All-Purpose 2006 Where Have You Gone... Former Mets Thread

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Wasn't Bobby Valentine once quoted saying that he loves Butch's freckles?

[Frayed Knot]

That was Lenny Harris (although maybe BV said so too).

Lenny kind of "adopted" Butch even before they were (briefly) teammates and when someone asked him why he said something along the lines of; 'I thought his freckles were cute'

[Guest Edgy DC]

Eddie Murray is expected to accept the job of Dodger hitting coach under Grady Little.

[Willets Point]

All this information would look better in the Rico Brogna thread.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The fear is that big threads break stuff.

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I fear nothing.

Bring back Rico!

[Guest Edgy DC]

What's with your image?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

Parker Posey in Party Girl, and Zvon snowed it up. Is that ok?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm getting a box that says:

"Oops! My image for this link is no longer here.
Photobucket.com."

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

I didn't know that you couldn't see it. I can still see it.

I'll go back to Parker without the snow.

[seawolf17]

I thought we were supposed to make all new threads for 2006? Perhaps we should have called it "Rico," but it's all new, baby!

[Willets Point]

My image broke too which is why I reverted to the snowless toaster.

As to big threads, if it's still in FA and you think it can break things, then it's still dangerous. So either a) send it off to the archives or bring it back!

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

OK - all better.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Better.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wiggum, Devil Rays.

[metirish]

Good for Wiggie, does he have a shot at starting?, I know hardly anything about the D-Rays after Baez.

[Willets Point]

They have this pitcher named Kazmir who is supposed to be hot shit.

[metirish]

Damn how did I forget him....

[smg58]

Right now the D-Rays don't have a starting-quality ML third baseman (unless you count Aubrey Huff, who played four games there all last year), so Wiggy should have a fair opportunity to win that job. I had a feeling he was going to wind up with one of the Florida teams (he could start at second for the Marlins).

[Guest Edgy DC]

Dude moves to Cooby Country.

Foli moves to Catastrophe Country.

[Guest sharpie]

Actually, Foli is staying in Catastrophe Country as he's been re-hired for his second season.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Good point.

But it was Cajun Country or Crescent Country or someting back then, so technically... ah forget it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Tony Tarasco heading to Overcoat Country.

[metirish]

Shawn Estes and the Padres finalized a one year contract Tuesday, one year one million.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Tom Seaver, Hall of Famer

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Kevin Elster, Canadian Ticket Salesman

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060111&content_id=1294485&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

[Guest sharpie]

Rickey Botallico in a minor-league deal with the Orioles.

[Theoldmole]

I know we've covered this ad nauseam, but I can't help bringing it up once more -- the disappearance of Rico Brogna, Good Fit. What keeps sticking in my craw is that the current thread header is a phrase inextricably connected to the MFYs.

[seawolf17]

I don't know that anyone would be offended if a mod made a little edit.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

First ever Met draft pick Hobie Landrith.

Is his son (nephew?) a hardcore libertarian free-marketing, privacy-advocating antiwar Marine-corp-veteran crusader for multiracial causes?

You make the call! http://jameslandrith.com/

Odd stuff: Both born in Decatur, IL. Note the Hobie bb card gallery.