Rico Brogna and the Long Sunset: Mets in Retirement, 2012

[Guest themetfairy]

Fman99 wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Jay Bell, author of one of the very worst seasons in Mets history, loved every minute of it. Jay Bell was a Met? Well honk my hooters.

He was so memorable during his tenure that one night Kase, D-Dad and MK were at a game together. Kase and D-Dad couldn't figure out who number 44 in the lineup was, and it was the kid who had to remind them that Bell was on the roster.

[ashie62]

Bell had a nice career. 1963 hits

[Edgy MD]

G-Fafif wrote: That bike was presented to him by Tug McGraw, who arrived on it with the visor down on his helmet so it came as a surprise to John and the crowd. Nice moment for sale. Mets sponsor for years was Hempstead Harley, which might have had something to do with John getting something he'd find no use for. In 2003, the Mets honored Gary Carter's induction into the HOF with something similar. Gary being Gary said, graciously, something to the effect of I've never ridden one of these before...but oh boy!

Gary Carter's bike being auctioned off for charity.

[metirish]

I happened upon a show last night on espn about athletes going broke and why they do.......


Cliff Floyd featured in it, he is suing his former financial adviser for $12.5 million.....ouch


I don't know much about Bernie Kosar but he looked some mess on the show, like a guy who has been through the wringer several times......a nervous wreck, some sad tales on the show

[Edgy MD]

i don't know much about much when it comes to the NFL, but I paid attention back when Bernie Kosar was active. He was best his first few years but was regularly injured and if I recall correctly, frequently concussed. Like every year, or so I remember.

The other thing I recall is that he married a woman with fantastic hair, and their daughter become an adult film star.

[Benjamin Grimm]

That's what happens when you marry a woman with fantastic hair.

[Edgy MD]

Be warned.

[G-Fafif]

David Cone, guest-bartending at Foley's NYC to raise funds for Sandy relief this Thursday evening, 11/15.

[Farmer Ted]

Lee, still a proud papa.

2013 Preseason BIG EAST Player of the Year:
L.J. Mazzilli, 2B, Connecticut

2013 Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
Pos. Name, Class, School Key 2012 Stats
P Jared Ruxer, So., Louisville 8-3, 3.38 ERA, 77.1 IP, 32 K, 15 BB, .262 OBA
P Jeff Thompson, Jr., Louisville 9-4, 4.00 ERA, 78.2 IP, 73 K, 38 BB, .263 OBA
P Sean Hagan, Sr., St. John's 8-2, 2.72 ERA, 102.2 IP, 66 K, 23 BB, .231 OBA
P Jon Prosinksi, Sr., Seton Hall * 9-3, 3.52 ERA, 94.2 IP, 73 K, 19 BB, .288 OBA
RP Dan Slania, Jr., Notre Dame 3-0, 2.03 ERA, 12 SV, 31.0 IP, 37 K, 12 BB
C Jeff Melillo, Sr., Rutgers .311, 4 HR, 30 RBI
1B Trey Mancini, Jr., Notre Dame * .317, 12 HR, 45 RBI
2B L.J. Mazzilli, Sr., Connecticut .339, 9 HR, 38 RBI, 16 SB
SS Tyler Sciacca, Sr., Villanova .359, 1 HR, 39 RBI, 17 SB, .980 FLD%
3B Eric Jagielo, Jr., Notre Dame .310, 13 HR, 43 RBI
3B Sean O'Hare, Sr., St. John's .346, 3 HR, 42 RBI
OF Justin Glass, Jr., Cincinnati .366, 3 HR, 26 RBI, 15 SB
OF Adam Engel, Jr., Louisville .308, 1 HR, 18 RBI, 37 SB
OF James Ramsay, Jr.. USF .328, 2 HR, 32 RBI, 14 SB
DH Jeff Gardner, Jr., Louisville .299, 2 HR, 34 RBI

[Ceetar]

This is old, so maybe you'all have seen it already, but I haven't and someone tweeted it, so..

http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/mets/former_met_loves_ranch_life_hates_d9LE47TiaNRfuZBTXdht8I

e also traps. �I�ve made fur coats for my mom and comforters for my kids,� Wendell said.

[Edgy MD]

Ed Hearn loves ol' Jackson.

He oughta. He went .312 / .363 / .492 // .855 for the Jackson Mets in 1984.

[Fman99]

Brian Schneider hangs em up.

[metirish]

Fman99 wrote: Brian Schneider hangs em up.

again?

[stevejrogers]

New York Times catches up with Piazza and talks about THE BOOK which pretty much proves to be much less controversial than some voters thought it would be...

[bmfc1]

Piazza with Jon Stewart on Tuesday.

[Farmer Ted]

I'm completely surprised that this hasn't happened already. Apparently he wore the hard hat in the field in college, too, much to Rickey Henderson's surprise.

PULLMAN, Wash. - It has been a quarter century since John G. Olerud put together the best season in Washington State University's storied baseball history.

The Seattle native led the Cougars to a school-record 52 wins while playing in all 66 games during the 1988 campaign. He was named national player of the year after batting .464 and posting a 15-0 record on the mound. Washington State will retire his uniform No. 18 prior to its March 30 (noon start time) game against Stanford at Bailey-Brayton Field.

Olerud set school records that still stand today for batting average, hits (108), RBI (tied, 81), total bases (204), slugging percentage (.876), on-base percentage (.556), OPS (1.432), wins and innings pitched (122 2/3). Other records he set that have since been broken include home runs (23), runs (83), games pitched (tied, 16) and strikeouts (113).

He added 21 doubles, one shy of the school record at the time, while recording a 2.49 ERA (fifth in the aluminum bat era at the time) and a 1.133 WHIP (third in the aluminum bat era at the time).

Olerud finished his three-year Cougar career with a .434 batting average and was a third round selection by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1989 MLB Draft. He made his professional debut later that year without spending a day in the Minor Leagues. He went on to play 17 seasons in MLB, collecting 500 doubles, 255 home runs and 1,230 RBI. Olerud played on eight MLB postseason teams and was part of Toronto's back-to-back World Series champion squads in 1992-93.

Today, the John Olerud Award is named in honor of the Cougars' distinguished alumnus and presented annually to the top two-way player in college baseball.

Olerud's father, John E. Olerud, played three years for the Cougars (1963-65) and led Washington State to the 1965 College World Series. He was the Cougars' first MLB Draft pick when the Los Angeles Angels grabbed him during the fourth round in 1965. The elder Olerud spent seven years in professional baseball.

NOTE
A commemorative John Olerud T-shirt will be given out to the first 500 fans prior the game, March 30.

[dinosaur jesus]

I want that commemorative shirt.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I wonder what ever happened with his neighbor's tree?

[Guest cooby]

I had this in the wrong thread.

Rey visits his home.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/19/cuba-travel-baseball-star_n_2906902.html#slide=2236755

But also, here.

[metirish]

cooby wrote: I had this in the wrong thread. Rey visits his home. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/19/cuba-travel-baseball-star_n_2906902.html#slide=2236755 But also, here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8NISctmt00

Very cool story, good for Rey and his family.

[Farmer Ted]

Tom O'Malley, high school softball hitting coach.

http://lthslancerpride.blogspot.com/2012/12/senior-amanda-daneker-signs-with.html

[Edgy MD]

Hey, Lenny Randle, spirited retired baseball player who accepts my friendship, posts in all-caps and gives me access to other big-shot former ballplayers who share our friendship, what's with posting a still shot of the injury I've been doing my best to avoid. And under the guise of "praying" for all athletes. Lenny, honor those athletes' dignitary by saying no to injury porn.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Mo Vaughn took out a half page ad in the Boston Globe saying "Your Are All Heroes in My Eyes."

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, anybubby who hates on Vaughn, or conflates him with Bonilla, just ain't willing to pay attention.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Mike Piazza preparing to make his ballet debut on May 3.

The burly ex-batch is typecast as a mobster.

[G-Fafif]

Lou Thornton: all tied up when Ken Levine attempted to interview him.

[Edgy MD]

Just learned that original 1962 Mets coach Solly Hemus is still on that planet at 90 years. That has to make him the oldest living uniform personnel from the team.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The UMDB seems to confirm that. The only older living "Mets person" I have in the database is Ralph Kiner, October 27, 1922. Hemus was born on April 17, 1923. The next oldest uniformed person (who wasn't also a player) is Jim Frey, May 26, 1931. (There are 12 living former Mets players who are older than Jim Frey, including Jim Marshall, who is one day older.

[Edgy MD]

Why isn't Charlie O'Brien managing? He's too busy marketing signature high-end deer hunting products. If you remember Charlie O'Brien the athlete as fondly as I do, well then, you know he wouldn't sell you 100% pure doe estrus that isn't 100% PURE.

I read recently that deer hunting has never been easier in America, and ironically, has never been more expensive. The need for an edge and the increasing importance of cultural immersion has created this bizarre top shelf of boutique buck-huntin' shit that Charlie O'Brien's company is but one small part of. Big expos of new products rolled out each year in major and minor cities.

[Frayed Knot]

Ron Swoboda - reviewing books for the New York Times