Port St. Latterly

[Frayed Knot]

... is Marty Noble's name for this year's Spring Training camp.

Latterly (adverb): In later part of life or later part of a period.
Obviously he chose this one for all the elderly players in camp.

Noble has been naming Met spring trainings since their move to Port St. Lucie in 1988

1988 - Port St. Lonesome: When they first arrived there it was a no-traffic light town with more snakes & gators than people
1989 - Port St. Leisure reflected Davey's penchant for, and toleration of, golf as a way to pass the time
1990: Port St. Lockout was a natural for when the owners decided to keep the gates closed until mid-March in response to labor disputes
1991 - Port St. Limbo marked the camp where Bud Harrelson had many unanswered questions for position players
1992 - rape charges turned that year into Port St. Lurid
1993 - Port St. Lucifer: named retroactively for firecracker & bleach incidents
1994 - Port St. Lengthy was a nod to Dallas Green and his long wrokouts
1995 - Port St. Elsewhere is where the real players were as camp was full of replacement players
1996 - Port St. Ligament was in honor of Bill Pulsipher's elbow
1997 - more and varied injuries made this one Port St. Lame
1998 - Masato Yoshii brought the Japanese word for 'union' into Port St. L'rengo
1999 - Upgraded facilities turned camp into Port St. Lavish
2000 - Portside Lucie was named for a slew of southpaws brought into camp
2001 - Rickey Otero, Ricardo Jordan, & Desi Relaford's presence brought about Port St. (I Love) Lucie
2002 - Port St. Lethargic was due to the old blood imports like Alomar & Vaughn
2003 - Port St. Lemon seemed appropriate for the Art Howe era
2004 - Port St. Larvae marked the opposite of old blood with youngsters lke Reyes, Heilman & Wright
2005 - Port St. Latino was almost too easy a name with the arrival of Pedro, Carlos & Omar
2006 - Port St. Lamisil marked that Pedro's toe was the subject of month-long stories

[metirish]

Marty needs to take up a hobby during spring training...

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

I'm tempted to call this camp Port Suck Lucie for the 10-20 record we've got so far.

[metirish]

Johnny Dickshot wrote: I'm tempted to call this camp Port Suck Lucie for the 10-20 record we've got so far.

Which equals the worst spring training record for the Mets,should break that record the way things are going,no rain outs this spring so they played more games....still..

[MFS62]

The flowers that bloomed this Spring have all been stinkweeds.
(yeah, I know. weeds aren't flowers. But.....)

Later

[MFS62]

I'm surprised that he never called it Port Salud when the lineup was cheesey.

Later

[Farmer Ted]

2005- Port St. Peek-a-Boo: Mets minor league manager Leon Lee arrested for exposing himself to five women on the fourth floor of the PSL Holiday Inn.

[Guest Edgy DC]

There were five women accusing him?

Lee went down fighting.

[Frayed Knot]

]I'm surprised that he never called it Port Salud when the lineup was cheesey 2005- Port St. Peek-a-Boo

Except that you gotta stay with the 'L' theme.
Port St. Limberger & Port St. Leering maybe.

[Farmer Ted]

A "link" to the Lee story.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/02/sports/baseball/02lee.html?ex=1267419600&en=063dccf0be18fe8f&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland

[Theoldmole]

This is funny stuff.