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Benjamin Grimm
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It was Darling? I've been under the impression that it was Randy Myers. Maybe my memory is failing me.
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For me, he's a real home boy; he's from my hometown of Smithtown, although he went to the other high school.
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Omar on Hot Stove the other night: "We love Ike Davis."
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There continue to be conflicting reports about Smoltz. [list:23axssql]He's nearing a deal with the Mets. He has no interest in the Mets. He's leaning towards returning to St. Louis. St. Louis isn't interested. He wants to pitch a full season. He's going to wait until the middle of the season.[/list:u:23axssql] You know what? He wasn't my first choice, or my second choice, or my third choice, or... But I find myself kind of hoping they sign him, at least if the alternative is that they don't sign anyone at all. I expect that the Mets rotation is going to be awfully thin this year, and I'd be glad to have one more potential guy in the mix.
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That's pretty much what Omar said last night on Hot Stove. He acknowledged that the Mets pitchers were a lot of ifs, but that other than Lackey, all the other options were ifs as well and he couldn't be certain that the external ifs were any better than the ifs he already had. It's a valid point. But I'd rather have five iffy guys than three iffy guys, because it gives you better odds of finding the guys whose ifs will turn into yeses.
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His exact words:
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Wow, that's the Grand Slam!
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Natcherly, the latest rumor involves someone who didn't even make the top ten of the remaining dregs. It's Josh Fogg, who apparently pitched fairly well for Colorado last year.
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Do You Reddmember the Tims of Your Life?
Benjamin Grimm replied to G-Fafif's topic in New York Mets Talk
Didn't Bacsik pretty much admit it at the time? This story seems very familiar. -
Not that I recall, but there may have been.
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Yeah, I remember thinking it was a ripoff that both Fregosi and Ryan were depicted as Angels. If they knew that Ryan was an Angel, how could they not have known that Fregosi was a Met? I made a version of that 1972 traded card immediately after the Mets acquired Santana two years ago:
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And only 38 years late!
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I remember that 1972 Rusty Staub Topps card was one that everyone in my neighborhood wanted. Little did we know that it didn't even exist.
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Give him points for honesty. He's not being dealt a good hand for 2010. Right now I suspect that neither he nor Omar will survive the season.
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There was something in the Daily News today about Smoltz perhaps preferring not to sign at all rather than sign with the Mets. He would wait until a contender is desperate for a starter, and then sign. (Like Pedro did last year.)
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I think that platoon may come about, depending on how Murphy does against lefties. But hopefully they'll start the season with Murphy getting a chance to play every day, and, again hopefully, Murphy will play so well that he'll keep the everyday job.
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Do You Reddmember the Tims of Your Life?
Benjamin Grimm replied to G-Fafif's topic in New York Mets Talk
He had a pretty good September. According to MLB.com, "Redding was at his best in August and September, going 2-2 with a 3.39 ERA in 16 games, half of them starts." I wouldn't be at all surprised if he had a decent 2010. He may very well have a better season than whoever the Mets fifth starter turns out to be. -
2009 was such a wonderful season that none of us want to let go of it.
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Do You Reddmember the Tims of Your Life?
Benjamin Grimm replied to G-Fafif's topic in New York Mets Talk
Trixie Norton's great nephew. Schaefer Mets Pitcher of the Month for September, which led to the first time I created a 1976 retro-card. I remember Edgy being disoriented by the glimpse of Shea Stadium behind Redding on that card. -
LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: So say all of us. (I'm guessing.) We say that NOW, but may feel differently when the Mets end up signing somebody worse.
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Has he started any games since he left the Mets? I'm guessing he probably hasn't.
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I don't know whether or not Heilman required prompting, and if so, how much, but he definitely could have been more circumspect about his beef with his role.
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Aaron Heilman stated openly, and often, that he preferred to be a starter and that he wasn't happy in the bullpen. I'm sure that that's what Rubin is referring to regarding Parnell.
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Ownership, rather than giving Minaya a set budget, weighs the finances of each acquisition separately, forcing the team to run down its priority list one move at a time. The paint-by-numbers approach, which inhibits multitasking and creativity, would work against any GM... I don't see the cause and effect here. Why would it be easier to multi-task if you have a strict budget? The Mets could have put out offers simultaneously to Bay and Lackey, for example, and if one signed before the other, the slower guy could (possibly) get his offer revoked. And the Mets were only able to sign Bay because "he lacked a better offer"??? Isn't that pretty much always the case? If a player has a more appealing* offer from another team, wouldn't he pretty much always accept it? *By more appealing, I don't necessarily mean "higher." An offer can also be preferable based on the team's competitiveness or its geography.
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