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Ceetar wrote:
I don't think i have a WSJ account. free, or are they gonna start bothering me?

It's a subscription site, for the most part.


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Yeah, well, now I'm blocked out.

Anypits, pretty lightweight stuff. Could've been stronger if he got one or two other points of reference beyond Vic Black.


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The Big Vic Black news is that he trimmed his stupid beard, according to Rubes.


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Non-Mets stuff:

[list:x40z7kds][*:x40z7kds]Josh Hamilton meeting with Commissioner Gordon to discuss a disciplinary issue, and isn't even in camp with the Angels, who have agreed to let him rehab his injury while staying at "a friend's house in Houston," which sounds deeply ominous.

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[*:x40z7kds]David Ortiz has declared his intention to be entirely and intransigently non-compliant with new rules stating that batters have to keep at least one foot in the box in between pitches, declaring that the game is "100 years old" and shouldn't be changed. David intends to resist these new rules at least as aggressively as he has resisted math and history classes.

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[*:x40z7kds]Reds are not expecting Homer Baily to be ready for the start of the season. Know who will be ready? Dillon Gee.[/*:m:x40z7kds][/list:u:x40z7kds]


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paywall'd? wtf.


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A Pro�s Guide to Interacting With Mets in the Wild
Feb. 23, 2015 11:33 p.m. ET

When you have the good fortune of spotting your favorite player in Port St. Lucie, you also have a great responsibility�to stay in control. Just because you can stroll into Chipotle and find a bunch of Mets chowing down on chips and salsa doesn�t give you free rein to stalk baseball players all spring.

That�s why we consulted Mets relief pitcher Vic Black to devise a few basic ground rules for approaching a player if you see one out in the wild.

� Families are off-limits: Ballplayers aren�t home much and value time with their families. Most of them try to shield their wives, parents and especially their children from the spotlight. If a player is out with any of these people, it�s probably not the best time to ask him to pose for a selfie. �Those are good places to just say, �Hi, good luck on the season,�� Black said.

� Read the room: Certain settings are designed for fans and players to interact. In fact, Black said he often goes to Duffy�s, the popular sports bar attached to the bowling alley, for the opportunity to mingle with the crowd.

�I don�t see me being a baseball player as being more special than anybody else,� he said. �You want to have that connection with fans.� In a dark, candlelit restaurant, however, pick your spot: �Wait until they�re winding down or getting up to leave,� Black said.

� Be polite: It sounds obvious, but �Hey, it�s you!� isn�t the best way to get on a player�s good side. Black said he doesn�t mind being referred to as Vic, but when in doubt, err on the side of deference. �The more pleasant-sounding approach works better,� he said. �Mr. Wright or Mr. Murphy, especially when it�s someone younger than the guy.�

�Jared Diamond


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That advice is one big Catch-22 as far as I'm concerned. It's all too much to ask and expect of most elementary school kids. And if you're an adult and you're still going gaga over trying to interact with the athletes, well ...... (rolls eyes).


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Billy Bean in camp to work out with and school the Mets.

Also in camp but neither working out nor actively schooling the Mets are the families of assassinated NYPD Officers Ramos and Liu.

Intrasquad Game Day Today. Will Geren's Herons beat Teufel's Truffles?


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Billy Bean in camp to work out with and school the Mets.

I briefly confused Billy Bean with Billy Beane when I saw Rubin's article on this. The photo along side Sandy didn't help. It was my 10 to 12 seconds of WTF this morning.


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Hunter Pence -- broken arm from HBP. 6-8 weeks

Yu Darvish -- pulled from 1st start with sore arm


And just think, if this were a WBC year folks would be tripping over each other to declare that these injuries would have never occurred.


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The children of slain police officer William Ramos were guests of the Mets last weekend. They participated in the lineup card exchange and also bowled with a couple of Mets (including Daniel Murphy) on Sunday night.

Every time the kids were introduced I was ready to cry. But they seemed to have a great time hanging out with the team.



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Nice player pics metfairy :)


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Thanks cooby :)


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"Nice of you to show up, Magellan."

Cubs pitcher Edwin Jackson winds up at wrong Spring Training park, misses start

PHOENIX - Some pitchers have trouble finding the plate. Edwin Jackson of the Chicago Cubs had a much bigger problem: He couldn't find the ballpark.

Jackson missed his spring training start Tuesday against the A's when he drove to the wrong stadium. Fitting, too -- he once walked eight batters in a no-hitter, and has never been known for great location.

Jackson took the blame for this errant wind-up. The 31-year-old veteran said he typed "Oakland Athletics spring training complex" into the Google Maps app on his phone and it directed him to Phoenix Municipal Stadium.

Too bad for Jackson, he didn't realize Oakland no longer played there. Instead, the A's moved out after last spring and now host games about 5 miles away at Hohokam Stadium.

"It was my fault for not looking to see where it was," Jackson said.

Phoenix Muni, as the ballpark is called, is the current base for the Arizona State Sun Devils college team. So Jackson headed to Hohokam, which was the Cubs' longtime spring home. He eventually got to the right place, not that it helped him.

He entered the game in the second inning and was tagged for eight runs and nine hits in only 1 2-3 innings of a 14-2 loss.

Jackson joins an ever-growing list of ballplayers to get lost.

A few years ago, a couple Cincinnati Reds went to Yankee Stadium when their game against the New York Mets was really at Citi Field. Roger Clemens once got mixed up trying to find Montreal's spring stadium in West Palm Beach, Florida.

And perhaps Braves pitcher Pascual Perez faced the toughest jam. In 1982, after getting his driver's license earlier in the day, he famously spent two hours on I-285 circling the city, unable to figure out how to exit to Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.

Jackson said his late arrival didn't cause his lousy results.

"I was already dressed and got here in time to get ready, but they didn't want me to rush things," he said. "I came to the stadium with the mindset of being ready. It was a crazy way to start the day."


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Benjamin Grimm wrote:
He'll be doing it intentionally starting in 2019.


I don't understand why everyone thinks he's intentionally going to leave a good team for a crappy one.


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Actually, I can't say I'm sure he'll be a Yankee, but I strongly suspect he won't be a Met. If Harvey turns out to be nearly as good as we hope, Scott Boras will be looking for something like $300 million over ten years. And the Mets (wisely) won't go for that, but someone else probably will.

Of course, if Harvey falls short of expectations, those numbers will be different. But I still think that Boras will seek, and get, more years than the Mets will want to commit to.


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A lot of baseball yet to play.

Possibly a few championships. Some grafted ligaments. Maybe a broken femur. A handful of underwear models. A few Qualcomm pitches. That embarrassing thing with the girl from The Sunglasses Hut back in 2017.

It's hard enough predicting 2015.


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Edgy MD wrote:
A lot of baseball yet to play.

Possibly a few championships. Some grafted ligaments. Maybe a broken femur. A handful of underwear models. A few Qualcomm pitches. That embarrassing thing with the girls from The Sunglasses Hut back in 2017.

It's hard enough predicting 2015.


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