Benjamin Grimm

I wonder if he's related to Bo Derek?

I think "Grand Central" is a lot more dynamic than "Willets Point".

Of those, I prefer number 3.

I agree. I was glad that I was able to find a downloadable font to use.

I don't know for sure, but it's probably better to avoid that just in case. I think the highway sign font works pretty well as an alternative.

Not at all. The name "Grand Central" comes from the Grand Central Parkway, which is the highway that leads to Citi Field.

I looked up the official shade, and tried that. It's quite a bit darker.

I got the green from an actual photo, but I suppose the color would vary depending on the amount of sunlight.

I think so too. That's why I created the third version, using the highway font.

A couple of alternatives:

I was going for having it look just like a highway sign, with the exception of the Mets script, of course. I even found the font that the highway signs use!

I think I'd like to see an option with the green and white of the highway signs.

It feels a consensus is emerging

Mets Line is pretty generic. Grand Central has much more of a New York feel. And as I stated previously, it conveys a sense of motion and activity.

How about "Grand Central Mets"? The 7-Line has co-opted the name of the subway that goes to Shea, I mean, Citi. We could do the same with the highway that goes there. It also suggests that the site is a hub of activity.

I'm noticing that the Cubs site (North Side Baseball) and the Marlins site (Fish on First) does not incorporate the team name: About DiamondCentric - DiamondCentric DIAMONDCENTRIC.NET And the sites for the Blue Jays (Jays Centre) and Red Sox (Talk Sox) only include a partial team name. So the question becomes, how critical is it that the site include the word "Mets"? Or could we call it "Flushing Baseball" or "Who's on Third?"

This is more like an illness than an injury, but Nolan McLean is recovering from a case of vertigo and as a result is reporting late to his WBC team.

Barring an onslaught of injuries, I'm pretty certain that Tong will get at least a couple of months in Syracuse to get his stuff together.

I assume this is a pre-WBC exhibition game?

Or break the 99 ceiling and have three-digit numbers. If two of the digits are 1 (the narrowest number!) they should be able to fit three digits on the jersey.

I'm told we'll have to replace "Saucy" with "Juicy".

In recent days, the parameters of the move we've been discussing have become a little more clear. The forum can continue to be called "The Crane Pool Forum", but it will be a subsidiary of a larger Mets site. For example, the site might be called "Peppermint Mets". (It won't! I intentionally chose a name that's too stupid to be real.) It would be hosted at peppermintmets.com. The home page would have news updates, articles, links to blogs or videos or whatever. And a link to "The Crane Pool Forum". Our task, here, is to try to come up with a name that's better than "Peppermint Mets". I think we can do that! The name needs to include the word "Mets" as a standalone word, not as part of a portmanteau such as "Metsmerized" or "Metscellaneous". The goal is to have it come up in the results when someone searches for "Mets". It also has to be something for which a domain name would be available. There are many sites where you can check domain name availability, include at GoDaddy. For what it's worth, they think that "peppermintmets.com" is a "great name". https://www.godaddy.com/domainsearch/find?domainToCheck=peppermintmets.com&itc=dlp_domain_whois We're going to use this thread to gather suggestions for the new site name. It's possible that an obvious consensus will emerge, but if not, we'll create a follow-up thread that will serve as a poll where we can vote for the names nominated here. So... start suggesting!