You Make the Call: Mike Nickeas

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Reserve catcher or No. 1 in Buffalo? Or reserve in Buffalo?

Bonus: Excluding Mike Nickeas' bride (center) predict the 2012 season for Curly, Blondy, Squinty, Pearly & Blacky

[TransMonk]

I think he'll be on the big club for the majority of the season, but that Thole will get a large majority of the starts.

52 G, .210/.257/.282/.539, 2 HR, 15 RBI

[Ceetar]

He'll be the major league backup. He'll "hit" just enough to justify his defensive role and backup nature. Thole will get a lot of games.

30 starts, .240/.302/.350 20 doubles, 4 HR. 25 RBI

As for the bridesmaids, left to right: Herpes, Twins, A diamond ring, Syphilis, 3 cats, Herpes

[MFS62]

Starter at Buffalo.
Cuppa' joe with the Mets: 23G, .222 in under 75 AB.

Curly, Blondy, Squinty, Pearly and Blacky will all have their hearts broken by me. No matter how much they beg, I will stay with my beautiful wife.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Herpes, Twins, A diamond ring, Syphilis, 3 cats, Herpes.

In a more just world, this would be a projection of the last six seasons for Derek Jeter.

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Herpes, Twins, A diamond ring, Syphilis, 3 cats, Herpes. In a more just world, this would be a projection of the last six seasons for Derek Jeter.

He'd have to start including antibiotics in his gift baskets.

[Edgy MD]

Actually, it would be a review of the last six.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

211/290/322 in 100 PA

Curly: Promoted at work (again), staying in shape, nice condo in the city, desperately lonely and empty inside.

Blondy: Nods in knowing recognition when 'Good Christian Bitches' comes on.

Squinty: Has a kid and turns her shoe-shopping and fashion blog into a child-rearing blog.

Pearly: All about scrapbooking and couponing. while her husband spends weekends hunting, fishing and attending NASCAR events.

Blacky: Auditioning for role of 'Icestorm' on new season of American Gladiators

[Edgy MD]

I haven't quite figured out how scrapbooking emerged as a lifestyle choice.

[smg58]

Oh what the hell, I'll bet Lucas May beats Nickeas out and we don't see all that much of him.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Ron Hodges. That's all I got.

[bmfc1]

smg58 wrote: Oh what the hell, I'll bet Lucas May beats Nickeas out and we don't see all that much of him.

I agree. Nickeas better be the greatest defensive catcher in baseball because that's all he can offer. May is hitting and if he keeps hitting, he'll make the team instead of Nickeas.

[Ceetar]

bmfc1 wrote: smg58 wrote: Oh what the hell, I'll bet Lucas May beats Nickeas out and we don't see all that much of him. I agree. Nickeas better be the greatest defensive catcher in baseball because that's all he can offer. May is hitting and if he keeps hitting, he'll make the team instead of Nickeas.

Nickeas is hitting too.

It's Spring Training.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

bmfc1 wrote: smg58 wrote: Oh what the hell, I'll bet Lucas May beats Nickeas out and we don't see all that much of him. I agree. Nickeas better be the greatest defensive catcher in baseball because that's all he can offer. May is hitting and if he keeps hitting, he'll make the team instead of Nickeas.

I'd say that but for the fact that our D sucks so badly everywhere else on the field (including C when Thole goes) and the pitching staff needs all the help it can get, it might be nice to have a good-hands guy around if we can have one. The threat to Nickeas is Johnson probably, maybe May fights it out with Rottino/Turner/Hairston, et al for a reserve RH bat.

[Fman99]

Black bridesmaid dresses, how Goth. I predict that they spend a lot of time sleeping with men that disgust them while listening to Nick Cave albums.

[Edgy MD]

Really? Where do I score some of that action?

[Vic Sage]

didn't i write a play about those girls a while back?

and Nickeas? well, nobody is going to write a play about him, that's for sure.
I think he'll start the season as Thole's caddy, and get released at some point, after going 0-20.

[ashie62]

Edgy DC wrote: I haven't quite figured out how scrapbooking emerged as a lifestyle choice.

Because you are not a female.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Edgy DC wrote: I haven't quite figured out how scrapbooking emerged as a lifestyle choice.

Scrapbooking? What about "couponing?" (Or, for that matter, "extreme couponing?")

[Ceetar]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Edgy DC wrote: I haven't quite figured out how scrapbooking emerged as a lifestyle choice. Scrapbooking? What about "couponing?" (Or, for that matter, "extreme couponing?")

I get couponing. That has the potential to save a pretty good chunk of money.

[Fman99]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Edgy DC wrote: I haven't quite figured out how scrapbooking emerged as a lifestyle choice. Scrapbooking? What about "couponing?" (Or, for that matter, "extreme couponing?")

You have to watch the extreme couponing show and see these women. They are creaming themselves in the aisle during the checkout process. It'd be easier if they just bought dildos. Using coupons.

[Ceetar]

Fman99 wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Edgy DC wrote: I haven't quite figured out how scrapbooking emerged as a lifestyle choice. Scrapbooking? What about "couponing?" (Or, for that matter, "extreme couponing?") You have to watch the extreme couponing show and see these women. They are creaming themselves in the aisle during the checkout process. It'd be easier if they just bought dildos. Using coupons.

There's a film at the Tribeca Film Festival about the invention of the vibrator.

[Guest vtmet]

I'm hoping that Hudgens can make Nickeas into at least a major league backup catcher's worth of an offensive player...

and I'm hoping to see if this small sample size has any validity when given a bigger sample size:

Mike Nickeas Team Record in Starts: 10-5

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.cgi?id=nickemi01&t=b&year=2011