Finally, Spring Training

[TransMonk]

Hockey style catcher's masks are dorky.

[DocTee]

At least it's not black.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

We have a foot of snow here in Grand Rapids, and it has been around 0 degrees for a chunk of the last week.

But after seeing that photo of Schneider, the snow doesn't seem as deep and the wind doesn't blow as cold.

[metirish]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: But after seeing that photo of Schneider, the snow doesn't seem as deep and the wind doesn't blow as cold.

Mets guy feeling just a little sentimental today?.....way too much blue in that picture....really I dont like that helmet and hope it's only for practice.

[Frayed Knot]

If you were a catcher what would you use, the old-style catcher's mask or the newer hockey-style helmet?

In the immortal words of the late Spiro Agnew: No Lo Contendre



P.S. I think the helmet scheme is kinda cool.
It looks like the helmet under the mask (with a bit of flourish added) - just all in one piece.

[TransMonk]

metirish wrote: .....way too much blue in that picture....really I dont like that helmet and hope it's only for practice.

I'm guessing that is his ST helmet to match the BP/ST blue jerseys. Once the season starts he'll probably have 2 or 3 to match each ensemble. Yes, even a black one.

I would go old style mask with my ballcap turned backwards.

[Guest AG/DC]

Old style, yeah!

I'd wear my colloar up like eighties teen sensation Nap LaJoie.



If I was in the outfield, I wouldn't go with one of those big sissy gloves with two sqaure feet of webbing. No sir, I'd be like Rebel Oakes, and wear a glove possibly smaller than my hand, forcing me to catch all flies in my palm.



Mostly, if I was playing third, I'd want to equip myself in nothing but an an old oven mitt. If it was good enough for John McGraw, it's good enough for me.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'd be like Jason Phillips and wear an old-style mask, but over a forward-facing batting helmet.

If I may insert a blatant commercial message, the sidebar on catching equipment in new book ( entirely the work of my co-writer btw) is prolly my favorite part of the whole book.

[TransMonk]

"Hey, Brian...that goalie mask looks dorky. Joe Mauer would never wear that."

[metirish]

Now that shirt I like.....

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ten billion dollars sez
a) Johan is wearing that so you'd say that
That shirt is available NOW!!!! on mets.com

[DocTee]

He should customize his mask with an orange dot and red apple to really irk the CPF old-liners.

[metirish]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Ten billion dollars sez a) Johan is wearing that so you'd say that That shirt is available NOW!!!! on mets.com

Of course I checked and didn't see it........

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I owe you $10 billion but I'm a little short this week

[metirish]

Who's the big guy to the trainers right?



I think David found a new BFF.





What's with yellow, three people in th eoffice today are wearing yellow tops/shirts.

[nymr83]

its about time, but we're still a month and a half from the real games

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

longest 5 weeks of the year starting...NOW

[metirish]

I doubt the black is going away any time soon looks like Willie has gained a few pounds.









A disturbing sequence here.

[seawolf17]

="metirish"]

I swear I thought that was Art Howe on the far right. I don't know who it is, but he gave me the heebie-jeebies.

="metirish"]

Has the Y always been on top of the N? That looks wrong to me.

[Guest AG/DC]

The double (and occasionally triple) insigniae, with one on top of the other, is wrong. It's one more byproduct of the black.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I agree. The N and the Y should be cojoined. If there's an outline, it should outline both letters as if they were one; the letters shouldn't be outlined individually.

[Guest AG/DC]

="seawolf17"] ="metirish"] I swear I thought that was Art Howe on the far right. I don't know who it is, but he gave me the heebie-jeebies.

I think that's the esteemed (esteemed by Farmer Ted and myself, at any rate) Guy Conti. I'm guessing that's Schneider on the left and obviously Rick Peterson and his mullet second from the right having his fist metaphor ignored by Santana.

What I kind of like during the P&C period, as position players come straggling in, is the lack of dictatorial sartorial control in the workout gear. We're looking at three different hats and four different tops there.

[Gwreck]

AG/DC wrote: I think that's the esteemed (esteemed by Farmer Ted and myself, at any rate) Guy Conti.

Others, too (including myself).

Was watching the SportsCentury: Pedro Martinez this weekend. Did you know that Guy Conti was the pitching coach for the Great Falls (MT) Dodger Rookie League Team that Pedro pitched for? Conti and his wife were good friends to Pedro and helped him learn English by teaching him one new word a day. Pedro referred to Conti as "my white Daddy."

[metirish]

]and obviously Rick Peterson and his mullet second from the right having his fist metaphor ignored by Santana

Excellent.

[seawolf17]

Not only is Peterson being ignored, but Conti thinks it's hilarious.

I'm sure Johan eventually got around to pounding Peterson's rock. It's all good.

[Farmer Ted]

Guy Conti is my hero.

[Theoldmole]

Pedro has more daddies?

[metirish]

Fernando.

[Guest AG/DC]

Big forearms for a teenager, aren't they?

[metirish]

As they say he's built like a brick shithouse.