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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    I'm VERY surprised. Does Brodie really have a shot? Or should we start ordering our Chaim Bloom jerseys?
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  3. Benjamin Grimm
    Even though my post immediately followed yours, I wasn't responding to you. I was reacting to the quote that Michigan posted above yours.
  4. Benjamin Grimm
    Andy Martino also posted how serious the Mets were about Kim Ng about an hour before they ruled her out.
  5. Benjamin Grimm
    New York Post wrote: The bad news for the Mets did not end when the season did. Franklyn Kilome, their fifth-best prospect and second-best pitching prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, had Tommy John surgery Wednesday, the team announced. Kilome, a 23-year-old the Mets acquired in the Asdrubal Cabrera trade, figures to miss all of 2019 and likely some of the 2020 season, as well. Mets top prospect gets Tommy John surgery in surprise blow
  6. Benjamin Grimm
    Well, I hope it's the "respect for his current role" thing, but it's not like his bosses in Tampa don't know he's interviewing.
  7. Benjamin Grimm
    I enjoyed the time we spent together. That's like a polite way to say that you're not interested in a second date. Disappointing. Imagine how we (and the Wilpons) will feel if Bloom goes to San Diego or somewhere and builds a ten-year dynasty.
  8. Benjamin Grimm
    Mike Puma wrote: Chaim Bloom is taking a pass on speaking publicly about his interest in the Mets’ opening for a head of baseball operations. The Rays senior VP of baseball operations is expected to issue a statement Thursday, a day after he met with Mets owner Fred Wilpon and COO Jeff Wilpon in a second interview with club officials. It’s possible Bloom’s reluctance to speak publicly stems from the fact he is still employed by the Rays, or it could signal he is no longer a serious candidate for the position. Earlier this week agent Brodie Van Wagenen issued a statement about his interview with the Mets in place of a conference call.
  9. Benjamin Grimm
    I've said this a few times, and if I turn out to be wrong there will be abundant proof of that, but I see this guy as a 2019 Met:
  10. Benjamin Grimm
    I think I agree. I'm not going to gnash my teeth if it's Melvin, but I prefer Bloom.
  11. Benjamin Grimm
    A couple of days ago, Kristie Ackert had a column saying that we shouldn't assume that Doug Melvin is a no-analytics guy. Now she's telling us that we shouldn't assume the opposite about Chaim Bloom. Ackert: Chaim Bloom may be youngest candidate for Mets' GM opening, but don't assume he's just an analytics guy
  12. Benjamin Grimm
    Cerrone suggests that the Mets hire both Melvin and Bloom, which is an interesting idea. I don't know how likely it is, though. Do the Mets want to hire two people? And would both candidates be willing to take the job under those conditions?
  13. Benjamin Grimm
    FUN FACT: According to Matt Ehalt at NewJersey.com, Brodie Van Wagenen is the son-in-law of Neil Armstrong! Yes, THAT guy! OK, I'm confused here. Armstrong had but one daughter who died as a child. Did Armstrong's second wife have a daughter from a previous marriage who later married BVW? If so that makes Armstrong more of a step-Father in Law? Could he be married to Neil Armstrong's son???
  14. Benjamin Grimm
    FUN FACT: According to Matt Ehalt at NewJersey.com, Brodie Van Wagenen is the son-in-law of Neil Armstrong! Yes, THAT guy!
  15. Benjamin Grimm
    Wouldn't it be a hell of a thing if the Mets hire Brodie Van Wagenen and, needing a new agent, deGrom and Syndergaard sign with Scott Boras? Maybe they'd be better off with Doug Melvin. Or if they can't get him, they can call Melvyn Douglas. (They did say that they would consider some dead candidates, didn't they?) (I think this poster has it backwards. It seems to be identifying the guy on the left as Loretta Young and the woman on the right as Melvyn Douglas. Actually, the opposite is true. I just wanted to clear that up.)
  16. Benjamin Grimm
    The plan was for all of the second-round candidates to speak to the media. So Bloom and Brodie (whose last name I may have to try to remember) will get their chances too.
  17. Benjamin Grimm
    It's probably that Wilford Brimley mustache.
  18. Benjamin Grimm
    This is cover #263 in this year's Tabloid Cover Derby. It's chances of winning are... slim.
  19. Benjamin Grimm
    Brodie Van Wagenen is Jacob deGrom's agent. (And also the agent of Cespedes and Syndergaard.) It would be very strange if the guy who would be negotiating deGrom's next contract suddenly moved to the other side of the table.
  20. Benjamin Grimm
    I'm not familiar with this, but I totally believe it.
  21. Benjamin Grimm
    I had to refresh my memory on this. This is from the Los Angeles Times from November 15, 2003: PHOENIX — New York Met official Bill Singer, a former All-Star pitcher with the Dodgers and Angels, directed racially insensitive remarks at Dodger executive Kim Ng in deriding her Chinese heritage this week, baseball officials who witnessed the incident said Friday. Singer, hired last week as a special assistant to Met General Manager Jim Duquette, confronted Ng, a Dodger vice president and assistant general manager, late Tuesday night at the general manager meetings here. According to witnesses, Singer approached Ng in the bar of the hotel where the meetings occurred. After asking Ng, the highest-ranking Asian American in the major leagues, questions about her background in a sarcastic tone, Singer began speaking nonsensically in mock Chinese before eventually leaving.
  22. Benjamin Grimm
    I guess timing is everything.
  23. Benjamin Grimm
    Andy Martino wrote: If you're looking for clues into who might emerge with the job, I can tell you that the team has done considerable background work on Ng. She is under serious consideration for a second round interview. Mets set to make further cuts to GM list, begin second round
  24. Benjamin Grimm
    Don't really care. Voted Red Sox. I always used to root National League, but I deviated from that for the first time in 1985 and that freed me forever of any notion of loyalty to the NL.
  25. Benjamin Grimm
    I agree on both counts. I want Ng or Bloom, but think it will be Melvin. And Melvin may be okay. I would be disappointed in the choice, but I don't think it will be a disaster if they hire him.
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