Memories of Blaine Boyer

[Guest Edgy DC]

Never has such a beard disappointed so much. Signed away by the Buccos on this day.

[Guest themetfairy]

[A Boy Named Seo]

Who?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Currently one off the team lead in saves.

[Guest The Second Spitter]

Here's a photo of Blaine getting ready to pitch in the Battle of Peachtree Creek -

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

A man beaten. The once great scamp, now, a study in floppishness. No longer the victory-hungry, innings-eating stallion we've seen in so many ST outings, but a pathetic, park-walking, smacked-around ex-Brave.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Amazing that the freshness of the Lane Meyer theme lasted longer than his Mets career did.

[G-Fafif]

Mrs. Fafif and I nicknamed him Beardie during the first series of the year. So bye, bye Beardie.

From when I got to ask Terry Collins one question and one question only on a blogger call at the end of Spring Training, I asked what it was like telling a player on the bubble he just made the team:

When he told Brad Emaus he was going to be the Mets� second baseman, he could see his eyes �light up�. When he informed Pedro Beato he�d be part of the Mets� bullpen, there was a sense of �oh my god, it was worth all the work and all the bus rides.� Blaine Boyer�s reaction at joining Beato and the other relievers on the major league squad was he�d wanted to make teams in the past, but never wanted to make one as badly as this. �He really likes being here,� Collins reported. Willie Harris, who�s been around, was as stoked as any rookie, telling his manager, �Skip, I gotta tell ya how much fun it�s been,� and assuring him he�ll do whatever it takes to be successful.

Apparently nothing is worse for your fledgling baseball career than receiving good news from Terry Collins.

[Fman99]

I liked it best when him and those other kids killed all the grownups and then hid in the cornfield.

[Willets Point]

Edgy DC wrote: Amazing that the freshness of the Lane Meyer theme lasted longer than his Mets career did.

That's basically my memory of him, that for some bizarre reason every time I heard his name I thought of Better off Dead and the Japanese guy who learned English from Howard Cossell.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Alderson breaking the news of his release:

"Blaine, go that way really fast. If something gets in your way, turn."

[Guest themetfairy]

D-Dad was enamored of the concept of a bullpen full of Killer Bees.

It didn't work out as well as he had hoped.