Suppan

[Guest Edgy DC]

SteveJRogers wrote: Then I guess it comes down to "Did you like those particular group of actors or not"

Not really.

SteveJRogers wrote: What LaBama is the "Brat Pack's Take On The Day The Music Died"?

I don't get what this question means.

[stevejrogers]

Edgy DC wrote: ="SteveJRogers"]Then I guess it comes down to "Did you like those particular group of actors or not" Not really.

If you don't like seeing Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Keifer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips and/or Christian Slater it doesn't matter that they are being HS teens or doing a loose interpretation of historical figures

] ="SteveJRogers"]What LaBama is the "Brat Pack's Take On The Day The Music Died"? I don't get what this question means.

Lou Diamond Phillips as Richie Valens. Basically you are dismissing a movie based on who was in it, saying that it was "Contemptuous of their audience" then you can say the same about La Bamba (yes I screwed up the spelling)

[Guest Edgy DC]

SteveJRogers wrote: If you don't like seeing Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Keifer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips and/or Christian Slater it doesn't matter that they are being HS teens or doing a loose interpretation of historical figures

I didn't say I did or didn't like them.

SteveJRogers wrote: Lou Diamond Phillips as Richie Valens. Basically you are dismissing a movie based on who was in it, saying that it was "Contemptuous of their audience" then you can say the same about La Bamba (yes I screwed up the spelling)

You screwed up a lot more than that. No, I'm not saying this. Your willingness to misread is maddening.

Christ, doesn't the double-entendre title scream that the film is cynical marketing ploy aimed at teenage girls and gay men?

[nymr83]

its been 10 posts since Jeff Suppan was mentioned in the "Suppan" thread

[Guest iramets]

Seems like more.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Nymr83 wrote: its been 10 posts since Jeff Suppan was mentioned in the "Suppan" thread

Very sorry for my five or so.

[metsmarathon]

i've always wondered myself just how much of history is distorted in those young guns movies....

the movies themselves were fairly entertaining, though certainly not great movies.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Namor's attempt to get this thread back on track doesn't seem to be working.

[metsmarathon]

i like screwing up the works way more than i like the idea of jeff suppan as a zito consolation.

but i'd certainly take him instead of steve trachsel. or, i think, any of the other remaining free agent pitchers.

speaking of which, and getting way off track... why arent the mets mentioned as a future home for mark mulder anymore? was there a news story that i missed?

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I don't want Suppan as a consoilation prize in the Zito sweepstakes. I prefer to think of him as possible insurance upon the Mets winning the Zito derby.

I'm okay with Suppan as our #3 or #4 starter, I just don't want Glavine to be counted on as our #1. The Mets need Zito, or they need to pull of a big trade for a proven front of the rotation pitcher. Suppan's possible signing should be considered in addition to acquiring a front line starter, not instead of doing so.

[DocTee]

Suppan to Milwaukee for four years-- looks like Boras has us over hte proverbial barrel, given the lack of arms. With the FA field all but barren and likely trading partners (ChiSox) dwindling, we need to get this deal done.

[stevejrogers]

Edgy DC wrote: ="Nymr83"]its been 10 posts since Jeff Suppan was mentioned in the "Suppan" thread Very sorry for my five or so.

Ditto here, should have spun it off in the Film Folder.

[Frayed Knot]

Nothing wrong with threads going off on tangents.


Suppan's deal is 4yrs @ $42mil - which (IIRC) was exactly what we gave Kevin Appier to be a sort of consolation prize after Hampton left to take the REALLY big money.

It's instructive, perhaps, to remember that Appier turned out to be nowhere near worth the money in the long run - even as he was only here for the short run. He, of course, begat Mo Vaughn in a contract-for-contract swap and even though Appier was part of the Angels WS team the following year, they wound up cutting him in the midst of his 2nd year there setting a record for money owed to a released player in the process. We, at least, got insurance relief for much of the bill for big Mo's last season.

Of course it might also be instructive to remember that the main prize we 'lost out' on didn't turn out to be worth the money either.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, screw Boras's barrell. If they like the price, pay it. Else walk away and be OK with it.

[Guest iramets]

Either way, God's in his heaven, and all's right with the world.

Nothing like declining to think. If the Mets pull the trigger on Boras's deal, that 's terrific, they get a great pitcher, and if they don't, well, just look at the heaps of money they just saved. Either way, they're geniuses.