The Tribe of Nancy: Wifey Watch and SOs, 2015

[Edgy MD]

We open with a flashback by Bobby Valentine to 2000, recounting a wifey encounter.

[A Boy Named Seo]

As much as steroids, I will forever associate baseball in the 90's with the goatee. And Bobby's still rockin it.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I didn't realize at first that was a video from this week and not 2000. I can't believe they thought to give Bobby Jones an award, very nice. FK and I were at that game, just to the third base side of home plate but 3 rows from the top of the Upper Deck. Brilliantly sunny day with an unbelieveably cold wind directly into the neck up there.

As well as BJ did in that one I was just waiting and waiting for it to go bad on him not because I expected the worst but because that's not the kind of way Bobby Jones usually won. That he got out of that bases-loaded jam in the 5th without them scoring was just shocking and seemed to demoralize the Giants. Assist to Dusty for having the pitcher bat that inning.

[Edgy MD]

The tough part for me wasn't waiting for it to go bad in that game. The rule with San Francisco was to stay away from Bonds, and with a right-hander on the mound doing his job, the rest of the lineup wasn't particularly threatening.

What I dreaded (and that which came to pass) was that Jones' start was so good that he got another shot in the World Series, getting selected over Glendon "2112" Rusch against the righty-killing Yankees, and having none of the same effectiveness.

In my mind, David Wright's the compensation pick that we got when Jones became a Padre, giving us a bee-YOO-tiful chain of Strawberry-Jones-Wright from one 1980 draft pick, but reality doesn't usually tie up so pretty, and the Wright pick was compensation for Mike Hampton. With the Jones pick, they went for Corey Ragsdale.

Anyhow, Kristi Jones, a wifey injected into the great Mets drama.

[Guest cooby classic]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: As much as steroids, I will forever associate baseball in the 90's with the goatee. And Bobby's still rockin it.

I always called them ' butthole beards' cos that is what they looked like with, you know, the mouth as the butthole

Nice video though!

[A Boy Named Seo]

cooby wrote: A Boy Named Seo wrote: As much as steroids, I will forever associate baseball in the 90's with the goatee. And Bobby's still rockin it. I always called them ' butthole beards' cos that is what they looked like with, you know, the mouth as the butthole Nice video though!

Funny cause it's true.

[Guest cooby classic]

Lolol!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

See, when you say, "butthole beards," I get a different picture in my head.





Like, "Okay, X may be an inveterate asshole on the field/court/polo ground, but he can't be that terrible-- I mean, someone married him."

[Frayed Knot]

I wonder if Ambler is still insisting that 'Afro' Bobby was the better pitcher?

[Edgy MD]

Allan Dykstra has moved on from the Mets, but not from girlfriend Veronica Renteria.



No, sir, she is now Mrs. D., following a ballpark wedding.

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[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Feature on Wifeys and Puppies in the Post.


Tayler Francel, girlfriend of catcher Kevin Plawecki, wrangles her golden retriever Bailey; Bethany Nieuwenhuis, wife of outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis, snuggles her 4-month-old German shepherd Barkley; Kelly Recker, wife of catcher Anthony Recker, pets her mixed-breed pup Sheya; Christine den Dekker, wife of outfielder Matt den Dekker, shows off her Jack Russell terrier Wilson; Maegan Parnell, wife of pitcher Bobby Parnell, cuddles her golden retriever-yellow lab mix Abby; Britney Cobian, girlfriend of catcher Travis d’Arnaud, hugs her dog Riley

Some familair WAGs here but notable for the introduction of Britney Cobain. I'm not sure we'd met Maegan Parnell yet either; she's second from right with the happy hunter.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Weird that Plawecki and d'Arnaud double date:

[Edgy MD]

Sunglasses, Travis.

We've met Meghan. Christine dD seems new to me, though.

Good work. Funny how they couldn't identify the breed of d'Ognaud.

[Frayed Knot]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote:

Five blondes out of six is, I believe, right around the standard ratio for sports WAGs

[bmfc1]

Did Britney have to tell Travis to get closer to the plate?

[Edgy MD]

Metspouses back in January, supporting the David Wright Foundation:

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L to R, that's... somebody, young Cloris Leachman, Molly Wright, Maegan Parnell, somebody else, and Britney Cobian, who seems to assume that until she gets the ring, and/or her boyfriend establishes himself as a big leaguer, her place in the pack is on the right wing. Don't buy that crap, Britney. It's your world, too. Put yourself front and center.

It's nice that David could throw this special event for all the wives to all turn themselves out in their fanciest cocktail dresses, while the players rocked the jeans/untucked button downs/cowboy boots/lanyard look.

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What a buncha slackers.

[nymr83]

great dogs. decent women too.

[dgwphotography]

Frayed Knot wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Five blondes out of six is, I believe, right around the standard ratio for sports WAGs

As usual, the non-blonde is the best of the bunch.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I don't know. I think I'll have a torrid extramarital affair with Kirk's wife. If I could have any of the dogs I'd prolly choose Abby Parnell.

[dgwphotography]

They're all too high-maintenance. Notice how they all have some kind of pure-bred or high-falutin' breed mix, and Britney doesn't care for any of that. She just has a dog.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, I pointed that out earlier. That's money. Still, there's not a lot of low maintenance Britneys in this world.

Kelly Recker sure seems to have the this-is-the-best-day-of-my-life smile down.

[Ceetar]

Cody Satterwhite and wife Mallory are expecting

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They got married in a farmhouse, which is cool.


classy cake

[Edgy MD]

Ceetar wrote: Cody Satterwhite and wife Mallory are expecting [fimg=500]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B__ZEfDWoAEWstz.jpg:large[/fimg]

Borrowing a page from the Reckers' playbook here.


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I like that Cody is not ashamed to dress his kid in his spring training number. And well he should not, grinding through multiple organizations and the indy leagues before getting that first spring invite at age 28.

I also like that Kelly has a grass stain on her butt. They let you on the field, you do some sliding, Kelly.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I don't know if we had much Claudia Cuddyer news, but believe it or not this here articlesays she was Justin Upton's 10th grade teacher back in Va Beach.

[Guest cooby classic]

Does that up there say Baby Batty?

[Edgy MD]

"Satty."

In the great tradition of all ballfield nicknames created by affixing a diminutive -y to the first syllable of your name, Cody Satterwhite goes by "Satty."

[Guest cooby classic]

Ah! Now I see!

[Edgy MD]

Farewell to Christine den Dekker and your sunkist 1970s strapless blonde look. I'm pretty sure I saw you rooting on Tanner Boyle in The Bad News Bears. Now you'll root on Tanner Roark.

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[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Jerry Blevins' Wifey-to-Be says:

Whitney Simmons @ChicBabble · 23m 23 minutes ago So, it's just the universe allowing me to live out my Sex & the City obsession. #HelloNewYork 1 retweet 5 favorites Reply Retweet1 Favorite5

Here's Whitney in Japan with Jerry and an unidentified Geisha.

[Edgy MD]

Not a Whitney fan. Not unless the world "Whitney" is followed by "Payson."