Making a Pitch

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Well, OF COURSE they're going to say that: Johan, Frankie and a few others ask for reinforcements:

"What we're looking for is a championship and when your getting a pitcher of that caliber, that's what they do," Johan Santana said. "[Getting one of them] to go along with what we have, it does nothing but make you better." And with both aces likely on the move, Santana and his teammates let it be known that they wouldn't mind some company at the top of the rotation. "We want to win a flag," closer Francisco Rodriguez said. "Of course if we got another front guy for the rotation and you've got [Mike] Pelfrey and Santana and the rest of the guys . . . another big name out there would change the whole club and atmosphere."

[soupcan]

That's a pretty great looking bowling ball.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

You should see what it does when it's Dickey's turn to roll. Mesmerizing.

[Benjamin Grimm]

When Dickey bowls, the ball doesn't roll down the lane, it slides down the lane.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: You should see what it does when it's Dickey's turn to roll. Mesmerizing.

Bad ass!

[Centerfield]

soupcan wrote: That's a pretty great looking bowling ball.

Johan Santana may just be the coolest guy on Earth. But even he looks dorky bowling.

[Gwreck]

Why is he using his LEFT ARM to bowl????????

[batmagadanleadoff]

Well, OF COURSE they're going to say that:

I'll betcha John Maine didn't say that. Same for Ollie. And if they did say it, they only said it to say it, not to mean it.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think the Mets should trade for both Lee and Oswalt, and then sign and quickly promote Matt Harvey.

Then three fifths of their rotation would be Lee-Harvey-Oswalt.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Well, OF COURSE they're going to say that: I'll betcha John Maine didn't say that. Same for Ollie. And if they did say it, they only said it to say it, not to mean it.

That's not the they they. They're the other they.

And now I sound like I'm recapping a Lost rerun.

[Centerfield]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think the Mets should trade for both Lee and Oswalt, and then sign and quickly promote Matt Harvey. Then three fifths of their rotation would be Lee-Harvey-Oswalt.

Awesome.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The mound would be officially renamed the grassy knoll.

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think the Mets should trade for both Lee and Oswalt, and then sign and quickly promote Matt Harvey. Then three fifths of their rotation would be Lee-Harvey-Oswalt.

Now THAT would be a killer rotation.



P.S. Serves me right for waiting for the right moment to spring that joke and now being beaten to the punch.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The mound would be officially renamed the grassy knoll.

Just don't bring back Dallas Green

[Zvon]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think the Mets should trade for both Lee and Oswalt, and then sign and quickly promote Matt Harvey. Then three fifths of their rotation would be Lee-Harvey-Oswalt.

thats frakin classic.

[metirish]

This thread is brilliant ....

[metirish]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The mound would be officially renamed the grassy knoll. Just don't bring back Dallas Green

Dying over here...no pun intended

[G-Fafif]

This thread has been quite a conspiracy.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

An unexpected jewel... or Ruby in the rough, if you will.

[Vic Sage]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The mound would be officially renamed the grassy knoll.

If he gets a start here, Ian Kennedy better watch his ass.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I heard Ian Kennedy's secretary is named Lincoln and Mike Lincoln's secretary is named Kennedy. Weird.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Whether it's Yuniesky Maya, who can be had for mere money, or the resurgent/rubber-armed Livan Hernandez... you can't overlook the possibility of Cuban involvement here. You just know they're mixed up in this somehow.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Hey, they're playing the Tigers who are from Michigan where Gerald R. Ford is from -- and Ford was a member of the Warren Commission. Whoa.


I once interviewed the author of a book called "Best Evidence," and he swears that LBJ's people were in on it in some way. In a nut shell -- and this is really boiling it down -- the wounds on the body when they started the autopsy were dramatically different than what were described in the hospital in Dallas. Johnson prohibited the plane from leaving Dallas, sitting on the runway for more than an hour until he got the judge he wanted to swear him in. His theory is that has Johnson kept everyone in the front of the plane, people were in the back with the body cutting through to remove any traces of second shooter's bullets.

Who knows.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm pretty certain I know.

And if I'm Lyndon Johnson, I'd want to be sworn in ASAP.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think the Mets should trade for both Lee and Oswalt, and then sign and quickly promote Matt Harvey. Then three fifths of their rotation would be Lee-Harvey-Oswalt.

Make the Dealey, yo.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I hope that Lee and Oswalt get to throw many shutouts for the Mets.

I'm a zip-rooter.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: I hope that Lee and Oswalt get to throw many shutouts for the Mets. I'm a zip-rooter.

Brilliant.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Let's leave November 1963 behind for a moment...

Mets willing to 'rent' Lee from Mariners By MARK HALE Last Updated: 9:57 AM, June 23, 2010 Posted: 2:52 AM, June 23, 2010 The Mets are willing to trade for Cliff Lee without requiring a negotiating window to sign him to an extension, a source with knowledge of the team's thinking told The Post. Lee, the Seattle left-hander who potentially is the top prize of the pre-July 31 trade-deadline period, is a free agent after this season. So if the Mets acquire him without getting a 48- or 72-hour window to sign him, they would be taking a sizeable risk, considering they would be parting with prospects and/or players in order to have him for perhaps only two months. Two years ago, when the Mets agreed to trade for Johan Santana, another star lefty headed for a major contract, they required the opportunity to negotiate an extension. That was right before spring training in 2008, and Santana was signed for that season. The Mets, though, used a 72-hour window to agree to a contract extension and ensure that they weren't trading for Santana for only one season. With Lee, their philosophy would be different, the source said, citing the fact this would be an in-season acquisition. Lee simply would be a rental, and should he leave as a free agent after the year, the Mets would get compensatory draft picks for him. The Mets also would be unlikely to trade either Ike Davis, Jenrry Mejia or Jonathon Niese in a deal for Lee, the source said. If they hold fast to that, then Mejia isn't auditioning for teams as he heads to Double-A Binghamton to be a starting pitcher. Without those three in a deal, the Mets potentially could offer Seattle a package built around such prospects as Ruben Tejada, Fernando Martinez, 18-year-old shortstop Wilmer Flores, 20-year-old righty Jeurys Familia, and Triple-A catcher Josh Thole. Flores went into last night hitting .278 with seven homers and 44 RBIs in low A-ball. Familia is in high A-ball and is the lone Met named to this year's Futures Game. Thole is hitting .278 with two homers and 17 RBIs. Seattle reportedly is interested in acquiring a catcher in any potential deal. Lee, who turns 32 in August, is 5-3 with a 2.55 ERA in 10 starts for the Mariners, including three complete games and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 67-to-4. Over his last 2� seasons with the Indians, Phillies and Mariners, the 2008 AL Cy Young winner has gone a combined 41-19 with a 2.84 ERA in 75 starts. Lee is expected to eventually receive a contract for perhaps six years and $150 million.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Lee is expected to eventually receive a contract for perhaps six years and $150 million.

How about a middle finger and a chocolate-covered pretzel?

[metirish]

Pass , that's a lot of young talent to give up for Lee ....