Benjamin Grimm

Ceetar wrote: metirish wrote: It's really interesting though. 3% of 3 billion is 90k. The Mets are selling 3% shares at 20k. Three percent of 3 billion is 90 million.

Are you looking to spend Passover in Puerto Rico with Art Shamsky? If so, you may be interested in this e-mail I received: Famed Jewish Baseball Star ART SHAMSKY has been confirmed as one of the Special Guest Celebrity Speakers at Club Kosher's "PASSOVER IN PARADISE" Caribbean program at the beautiful Gran Melia Beach and Golf Resort Puerto Rico in Coco Beach, Rio Grande. This all-junior suites Pesach resort is a 5-star, AAA 4-diamond beach-front program where guests will enjoy magnificent gourmet Sefardic and Ashkenazic meals, gala entertainment, daily Minyanim, special celebrity speakers, a fun-filled Club K Kids Club Camp, and so much more. Art Shamsky was a major part of the �Miracle Mets� that won the 1969 World Championship. During the championship season, Art batted .300 and led the Mets in the National League Playoffs batting .537. The popularity of the 1969 Mets is everlasting and Art maintains, �There isn�t a day that goes by that someone doesn�t want to talk to me about the 1969 Mets.� Art also has other distinctions to add to his baseball career -- he tied a Major League record by hitting four consecutive home runs in four at-bats. He is the only player in Major League history to hit three home runs in a game who was not in the starting lineup when the game began. The bat used to accomplish the feat of four home runs in a row is currently on display in Baseball�s Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Shamsky is the author of �The Magnificent Seasons,� a book about the Jets, Mets and Knicks all winning championships in the period 1969-1970. These three underdog teams helped many people put their problems aside for a short period and gave hope to many who were filled with despair. Art has appeared on the popular television sit-com �Everyone Loves Raymond� where one of the main characters is an Art Shamsky fan who has a dog named �Shamsky.� Art also managed the Modiin Miracle, one of the six teams in the professional Israel Baseball League. He continues to make personal appearances and speaking engagements and recently was named �Ambassador� for Jewish National Fund�s Project Baseball, helping to raise money for baseball fields and promoting the game in Israel. He will be on hand to meet guests exclusively at Club Kosher's "Passover in Paradise" program, where he will answer questions, sign copies of his book, and speak about his years as a Jewish ball-player in professional baseball in the Major Leagues, with the NY Mets and in the Israel Baseball League. Please visit http://www.PassoverinParadise.com for rates and complete information. For further info, call Club Kosher (203) 795-473

For charity, I hope.

That image sticks in my memory too. It's from this thread . The image was introduced to us by Centerfield on April 8, 2010. And the world has never been the same since.

Who chooses Yogi's ties?

Edgy DC wrote: TransMonk wrote: Nice pic as well. Nice? Why, next to that photo, nice is crap. The only way that picture could be more beautiful would be if it was held up in the air by Mona Lisa and Botticelli's Venus. Or if it was a photo of Olivia Wilde.

OMFG.

He sounds more like he might be Jos�'s publicist. (Do ballplayers have publicists? I imagine that some of them do.)

I agree. I suspect he's been hanging out with LeBron James.

Count me among those who no longer give a rat's ass about the All-Star Game. I haven't watched one in about twenty years. If I had free tickets, I'd sell them rather than take the effort to go. I don't care that it's a celebration of baseball. In the last 16 seasons, I've watched a total of three post-season games that didn't involve the Mets, so clearly I'm no longer the baseball fan I once was. And my intention isn't to poop in this thread; I understand those who get excited about All-Star games and baseball in general. That used to be me, too. I just want to point out that Willets isn't the only one around here who feels this way. My primary thought about the 2013 All-Star Game: I hope something happens that week that embarrasses the shit out of the Wilpons.

There you go! Root for a Nationals-Red Sox World Series in 2012.

Why would it have an impact? The Wilpon's poverty doesn't affect the quality of Citi Field as a venue. (Unless the Wilpons will have to pay for some stuff out of pocket, perhaps?)

metirish wrote: One of those players I always thought would end up as a Met. Me too.

Except that Chris Young is openly Republican.

I think we just learned a little too much about Ashie's sex life. A toaster???

John Maine signs a minor league contract with Boston.

That's pretty cool. I think the subway sign that would most tempt me would be the one of Darryl Strawberry endorsing milk.

Nice interview with John Franco on Mets Hot Stove last night.

Wait... that's not his girlfriend! It's his sister! I hope he's not dating either one of his sisters.

That's not gonna be an easy name to spell.

I had to look up "punum".

JOHN FRANCO TO BE INDUCTED INTO METS HALL OF FAME ON SUNDAY, JUNE 3 January 26, 2012 The New York Mets today announced that John Franco, the club's all-time leader in saves and games pitched, will be inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame during the Mets Hall of Fame Induction ceremony presented by Citi Sunday, June 3 prior to the 1:10 p.m. game against the St. Louis Cardinals. Franco saved 276 games for the Mets over his 14-year career (1990-2004) with the team, the second-longest in franchise history behind Ed Kranepool's 18 years of service. The four-time All-Star compiled 424 saves during his career, the fourth-most in major league history and the most by any lefthanded reliever. "It's a tremendous honor to be elected to the Mets Hall of Fame," said Franco, who is currently in his fourth year as a Club Ambassador with the Mets. "I would like to thank Fred Wilpon, Saul Katz, Jeff Wilpon, the Hall of Fame Committee, all of my managers and coaches and of course my teammates. My entire family is looking forward to June 3." "John set a very high standard during his career both on and off the field," said Mets COO Jeff Wilpon, who serves as Ex-Officio for the Selection Committee. "It's great that during our 50th anniversary season we can have John - a true New Yorker in every sense - inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame." Complete Coverage at Mets.com The Brooklyn native appeared in 695 games with the Mets and earned the National League Rolaids Relief Award twice (1988, 1990). Franco was named the Mets' team captain on May 4, 2001 and was also honored on the 40th Anniversary All-Amazin' team. The Mets Hall of Fame now has 26 members. The previous Hall of Fame members in order of the year they were inducted are: Joan Payson (1981); Casey Stengel (1981); Gil Hodges (1982); George M. Weiss (1982); Johnny Murphy (1983); William A. Shea (1983); Ralph Kiner (1984); Bob Murphy (1984); Lindsey Nelson (1984); Bud Harrelson (1986); Rusty Staub (1986); Tom Seaver (1988); Jerry Koosman (1989); Ed Kranepool (1990); Cleon Jones (1991); Jerry Grote (1992); Tug McGraw (1993); Mookie Wilson (1996); Keith Hernandez (1997); Gary Carter (2001); Tommie Agee (2002); Frank Cashen (2010); Dwight Gooden (2010); Davey Johnson (2010) and Darryl Strawberry (2010). The seven-member Mets Hall of Fame committee is comprised of a combination of Mets front office staff and media members with long-standing connections to the club. The members are: Dave Howard, Executive Vice President, Business Operations who has been with the organization for 20 years; Jay Horwitz, Vice President, Media Relations who enters his 33rd season with the team; Tina Mannix, Executive Director, Marketing who has been with the Mets for 11 years; former Mets pitcher and original Met Al Jackson, a pitching consultant who is in his sixth decade with the Mets; Marty Noble, the Mets.com writer who has covered the team for over five decades; Gary Cohen, a New York native and voice of the Mets on SNY, who is entering his 24th season of broadcasting Mets baseball; and Howie Rose, a Queens native and radio voice of the Mets on WFAN who has covered the team since 1987. The Mets Alumni Association Presented by Citi was launched in 2010 as part of the organization's ongoing commitment to honor its history and serve the community. Dozens of Mets players spanning all eras visit Citi Field throughout the season, interacting with fans at the ballpark and participating in community events around New York City.

I wouldn't like him either if he was always rubbing me.

Pierre would work in the gift shop?

Mosquitoes.