Dispatches from the Blogosphere 2011

[Edgy MD]

1/9/2011

• Metstradamus is reading a bit too much between the lines regarding the Matt Garza trade (well played, irish!). But, I guess, that's why he calls himself Metstradamus.
  
• The 'Ropolitans uses a blog the old way, scratching at a a brief independent thought that crossed their minds --- in this case, some speculation about Adam Rubin finding another Met GM reprehensible.
  
• Mets Guy in Michigan welcomes Roberto Alomar to Cooperstown.
  
• Brent Mayne talks catching.
  
• CitiField of Dreams mourns Christina Taylor Green.

[metirish]

Joe Janish inspired by MBTN Inspired has this


#27 Pete Harnish

[seawolf17]

metirish wrote: #27 Pete Harnisch

My homeboy.

[Edgy MD]

metirish wrote: Joe Janish inspired by MBTN Inspired has this #27 Pete Harnish

Milner was the closest thing the Mets had to a home-grown star � until Lee Mazzilli came along to be the closest thing they had to a home-grown star � and showed flashes of fulfilling stardom with his quick wrists and plate discipline.

What was Tom Seaver? Horseradish?

[Benjamin Grimm]

Perhaps he was chopped liver.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Very nice, I should go over there and say thanks.

[ashie62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Perhaps he was chopped liver.

With Fava beans and a nice chianti.

[metirish]

Joe Posnanski with a gem from a few weeks ago......not Met related but still

http://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2011/01/si-sports-fact-of-day.html

[Benjamin Grimm]

This, from Amazin' Avenue, ponders whether my own attitude is typical of most Mets fans. (I don't think it is.)

[metirish]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: This, from Amazin' Avenue, ponders whether my own attitude is typical of most Mets fans. (I don't think it is.)

Interesting , using callers to the Wfan after a brutal mets loss is probably not a good reference , or Mets bloggers either I guess.

[Edgy MD]

Metsgrrl enters the mind of Bill Webb.

[G-Fafif]

Matt Artus of Always Amazin' with a week-after report from Citi Field that is well worth the wait, here. Particularly digging the thoughts on Captain Reyes:

And speaking to him, I just kept asking myself why his name NEVER comes up in the water cooler chatter about the team's captaincy. He never backed down from a question. He always sounded sincere, even when giving a canned response to a baseball question. And he laughs a great deal. He wasn't laughing at us, or necessarily at a funny question or comment. He just laughed from time to time, possibly as a means of deflecting his true feelings or as a tactic to shrug off a comment. I could see how the laughing could grow weary on the media that follows him day in and day out.

[Edgy MD]

I can think of ten reasons why pretty quickly.

[ashie62]

Jose might be high on weed.

[Ceetar]

I floated the idea of Reyes and Wright as co-captains (to myself mainly) a couple of months ago. Maybe I should write a followup to my "name wright captain" post.

[Edgy MD]

Let's take a trip.

• Amazin' Avenue talks with Fish.
  
• Tanya doesn't think David Wright has the nads to be captain.
  
• Metstradaums feels differently.
  (I tend to think the captain argument is a non-starter.)
  
• Rising Apple debuts in the thread, talking with Steven Matz, who continues to be less than convincing while insisting on his Mets fandom.
  
• Patrick Flood, counting down his top 50, writes about writing scab Rick Reed into video games.

[Gwreck]

Edgy DC wrote: (I tend to think the captain argument is a non-starter.)

Ding ding ding! We have a winner.

The "who is going to be captain" is a fans' issue only. I suppose there's something appealing about having your gritty white homegrown star with a "C" on his uniform but short of mollifying the masses there's little use for it otherwise.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Steve Matz, full of shit:

Q: Going to school on Long Island, did you grow up a Met fan? If so, what was that like? If not, what was your favorite team growing up? A: Yes I did grow up a Met fan. I loved watching all baseball but would root for the Mets. Some of my family are bigger Met fans than me so it was really cool to get drafted by the Mets.

[metirish]

Steve Matz , captain material .

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Steve Matz, full of shit: Q: Going to school on Long Island, did you grow up a Met fan? If so, what was that like? If not, what was your favorite team growing up? A: Yes I did grow up a Met fan. I loved watching all baseball but would root for the Mets. Some of my family are bigger Met fans than me so it was really cool to get drafted by the Mets.

He might just as well have said, "Well, I grew up on Long Island. And Long Island has a lot of Met fans. So it stands to reason that I was probably a very big Mets fan. Do the math."

I remember having to pop Reed into 2-3 games around the late nineties. I could never quite get him right-- the e-Reed I made was dominating in the '98 game, and more inconsistent than he should rightfully have been in subsequent tries.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

A touch of apparently realistic optimismfrom the rapidly-improving Not Just A Mets Blog.

So that�s 24.5 wins added, and I don�t think a single one of those seasons are optimistic. Add that to the 59 wins I pulled out of my magic hat above, and we�re already at 84 wins before anyone not named Reyes or Wright has a good season, or before most of the bullpen or bench contributes anything. Not too shabby considering most people predict total doom and gloom for the Mets this year.

[Vic Sage]

i think predicting a .500 season is about right. his caveat about that being without even predicting any great years is balanced by not predicting any disastrous years either. that stuff is a wash. 80-85 wins seems about right to me. I don't think that's anything to get too excited about, but whatever.

[Benjamin Grimm]

80 to 85 seems about right to me. I'd much rather see them win 85 games than 65, but you're right, there's little excitement in 85 wins unless the division (or the wild card) is especially tight.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: 80 to 85 seems about right to me. I'd much rather see them win 85 games than 65, but you're right, there's little excitement in 85 wins unless the division (or the wild card) is especially tight.

85 wins is within striking distance for a roster adjustment in July that gets them over the hump, or a great year out of say Niese coupled with an injury to Halladay from actually winning the division.

It's also a hot streak at the right time from winning the Wild Card. Maybe the Wild Card is pegged at 89 or so, and the Cardinals are leading but the Mets get hot and sweep them 9/20-9/22 and suddenly they're looking at the playoffs..

[Ceetar]

http://metspolice.com/ posted a lot of the pictures @NewYorkMets tweeted of the Mets photo day today.

I wonder if this means we won't see Paulino in any ads/publications since he wasn't there.

[Edgy MD]

Mookie, trying very hard to find his voice with his first post in the blogosphere.

There should be a Mookiesphere.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Edgy DC wrote: Mookie, trying very hard to find his voice with his first post in the blogosphere. There should be a Mookiesphere.

WoW.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah. You should present your credentials to him forthwith with an offer to be his co-writer. That's a very thoughtful guy there, and honest enough to acknowledge right out that his thoughts can come out haphazardly. How many bloggers have this same problem and couldn't give a fig?

With somebody to help him tease out his ideas and order them into a narrative, Mookie could author a wonderful book.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

I love him. Thanks for posting.

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Mookie, trying very hard to find his voice with his first post in the blogosphere. There should be a Mookiesphere. WoW.

http://mookiesview.blogspot.com/2011/03/unforgettable-season.html

Mookie blogs about the '86 season.