Benjamin Grimm

Well, the Mets tried to get Delgado last year and couldn't. The past is past! Hakuna Matata! He'll help them in 2006, and that's more important right now. I'm not too hung up over the money. The Mets are a wealthy team, and they can afford to carry a few overpriced contracts. Remember, even as they're adding Delgados and Beltrans, they've dropped a Piazza, and they only have one more year of Glavine. As some big contracts rotate in, others will rotate out.

Shea isn't a hitter's ballpark for Jacobs, either. And you need hitters, wherever you play your home games.

If getting Delgado makes Manny Ramirez less likely, then it also means that keeping Lastings Milledge is more likely. I'm okay with giving up Petit if a byproduct of that is keeping Milledge. Of course, getting Delgado isn't too shabby either. When I first saw this topic title I thought it was a red herring, that the Mets had reacquired Wilson Delgado.

Zvon wrote: (I thought everyone watched March Of The Wooden Soldiers over Thanksgiving) Ick. It was always King Kong for me. No football. No parade. No Mighty Joe Young either. Just the big guy. (Note to MFS62: WOR actually showed a tripleheader on Thankgiving. In addition to the two movies you mentioned, they'd also show Son of Kong, a lame sequel that I only watched once.

MFS62 wrote: Speaking of things we used to enjoy, Remember on Thanksgiving Day when Million Dollar Movie (NY channel 9) used to telecast "King Kong" and "Mighty Joe Young" (the originals) back-to-back? Well, this year, "King Kong" will be telecast Tuesday night (check your local listings). But, never fear, football avoiders. "Miracle on 34th Street" will be telecast Thanksgiving Day. sigh Later I know I bring this up every Thanksgiving, but to me, the holiday and King Kong go hand in hand. I have a videotaped copy of the movie that I watch every Thanksgiving. I'm one person who's keeping this offbeat tradition alive, and I'm even passing it on to my children. (Whether it will stick with them into adulthood is another story. They may not watch King Kong every Thankgiving after I'm gone, but I'm sure they'll at least think of it when they think of me.)

http://leaptoad.com/mets/jpeg/woody_flynn.jpg Say what you will about Doug Flynn, but there's no denying one fact: He certainly loved his dog.

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Or maybe she could work in the Diamond Club, serving dog food and lemons to the big shot guests.

Hey no fair! Cooby got to post the picture twice!

Here's Marty Noble's (and Lyle Spencer's) take: Mets, Padres near Cameron-Nady deal 11/16/2005 6:04 PM ET By Marty Noble and Lyle Spencer / MLB.com NEW YORK -- If tests show Mike Cameron has no lingering vision problems resulting from that sickening outfield collision he had with Carlos Beltran in August, he will playing center field in PETCO Park in San Diego next season, the site of the collision that caused him to miss the final six weeks of the Mets season. The Mets and Padres have agreed to an exchange of players that will move Cameron from right field in Shea Stadium to center field, his preferred position, in San Diego and move versatile right-handed hitter Xavier Nady to the Mets to play right field and/or first base. A source familiar with the Mets' thinking confirmed the trade Tuesday and said it was conditional, pending the eye exam for Cameron. Cameron had suffered blurry vision at times following the collision and the surgery he underwent to reconstruct his face. He had suffered broken cheeks and a broken nose when he and Beltran collided in right center field pursuing a line drive Aug. 11. The multiple fractures Cameron suffered have healed completely, but he still is suffering headaches that resulted from the collision. Cameron, who will be 33 on Jan. 8, batted .273 with 12 homers and 39 RBIs in 308 at-bats in '05, after missing the opening month recovering from wrist surgery. He's a .249 career hitter with 173 homers and 625 RBIs, with a .340 on-base percentage and .442 slugging percentage. His best season was 2001, when he batted .267 with 25 homers and 110 RBIs for the Mariners. Critical to the Padres' plans, Cameron has few peers in center field, having won Gold Gloves in 2001 and 2003 with the Mariners. He is the whole package defensively, and the club feels an improved defensive outfield, anchored by Cameron, could save the pitching staff about a half-run a game. Dave Roberts, who played center last season, is expected to be shifted to left field, with Ryan Klesko moving to first base. In Nady, the Mets would add a versatile performer capable of handling first base and all three outfield positions. Nady, who turned 27 on Monday, batted .261 with 13 homers and 43 RBIs in 124 games in '05, with a .439 slugging average and .321 on-base percentage. In 269 career games, Nady has batted .263 with 25 homers and 91 RBIs in 775 at-bats. He never found a regular job with the Padres, reduced to part-time duty by manager Bruce Bochy by his inability to consistently hit right-handed pitching. Nady batted .223 against right-handers in '05, but 10 of his 13 homers came against righties. He batted .323 against lefties. His '05 highlights featured homers in four consecutive games from June 24-27, and a game-winning grand slam in Atlanta on Aug. 20.

I wanted to be the fourth person to post this image in this thread: And here it is Silly Puttied: http://blog.so-net.ne.jp/_images/blog/ayako-kisa/7403.jpg

Xavier Nady's first appearence in a Mets box score was Jesse Orosco's last.

Oops.Fixed.Thanks.

I think Willets rope-a-dopes as much as I do.

Yanks, Hello Kitty ink licensing deal Cute cartoon feline to replace famed NY logo on Bombers' caps and unis.

Roger Bresnahan Roger Philip Bresnahan Born: June 11, 1879, Toledo, Ohio Died: December 4, 1944, Toledo, Ohio Bats: right Throws: right Played for: Washington Senators (NL), Chicago Orphans, Baltimore Orioles, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals , Chicago Cubs Elected to Hall of Fame by Committee on Baseball Veterans: 1945

I've seen a few Delgado rumors, but nothing much about Konerko. Of course, at this point we weren't seeing anything about Pedro Martinez yet.

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How about George Foster and Amos Otis?

Cleon Jones. Tommie Agee.

I also fear a pursuit of Jim Thome.

Did he play for the Mets in at least one regular season game?

Did he play for the Cardinals in at least one regular season game?

Was he born in Missouri?

I'm just guessing here, but I think it has something to do with throwing out runners being vastly overrated.