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  1. Benjamin Grimm
    UMDB fan memories don't say much about Manny. Choo Choo November 12, 2006 Good luck Manny in D.C. A very deserving candidate for a big league job. Volleyball Guy November 12, 2006 In the two years he coached the Mets, I never even noticed him. That's a good thing for a third base coach: you only notice them when they send a runner to his doom, like Bud Harrelson so frequently did. Many people who know better than I say he's a really smart baseball man. If that's the case, he may have a long managing career ahead of him, since he's taking over the Nationals at the young age of 37. Good luck Manny! DanMan Mets Fan 69 86 April 1, 2007 Great Coach. It was good that he got hired as the Nationals manager. The funny thing was that he is younger than Juilo Franco.
  2. Benjamin Grimm
    If, in fact, the remaining choices are Kevin Long, Mickey Callaway, Joe McEwing and Manny Acta, I think I'm rooting for McEwing. I'll list my second choice as Callaway, even though I don't know much about him at all. Callaway is also a candidate for the Phillies job, which at the moment is the only other opening. The buzz has been that Long is the front runner.
  3. Benjamin Grimm
    Mike Puma wrote: Kevin Long, Mickey Callaway, Joe McEwing and Manny Acta have all interviewed for the job, with it possible team officials will speak to Sandy Alomar Jr. According to an industry source, the Mets have not formally interviewed Alomar, the Indians first base coach, but he remains a possibility. Another source added it’s possible general manager Sandy Alderson still has candidates in mind other than the five who have interviewed with the club. But the Mets are expected to begin their second round of interviews next week. Also, it seems that the Mets won't have to compete with the Tigers for any of the remaining candidates, because they've reported hired Ron Gardenhire.
  4. Benjamin Grimm
    Purchase price of the Chiefs is reportedly $18 million. (That's almost as much as the Mets sold for in 1980.) That $18 million will become $18 million if David Wright retires.
  5. Benjamin Grimm
    Yeah, I'd at least wait until the Mets dropped to Division 2.
  6. Benjamin Grimm
    Well, there could be a few second place years in Division 2. But, whatever. It's not going to happen anyway. I just know that for each year the Mets weren't a big-league team, whether or not they contended in Division 2, my interest would wane. And that waning would be cumulative. And I couldn't be sure that I wouldn't walk away before they even played their first Division 2 game. I may be in the minority, but I'm sure I'm not alone in feeling this way.
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    Vince Coleman was doing that while Jose Reyes was still wearing diapers. And Lou Brock and Maury Wills were doing that when Vince Coleman was wearing diapers. I don't know who would have been doing that before diapers were invented, but since diapers are older than baseball, it's a moot point.
  8. Benjamin Grimm
    Well, sure, there's less interest in a last-place team. I also think, though, that there would be less interest in a first-place team in Division 2. When you go into spring training with, literally, NO chance to win the World Series because your team isn't even eligible, then you have a season-long lack of interest. A few years of that, and you can lose your connection to the team. That wouldn't happen to everybody, but it would happen to some. I think it would happen to me, but I don't expect to ever know for sure, because this idea will never happen in MLB.
  9. Benjamin Grimm
    Kevin Burkhardt: Yes. Reyes Run: I have no idea. If it dates from his earlier time with the Mets, I may well have known it at one time and forgotten it. But the phrase doesn't even sound familiar. Could it be a Howie Rose term? I rarely listen to the Mets on the radio.
  10. Benjamin Grimm
    It seems like we reached the "can't answer the bell" point a while ago. I want them to approach third base as if David Wright will never play again. If the answer is Mike Mousakis (I'll learn to spell his name if they get him) or Todd Frazier, or even if it turns out to be Asdrubal Cabrera or Wilmer Flores, they should look for a permanent solution. And then if David comes back strong or healthy, then you figure out the next step.
  11. Benjamin Grimm
    Edgy MD wrote: I'm not sure why the discussion of a promotion-relegation system automatically and always leads to the conclusion that the Mets are going to be relegated. And apparently forever. I'm just saying that IF the Mets were relegated, I'd be less inclined to pay close attention to them, especially if that Division 2 status lasted for several years. I see the game from a Mets standpoint. If the Colorado Rockies get relegated and never come back, I couldn't care less.
  12. Benjamin Grimm
    I don't know what a Reyes Run is either.
  13. Benjamin Grimm
    Maybe. But I don't think I'd care very much at all about the Mets winning a Division 2 title. And to be clear, my interest hasn't been dwindling. It took a severe drop after 1994 and has remained steady at that lower level. I've maintained my interest in the Mets, but have lost any real ability to watch a game that doesn't involve or impact the Mets.
  14. Benjamin Grimm
    Yeah, I don't see much in this thread that really qualifies, beyond your initial examples of Lou Gehrig, Tommy John, and Mario Mendoza.
  15. Benjamin Grimm
    Do the Mets have a whole lot of trading depth? Especially if Rosario is still considered untouchable, as I imagine he is? There would be interest in deGrom, I'm sure, but the Mets shouldn't trade him. That leaves who? Flores, I guess. Lagares, maybe. Smith. Gsellman or Lugo, maybe? Matz's trade value is likely down, as is, probably Wheeler's. Cespedes has a no-trade. Conforto is coming off a serious injury. The farm system is (I'm told) low on blue-chip prospects. To get an impact player, I think you'd have to combine a number of the above. Maybe Lagares, Flores, Gsellman, and one of the recently acquired relievers? I'm sure there's a lot of interest in Paul Sewald now that he's the Schaefer Mets Reliever of the Year.
  16. Benjamin Grimm
    They would lose me forever. Maybe I'm in the minority here, but I'd walk away from baseball.
  17. Benjamin Grimm
    This relegation this is interesting in the abstract, but I wouldn't want to see it in real life. If the Mets were to spend four or five years as a Triple-A franchise they'd lose me forever. And I expect that during the years they were in Triple-A I'd be barely paying attention to them. Going into spring training with the hope of a World Series (however slight that hope is) is much different from going into spring training with the hope of maybe rejoining the major leagues. I don't see at all how it's good for the players or the fans.
  18. Benjamin Grimm
    It doesn't sound like the worst move they can make. I'm guessing it would take a four-year deal, which would have him with the Mets through the age of 35.
  19. Benjamin Grimm
    Mike Puma spoke to "The Person" about Manny Acta: Mike Puma wrote: A person familiar with Acta’s work in both managerial stops predicted he would make a strong impression on Mets officials. “He is going to walk in the interview and kick [butt], because he is smart,” the person said. “He knows analytics, he understands scouting and he’s old school. He’s organized, prepared, works well with the coaching staff and front office.” On the flip side, the person wondered if Acta was cut out for New York. “He’s a really nice guy who can’t handle controversy, and most people who can’t handle controversy, that job is not for you,” the person said. But Acta is considered a serious candidate for the job because he has an understanding of the organization’s dynamics, according to a source, having served as the Mets’ third-base coach during Willie Randolph’s managerial tenure. The Manny Acta drawback as Mets’ 1st interviews wind down
  20. Benjamin Grimm
    I agree. It's great that they'll soon be done with the Pacific Coast League.
  21. Benjamin Grimm
    It's kind of funny that the Mets haven't even moved to Syracuse yet and we're already plotting their exit. I think that, chances are, they'll be in Syracuse well beyond 2025.
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  23. Benjamin Grimm
    I know! I'm certainly not voting for that ugly bastard in the next round.
  24. Benjamin Grimm
    The fungo bat, named after Van Lingle Fungo.
  25. Benjamin Grimm
    I think I have the same feeling. Kevin Long has been around for a few years now, and I haven't gotten any kind of a "smart vibe" from him. That doesn't mean that he isn't smart. He may be very smart. He may know all the best words. But I am hearing a lot about how smart Alex Cora is, so I'm more interested in Cora than Long. But who knows? Maybe Kevin Long will become the greatest manager in Mets history. Even with his dumb face.
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