Bedard to the Mariners, Billy Joel to Shea

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

AP is announcing the Bedard trade to the Ms. I think we're better off with Johan!

And Billy Joel is playing in July? So I guess he's not really closing out the stadium....

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think the show should close with Billy Joel stepping aside and letting Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr surprise the crowd and perform the final number.

[Farmer Ted]

The Bedard trade is part of the O's getting younger. Bedard is only 29 for crissakes.

[Guest AG/DC]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think the show should close with Billy Joel stepping aside and letting Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr surprise the crowd and perform the final number.

I think it should open that way. But that's just me.

[Guest sharpie]

I believe that "Why Don't We Do It In the Road" is the only track featuring just McCartney and Starr. They could do that!

[Benjamin Grimm]

="AG/DC"]I think it should open that way. But that's just me.

Yeah, but then nobody would give a damn about the rest of the show.

That would be okay with me, but Billy Joel might not like it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm lobbying to get my high school marching band back together. We played Shea once.

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm lobbying to get my high school marching band back together. We played Shea once.

Well you can't just tell us that without giving us the details.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Coming soon

[Frayed Knot]

metirish wrote: Well you can't just tell us that without giving us the details.

Well, this one time in band camp ...

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

http://www.loge13.com/2008/02/mets_by_the_numbers_rocks_shea.php

[soupcan]

I liked the feather plume and the tennis balls (yet another thing that would no longer be tolerated).

[metirish]

Great story, I gots to ask if you nailed any of the dancers or did the jocks get them.

[Frayed Knot]

="metsguyinmichigan"]AP is announcing the Bedard trade to the Ms. I think we're better off with Johan!

"Baltimore received outfielder Adam Jones, who probably will start in center field in opening day. The Orioles also obtained reliever George Sherrill and pitchers Chris Tillman, Tony Butler and Kam Mickolio."

Jones is the real prize here and is considered starter-ready now, a lot less of a question mark than anyone the Mets gave up for Santana. Also this Tillman guy is getting high praise from the prospect gurus.
The biggest plus with Bedard (other than the fact that he's real good) is that he's been cheap(ish) and is under control for another two years.
But he'll get expensive via arbitration and those two years are only one more than what Santana came with. IOW, that sounds like a high price the Marniers paid and, between that one and what Arizona gave up for Haren under similar circumstances, it makes the booty sent away for Santana seem quite reasonable in comparison.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Sweet story! Were you too focused on played to truly look around and absorb the moment?

[nymr83]

I like this deal for Baltimore, Jones is going to be really good for a really long time.

[Guest AG/DC]

This is really two threads.

[Willets Point]

AG/DC wrote: This is really two threads.

No it's the All Purpose Bedard/Billy Joel/Lunchbuckets marching band thread!

[Gwreck]

Great story Lunchbucket. Did I ever tell you that we also played Shea in my senior year of HS? I think it was Domencetti's last year before retirement. Same uniforms though.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

]. Did I ever tell you that we also played Shea in my senior year of HS? I think it was Domencetti's last year before retirement. Same uniforms though.

I guess it was a Mets game? Send your pics to Loge13!

Go Tornados!

]Great story, I gots to ask if you nailed any of the dancers or did the jocks get them.

Jocks of course. It wasn't till we got to college and joined Tri-Lam that we banged the babes.

]Sweet story! Were you too focused on played to truly look around and absorb the moment?

I just don't remember it. I have much more vivid memories of the annual Hofstra event which every LI band geek experienced I think.

[Frayed Knot]

So does Billy Joel avoid all his Yanqui-mentioning tunes when he plays Shea?
Or maybe he just changes the lyrics.


- Rose he knows he's such a credit to the game, but the Yankees grab the headlines every time

- they sent a carrier out from Norfolk, and picked the Yankees up for free

Not to mention the Yankee cap he wore on the back cover of one of his albums (The Stranger?)

[stevejrogers]

="Frayed Knot"] - they sent a carrier out from Norfolk, and picked the Yankees up for free

Well they did say Queens could stay, blew The Bronx away and sanked Manhattan out to sea...

[Guest AG/DC]

Did Billy Jucketts really say "sanked"?