All Purpose Spring Training 2011 Thread

[Fman99]

Pitchers and catchers official reporting date at Port St Lucie is Wednesday. I am so ready.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Reese Havens: rib surgery.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Rib Tip Syndrome sounds like a delicious problem to have.

[metirish]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Rib Tip Syndrome sounds like a delicious problem to have.

This really clears up any confusion as to what it is


ib-tip syndrome
Neurology Intercostal neuralgia accompanied by sharp episodic pain at the costal margin, caused by hypermotility of the anterior end of the costal cartilage of�usually the 10th rib due to trauma.

fucks sake like

[Ceetar]

Fman99 wrote: Pitchers and catchers official reporting date at Port St Lucie is Wednesday. I am so ready.

Tomorrow? Why are the Mets saying tomorrow and other people saying Wednesday? Don't I trust the Mets date over WFANs?

[Frayed Knot]

I think Tuesday is reporting day for P&C, Wednesday is first workout.

Of course reporting day is today for the Yanx which proves they're more intent on winning.

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: I think Tuesday is reporting day for P&C, Wednesday is first workout. Of course reporting day is today for the Yanx which proves they're more intent on winning.

I think Thursday is the first workout, and positionals report Friday.


Ike Davis days until I report.

[metirish]

Video here , that's Murphy sporting the knee brace and who's the chubby fella?

http://www.tcpalm.com/videos/detail/new-york-mets-spring-training-feb-10-2011-no-2/?partner=yahoo_feeds

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Looks more like Turner than Emaus.

[metirish]

Henceforth shall be known as "fat bastard"

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Between the video and the picture I Google-found, there's, like, 6 or 7 potential nicknames coming to mind. None of them are flattering.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The fat kid is who now? E "Norm" uas or Turner?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Crap. Now I don't know. They kind of look alike, don't they?

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Tough crowd.

[Guest Edgy DC]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Looks more like Turner than Emaus.

What's he doin' with Joe Tinker's glove?

[nymr83]

TOMMOROW IS THE DAY!!!

(get excited now before you are pissed off in early-june again)

[MFS62]

Ceetar wrote: Fman99 wrote: Pitchers and catchers official reporting date at Port St Lucie is Wednesday. I am so ready. Tomorrow? Why are the Mets saying tomorrow and other people saying Wednesday? Don't I trust the Mets date over WFANs?

I understand how you feel. The Super Bowl was broadcast on Fox this year, so I didn't believe the final score until I verified it on another station.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

metirish wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Rib Tip Syndrome sounds like a delicious problem to have. This really clears up any confusion as to what it is ib-tip syndrome Neurology Intercostal neuralgia accompanied by sharp episodic pain at the costal margin, caused by hypermotility of the anterior end of the costal cartilage of�usually the 10th rib due to trauma.

Sounds like a similar condition to the one which has apparently afflicted Lady Gaga's shoulder.
Either that or she's recently been the victim of some bizarre industrial accident.

[Guest Edgy DC]

A tryout for Izzy.

[TransMonk]

Welcome to Generation AARP, Jason.

Good luck.

[G-Fafif]

Headline of the Day here.

Stoner happy with progress

Was he simply pleased to fall off the couch and find half a bag of Cheetos on the floor?

[Ceetar]

btw, anyone going down to Florida this spring?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"Yesterday-- I shit you not-- I swear to God that Shih-Tzu was dead."

[Guest Edgy DC]

Blaine Boyer and some guy with an 8 (38? Chris Capuano?) talk to the boss, Sandy Koufax.

[Fman99]

Ceetar wrote: btw, anyone going down to Florida this spring?

We're doing Orlando the last week of March, including a Tuesday Mets @ Nationals game in Melbourne. Not driving all the way down to Port St Lucie.

[Ceetar]

Fman99 wrote: Ceetar wrote: btw, anyone going down to Florida this spring? We're doing Orlando the last week of March, including a Tuesday Mets @ Nationals game in Melbourne. Not driving all the way down to Port St Lucie.

Smart of you. We're flying into Orlando the 15th, for Harry Potter World the 16th. I'm told that's the week Florida kids are off from school, so it's gonna be a little crowded I would suspect.

[Valadius]

Jenrry Mejia will start the first game of the spring.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Jason Bay predicts he'll hit 30 HR's this season.

He said 30 is his goal every year, and while acknowledging that the sprawling dimensions of Citi Field will make it more difficult, Bay isn't conceding anything. "It can be done," he said.

He'll probably have to hit 20 on the road. No small feat. I'm surprised that the players are allowed to acknowledge CF's outfield sprawl.

[metsmarathon]

does it matter that, in the past two years, the mets as a team have hit one more home run at home than on the road? +3 in 09, -2 in '10

granted, the pitching is just plain wonky. +4 in 09, -41(!) in '10

it can be done.

[batmagadanleadoff]

2009-10 Mets and their opponents - HR's

2009 Mets at CF - 49
2009 Mets on road - 46
2009 Opponents at CF - 81
2009 Opponents on road - 77

2009 total HR's at CF - 130
2009 total HR's; Met road games - 123
2009 total HR's; all Met games; Mets and opponents - 253

2010 Mets at CF - 63
2010 Mets on road - 65
2010 Opponents at CF - 47
2010 Opponents on road - 88

2010 total HR's at CF - 110
2010 total HR's; Met road games - 153
2010 total HR's; all Met games; Mets and opponents - 263

2009-2010 total HR's at CF - 240
2009-2010 total HR's; Met road games - 276
2009-2010 CF reduces total HR's by 13% -- (276-240)/276

2009-2010 Mets HR's at CF - 112
2009-1010 Mets road HR's - 111

2009-2010 Mets opponents HR's at CF - 128
2009-2010 Mets opponents HR's in Mets road games - 165
2009-2010 CF reduces opponents HR's by 22% --(165-128)/165