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Sons of Rico: Mets in Retirement in 2010

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Sweet life for Bobby.

Dumb question: Not "Sloppy Jones'"?


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Loge 13 has a neato Rusty sighting and reflection here.

If this was a perfect world, this morning there would have been a cortege of handlers, carrying Rusty's bags, paying Rusty's cab driver, clearing a path through the throngs of Rusty admirers so Rusty could get to his next meeting, the topic of which would be telling Rusty how great he is.


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If you build it, Ken Sanders will help you sell it.

'Field of Dreams' diamond, stands, field being sold
by The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa - In "Field of Dreams," Kevin Costner's character builds a baseball diamond out of a cornfield after a voice tells him: "If you build it, he will come."

Well, now he can buy it and so can anyone else.

Don and Becky Lansing, the owners of the site near Dyersville where the field was built by Universal Studios, said Thursday they're selling the property. The asking price is $5.4 million.

The couple said they love the land, which has been in Don Lansing's family for more than a century, but they're ready to retire and give up the property.

"It's really time for us to head to the locker room. Maybe that sounds corny. I don't care," Becky Lansing said. "We really would just love to become spectators. We want to sit in the bleachers. We want to look forward to all that the 'Field of Dreams' will become in the future."

The "Field of Dreams" is in the middle of a cornfield in eastern Iowa. The movie, released in 1989 with Costner as its star, was based on the book "Shoeless Joe" by W.P. Kinsella.

The site has been a popular tourist destination, with the family maintaining the baseball diamond built by Universal. The Lansings purchased the left field and center portions from neighbor Rita Ameskamp in 2007, ending a long-standing split over the commercialization of the site.

Up for sale is the diamond, a two-bedroom house, six outbuildings that include a concession stand, and a 193-acre parcel. The land includes the mystical cornfield where the ghosts of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, "Moonlight" Graham and others emerge to play ball.

Former major league pitcher Ken Sanders, now a real estate consultant overseeing the sale, said he's already received a number of inquiries about the property.

Sanders said the majority of those who've reached out have shown interest in preserving the property. But he's also heard from people thinking about putting up a hotel, water park and even some contemplating whether to build a minor league ballpark on the site.

There's little doubt, though, that the property's iconic place in sports movie history will help its resale value.

"We are the caretakers of a living piece of sports memorabilia," Becky Lansing said. "This is an organic, living, breathing piece of memorabilia."


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Ten years burning down that road...

From last night's "gathering" of members of the 2000 Mets before the game







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Top pic, left to right: Alfonzo, Franco, ?, Turk, ? (Hampton?), Agbayani, Pizzatime


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You got Dolphin Face and Franco flipped.

Forget who the two in the middle are. Pretty sure the guy in the middle is Turk.


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SteveJRogers wrote:
Ten years burning down that road...

From last night's "gathering" of members of the 2000 Mets before the game

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Fonzie, Hampton, Reeder, Turk, Franco, Benny, Mike


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Who's the goth chick in the middle?


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Dave Magadan, now David and a Hall-of-Famer.

As anounced elsewhere, Jerry DiPoto has ascended, via battlefield promotion, to become GM of the Arizona Diamondbacks.


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bmfc1 wrote:
Jerry Koosman, in jail:

http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_15142901?nclick_check=1


I believe Jerry's prison sentence ended Friday.


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Timo Perez, forever shifting into cruise control in Game One, released today by the Dodgers.

My favorite Timo moment was seeing him jumping for joy, waiting for the final out of the NLCS to fall into his glove.


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A guy who took his time between first and home is in no rush to get out of the game.


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That's all my work there. How embarassing.


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Frank Howard, major league player, All Star, manager, coach, giant, raconteur, and... please don't kill me, but what the hell is on your head, Mr. Howard?



Oh, heck, now I made him angry.


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