Go Get Bobby V

[Centerfield]

The end of the season is near. We have a small window to create a grassroots movement to bring back Bobby V. Somehow we have to get this message out there.

I'm open to ideas.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hold a charity banquet, invite him to speak, invite the Wilpons.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Do NOT dress up like him and show up outside SNY.

[Ceetar]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Do NOT dress up like him and show up outside SNY.

Hmm..if I set up a "Bobby V rally!" sign in Grand Central, and sold those fake mustache/glasses for like $5 a piece..think I could makea killing?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ceetar wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Do NOT dress up like him and show up outside SNY. Hmm..if I set up a "Bobby V rally!" sign in Grand Central, and sold those fake mustache/glasses for like $5 a piece..think I could makea killing?

I think you could make something like 35 dollars.

[Zvon]

If they don't go get Bobby, It's not a $$ issue that's stopping them, right?
Cause if they were willing to go for Torre then they were willing to spend the money.

During all that Torre talk I heard nothing from the Mets indicating that they were not interested in him.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Or that they were.

We have seen nothing that indicates they were willing to pay Joe Torre.

[G-Fafif]

Thread title = Good name for midseason replacement series ABC might have tried airing after Starsky & Hutch.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Or that they were. We have seen nothing that indicates they were willing to pay Joe Torre.

Yes, but few brought up the money angle. It's almost like they only bring up the money story if it doesn't conflict with other stories they want to write.

[ashie62]

Searching for Bobby Valentine

[seawolf17]

G-Fafif wrote: Thread title = Good name for midseason replacement series ABC might have tried airing after Starsky & Hutch.

About the travails of a trio of woebegone Mets fans, scouring the country in search of the one man who they feel will save their franchise.

I'd watch.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Zvon wrote: If they don't go get Bobby, It's not a $$ issue that's stopping them, right? Cause if they were willing to go for Torre then they were willing to spend the money. During all that Torre talk I heard nothing from the Mets indicating that they were not interested in him.

We've heard almost nothing from the Mets full-stop. For like months. I'd hardly conclude that they're interested in him because his names's been floated and they haven't stooped to deny interest. Netiher have they denied interest in Wally Backman, Bob Melvin, or Winona Ryder.

[G-Fafif]

seawolf17 wrote: G-Fafif wrote: Thread title = Good name for midseason replacement series ABC might have tried airing after Starsky & Hutch. About the travails of a trio of woebegone Mets fans, scouring the country in search of the one man who they feel will save their franchise. I'd watch.

Co-starring John Schuck and Dick Van Patten, with special guest star Robert Hegyes.

[ashie62]

Wynona Ryder could teach the team how to steal bases.

[MFS62]

Ashie62 wrote: Wynona Ryder could teach the team how to steal bases.

I'm not sure which comes first, the rim shot or the hearty laugh.

Later

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Centerfield wrote: The end of the season is near. We have a small window to create a grassroots movement to bring back Bobby V. Somehow we have to get this message out there. I'm open to ideas.

Here's one: Call Alan Trammell. Offer him a job. Pray he takes it.

Edited September 26, 2010 by Guest

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Btw does anybody know off-hand the longest serving MLB manager without a Division title?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Connie Mack never won a division title.

[Guest Kong76]

Don't the Mets lead the league in stolen bases even though
they suck in most other areas of O? I don't get ^^^

[Gwreck]

The Second Spitter wrote: Btw does anybody know off-hand the longest serving MLB manager without a Division title?

Currently?

Jim Leyland, DET, 5 seasons
Bruce Bochy, SF, 4 seasons
Bud Black, SD, 4 seasons
John Russell, PIT, 3 seasons
Dusty Baker, CIN, 3 seasons
Jerry Manuel, NYM, 2.5 seasons

Obviously Baker and either Bochy or Black is coming off this list very shortly.

[HahnSolo]

I assume he meant without ever winning a division title. Leyland, Bochy, and Dusty all have done so.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Kong76 wrote: Don't the Mets lead the league in stolen bases even though they suck in most other areas of O? I don't get ^^^

When you're bad, folks can say anythng about you and it doesn't have to make sense.

[Ceetar]

HahnSolo wrote: I assume he meant without ever winning a division title. Leyland, Bochy, and Dusty all have done so.

I also assume he's talking about this thread's subject.

still want him.

[Gwreck]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Connie Mack never won a division title.

He won 9 pennants, though.