both Pedro Martinezes.

[Guest Edgy DC]

]So I guess that means ones not gettin it. Got a picture of that poor creature?

You realize that you're just setting yourself up here, right?

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Virginia Connection.

If this whole Billy Wagner thing works out, the Mets might want to consider putting Ron Hodges and Mike Cubbage on the payroll for life.

Good thing I didn't book my trip yet. According to the article, the alpaca farm isn't in Marion, but in Crozet, near Charlottesville. Tehy have an annual Arts & Crafts Festival, in Claudius Crozet Park.

[seawolf17]

Edgy, will you please stop stalking Billy Wagner?

edit: Ah, hell. I'm Braden Looper. I'm going to have to start messing up the ends of my posts -- throwing in extra letters, forgetting words, spelling things wrong.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

My late grandparents retired to a farm in Albemarle County (same place as Crozet).

Their place was sold and turned into a vegan B&B (my ham-devouring grandfather would be spinning his grave were his cadaver not donated to science). Anyway, it was a wonderful place to vacation growing up and today guests can stay in the same room where a young Frayed Knot beat an even younger Johnny Dickshot with a pillow, driving his head into a bedframe in an incident causing young JD five stitches.

I was also attacked by a million bees there once.

Seriously, go visit!

http://www.thewhitepig.com/

[Guest Edgy DC]

Only 20 minutes from Yogaville! Walton's Mountain Museum! I'm on the phone with my travel agent right now!

Seriously, thanks.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I can't tell from the photos for sure, but I believe the savage beating took place in the Olive Room.

[Willets Point]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: . Anyway, it was a wonderful place to vacation growing up and today guests can stay in the same room where a young Frayed Knot beat an even younger Johnny Dickshot with a pillow, driving his head into a bedframe in an incident causing young JD five stitches.

Wait a minute! Are you and Frayed Knot related? I know you two have the same surname, but I though that was just coincidence.


As to Wagner, it would most appropriate if he entered the game to "Ride of the Valkyries."

[seawolf17]

Their shared last name, of course, is "Ot."

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

That's right in the area where my mother lives. I've driven through Crozet a few times while visiting her at her home in Waynesboro over the years. Beautiful country along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

I also have an aunt and uncle that live in Madison, Va.

[seawolf17]

Hey! I pulled a Billy Wagner jersey card out of a pack of Topps cards today! Considering I almost never ever ever pull anything cool, this is a neat surprise.

[Guest holychicken]

OMG

I am SOOO against this signing.

He is going to throw his teammates under the bus and blow BIG GAMES!!!! just like he did in Phillie.

We should have signed. . . umm. . .what other closer is available in this offseason?