Fantasy Camp 2012

[Edgy MD]

Mets greats drafting their teams.



I guess we'll have to wait a few weeks for the great conflagration of black uniforms.

[bmfc1]

High-tech!

The coaches take the games very seriously. Rumor was that they would make bets. I know that Buzz Capra was very happy when we made the finals and surpringly upset after we lost the championship game.

Two blogs from Fantasy Camp:
http://metsfantasycamp.mlblogs.com/?partnerId=ed-5546037-243371870
http://theplayerspoint.com/THEPLAYERSPOINT/METS_FANTASY_CAMP/METS_FANTASY_CAMP.html

[metirish]

Looks like Kevin Appier in # 12.....and look at the giant of a man in the back....

[metirish]

Some good stuff in here from Bobby "lifer" Floyd(everything you'd expect from him I'd guess)

http://theplayerspoint.com/THEPLAYERSPOINT/METS_FANTASY_CAMP/Entries/2012/1/11_Mets_Fantasy_Camp_Day_2.html

[nymr83]

Mets Fantasy Camp 2012: where YOU can earn the starting LF job!

[Edgy MD]

[Guest attgig]

so, has anyone on here ponied up the cash and attended the fantasy camp?

[Ceetar]

attgig wrote: so, has anyone on here ponied up the cash and attended the fantasy camp?

I want to, feel like it'd be fun.

edit: can't find prices for it. I thought it was expensive.

I've also never been eligible for it.

[metirish]

attgig wrote: so, has anyone on here ponied up the cash and attended the fantasy camp?

our own bmfc went in 2009, wrote a diary IIRC,

[Guest attgig]

Ceetar wrote: so, has anyone on here ponied up the cash and attended the fantasy camp? I want to, feel like it'd be fun. edit: can't find prices for it. I thought it was expensive. I've also never been eligible for it.

I think it's like $4k+

that's what kills me. i would've signed up for it immediately...

but yeah, it's eligible for anyone 30years and older... i guess you're a young'un huh? i guess that explains your optimism

[G-Fafif]

metirish wrote: attgig wrote: so, has anyone on here ponied up the cash and attended the fantasy camp? our own bmfc went in 2009, wrote a diary IIRC,

And he was kind enough to chronicle his journey for FAFIF, indexed here.

[bmfc1]

$4,395, including transportation and meals.

One of the greatest experiences of my life.

[Edgy MD]

Clearly, he shook Jerry Grote's hand.

[Ceetar]

bmfc1 wrote: $4,395, including transportation and meals. One of the greatest experiences of my life.

one day..

[bmfc1]

Edgy DC wrote: Clearly, he shook Jerry Grote's hand.

Grote wasn't there. The story goes, Camp lore, that he was fired years earlier for making his wife a coach. Campers wondered why Mrs. Grote was a coach when it was supposed to be an actual ex-Met, not an ex-Met's wife.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I guess Edgy's joke was too "inside."

$4300 isn't a bad price, all things considered.

[bmfc1]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: $4300 isn't a bad price, all things considered.

You get all this:
http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/nym/fan_forum/fantasycamp.jsp
And a lifetime of memories and stories.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I guess Edgy's joke was too "inside." $4300 isn't a bad price, all things considered.

It was a Sinatra thing? Like they talk about in Ocean's 11?

[bmfc1]

Johan long tossed in Pt. St. Lucie today which means that he probably shared a locker with the fantasy campers.

[metirish]

bmfc1 wrote: Johan long tossed in Pt. St. Lucie today which means that he probably shared a locker with the fantasy campers.

I wonder if he shot a load on any fantasy campers thighs.

[DocTee]

bmfc1 wrote: Johan long tossed in Pt. St. Lucie today which means that he probably shared a locker with the fantasy campers. I wonder if he shot a load on any fantasy campers thighs.

Post of 2012, there.

[ashie62]

metirish wrote: bmfc1 wrote: Johan long tossed in Pt. St. Lucie today which means that he probably shared a locker with the fantasy campers. I wonder if he shot a load on any fantasy campers thighs.

Male or female???

[ashie62]

Nymr83 wrote: Mets Fantasy Camp 2012: where YOU can earn the starting LF job!

BOC

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

metirish wrote: bmfc1 wrote: Johan long tossed in Pt. St. Lucie today which means that he probably shared a locker with the fantasy campers. I wonder if he shot a load on any fantasy campers thighs.

omg, lol

[Lefty Specialist]

I went in 2002. It's the most fun you can have with your clothes on.

I played for Duffy Dyer's team. Played LF, RF and first. Even pitched an inning, ended my career with a 18.00 ERA, and treasured every second.

On the final day in the big stadium, faced Bob Apodaca. First pitch, swing and a miss. Second pitch took for a ball, Grounded the third pitch to short and the throw just barely beat me. And by 'just barely' I mean 10 feet.

[Ceetar]

Did you guys hit the batting cage first? I feel like if/when I go to Fantasy Camp, I'm gonna spend like a year in the batting cage before hand.

[bmfc1]

Ceetar wrote: Did you guys hit the batting cage first? I feel like if/when I go to Fantasy Camp, I'm gonna spend like a year in the batting cage before hand.

I went to a batting cage a few times and even took two hitting lessons but when you haven't hit live pitching in decades, it doesn't help very much. You can get hitting lessons from one of the coaches if you get there early.

[Lefty Specialist]

I got hitting tips from Mickey Brantley, who was hilarious. Told me I was gripping the bat too tightly and to treat it like it was a part of female anatomy that you, ahem, wouldn't grip as tightly.

I was 3 for 10 so I guess it worked. Lot of competition for the batting cages so getting there early was key.