Benjamin Grimm

Did I hear Gary say that "Onomatopoeia" was warming up in the Yankees bullpen?

Willard Mullin's 1967 cover retains the title.

http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/yearbooks/1983.jpg> We've known since the 1983 Mets Yearbook cover that Tom Seaver was a vampire.

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Full article: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29795127/why-mlb-minor-leagues-know-end-sept-30Why MLB's minor leagues as you know them will end Sept. 30 ESPN Staff wrote: There will be only 120 affiliated teams, four per major league team. At least 42 teams will lose their affiliations, while some independent teams could become affiliates. Minor league owners don't know which teams are on the cut list. There will no longer be rookie and short-season Class A levels. Lower-level players will train in their major league club's spring training facilities in Arizona or Florida, but scores of paying jobs in the game will be lost This would on the surface mean that for the Mets only Syracuse, Binghamton, St. Lucie, and Columbia would survive, and Brooklyn, Kingsport, and Gulf Coast would be eliminated, and so would a number of leagues in their entirety: The New York-Penn League, The Northwest League, The Appalachian League, The Pioneer League, The Arizona League, the Gulf Coast League, and the Dominican Summer League. I would imagine that the Mets will want the Brooklyn team to survive, but if they do, they'll have to find a full-season A league to play in. It would be hard to find a geographic fit. If they were to replace Columbia in the South Atlantic League, the nearest team in their league would be Hagerstown, MD. It would be a lot of travel. Brooklyn could also replace Binghamton in the Eastern League and Columbia would then survive and the Rumble Ponies would be put out to pasture. These are interesting times.

I'd love to see a silhouette of Seaver dragging his knee on the ground with a 41, but we might have to settle for a white 41 in a black circle. I wonder how long it takes to get patches designed and produced?

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Jeff McKnight died in 2015.

Three tabloid covers today have an uncanny similarity. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2020/20200903_NSD_02.jpg> http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2020/20200903_NYDN_01.jpg> http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2020/20200903_NYP_01.jpg> Not suprisingly, Tom has gone six for six today, with both the front and back covers of all three of our tabloids. What's particularly interesting is that today happens to be Newsday's 80th birthday, and they have a turn-back-the-clock-style cover. http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2020/20200903_NSD_01.jpg> http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2020/20200903_NYDN_02.jpg> http://leaptoad.com/mets/covers/2020/20200903_NYP_02.jpg>

Gil. Don Clendenon at first base. And the Traveling Secretary would have to be Lou Niss. Here's a list to refer to: http://leaptoad.com/mets/necrology.phphttp://leaptoad.com/mets/necrology.php

I predict that there will be no greater memorial than the one that will appear on Faith and Fear.

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So, IS that Michael Conforto's grandmother?

It's nice to see BIGPURPLE making a comeback lately!

Sent to Syracuse. I think they might have done it. It would also have had the unstated benefit of messing with his service time.

I wonder if he ever made it to Rufus and Melba's wedding? https://www.comicstripfan.com/newspaper/g/gasolinealley/GasolineAlley19990302.jpg>

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=batmagadanleadoff post_id=45366 time=1598905565 user_id=68] I'm so apathetic that even if the Mets were to make the playoffs, I could see myself missing a Mets playoff game, or watching it half-assed while I was doing something else. I never missed a live Mets post-season game since I became a fan. I mean, eight teams qualify, including likely sub-.500 teams? What a load of crap.

Why Frazier? Is JD Davis hurt more than we first thought?

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: 36 year old .236 career hitter, so you know it's impactful. I hope the JT Realmuto buzz is real (or, perhaps, muto), and that he's the Mets catcher in April. If there is an April, that is.

Yeah, I think I've lost my last shred of optimism. (If they want to change my mind, now would be a good time to start a ten-game winning streak.)

I find it hard to believe that a deer would be an authority on the insurance needs of small businesses.

Diaz again? I guess we're giving up.