Pics for the UMDB

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

="Valadius"]Do we go with this Mike DiFelice: or this one: I prefer the shades.

For now, neither. I don't really like including shades. I'll probably replace the Lo Duca mug shot one of these days with one that doesn't include shades, even if I have to abandon the blue cap.

[MFS62]

Yancy, why do you have this "thing" against blue caps?
Just curious.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

His "thing" is for blue caps.

[Willets Point]

I thought his "thing" was big, scaly, and orange.

Thanks to Comics Curmudgeon, now when I see a word in quotes I think of this:

[Valadius]

Royce Ring, still not a blue cap, but better than what's there now.

[MFS62]

I meant for blue caps.

Later

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

The blue caps are the true caps.

[soupcan]

Are blue caps preferable to blue batting helmets or are the helmets just as good?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

If I had a cap photo and a helmet photo, both of equal quality, I'd choose the cap. But I've used plenty of helmet photos, and I'm not looking to replace them.

[soupcan]

But blue helmets are better than black caps, right?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Most definitely.

If blue caps are 100% desirable, blue helmets are 99%. I make virtually no distinction. (I tried explaining that above but I guess I didn't do a good job of it.)

The all-black caps and helmets are a last resort. The blue-brimmed caps occupy the middle ground.

I'm not sure where I stand on the blue and black helmets. I think they only appear once, for Xavier Nady.


Meanwhile, in other UMDB news, David Wright has finally cracked the all-time Top Twenty for hit counts. In the last day or so he knocked Bobby Valentine out of the Top Twenty and also passed Willie Mays, so he's now in 19th place.

[Guest Edgy DC]

He was also number one yesterday, relegating poor Cory Lidle to UMDB history.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I noticed that, too. Lidle's reign only lasted three days. (Mookie Wilson won the fourth day after the plane crash.)

I think Jeff Reardon got a full week out of his jewelry store robbery.

[Guest Edgy DC]

All Mookie had to do was appear in the seats at Busch.

[Vic Sage]

more J-Lo butt shots, please!

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

She is considerably hotter than Rick White.

[Valadius]

One thing I've noticed is that Carlos Delgado rarely gets any hits on UMDB. Even with the postseason he's having, he's still ranked only 757 out of 799.

[Guest cooby]

I just looked at him.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Valadius wrote: One thing I've noticed is that Carlos Delgado rarely gets any hits on UMDB. Even with the postseason he's having, he's still ranked only 757 out of 799.

Yes, he is somewhat underappreciated. But it's also become a rather steep climb for newcomers. Right now, to get "into the pack" you have to rise to about 760th place. Now that Delgado's there, he should start passing some people. (The lowest ranked Met who has been in the database since it began is Dennis Musgraves in 760th place. It looks like Delgado passed him about a week ago.)

[Valadius]

I found a blue cap photo of Jeff Barry:



It's a little small, but I can make it bigger. Only problem would be how I get the photo from my desktop to the web.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I can make it bigger, too, but you lose clarity when you do it.

[Valadius]

Jay Kleven

[MFS62]

Dear Doctor UMDB;
About 3:45 this afternoon, as I was entering an office building, the name Bill Hepler jumped into my head.

Is this a serious condition?
Do you think it was brought on by reading the name Jay Kleven earlier this afternoon?
What do you recommend as treatment?

Later

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Get a good night's sleep.

Late night tomorrow.

[stevejrogers]

MFS62 wrote: Dear Doctor UMDB; About 3:45 this afternoon, as I was entering an office building, the name Bill Hepler jumped into my head. Is this a serious condition? Do you think it was brought on by reading the name Jay Kleven earlier this afternoon? What do you recommend as treatment? Later

Hey could be worse, you could have suddenly thought of Frank Tepedino

[MFS62]

SteveJRogers wrote: ="MFS62"]Dear Doctor UMDB; About 3:45 this afternoon, as I was entering an office building, the name Bill Hepler jumped into my head. Is this a serious condition? Do you think it was brought on by reading the name Jay Kleven earlier this afternoon? What do you recommend as treatment? Later Hey could be worse, you could have suddenly thought of Frank Tepedino

When I start having Yankee thoughts like that, I will end it all.
No doctor would be able to help me. I'd be too far gone.

Later

[Valadius]

Henry Owens

[Valadius]

Philip Humber

[Valadius]

Michael Tucker

[Valadius]

Jason Middlebrook