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Bill Melton, 1971 AL home run champ, 79.

He was into it. That's always appreciated.

Longtime fans universally hate this idea, so Manfred will take that as a green light.

Jared Porter emerges to explain his shadow. "It was an inappropriate relationship for a lot of reasons,” Porter said while appearing on the podcast “Baseball Isn't Boring.” “I put myself in that situation,” he continued. “I made the decision to send the text message that I sent. And I certainly shouldn't have done it.” Porter sent the texts to a journalist in 2016, when he worked for the Chicago Cubs. According to ESPN's initial report, after a brief exchange, the texts from Porter included lewd and explicit photos even as they went unanswered for weeks. In total, Porter sent 62 messages between answers over three weeks before the journalist requested him to stop. She ultimately left journalism, in part because of the harassment. After he was fired, Porter said he went to an inpatient center in a behavioral healthcare facility in Arizona called The Meadows for a week. He then transferred to an outpatient center and went there five days a week for eight weeks. He said he lacked awareness and didn't have boundaries. Porter said, “It took a major incident like this to kind of wake me up.” Porter said that he still sees a therapist and has attended mental wellness retreat centers with his wife. Porter's tenure with the Mets lasted just 37 days. With so much business conducted over video calls due to the COVID-19 pandemic at the time, Porter said he never saw his office at Citi Field or even met Mets owner Steve Cohen in person. “They had to make the best decision for the New York Mets when the article came out, and I knew they would,” Porter said. “I hold zero ill will toward them whatsoever. I do think they made the best decision for the Mets. It's unfortunate that I put myself and put them in that situation.” https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5955717/2024/11/29/mets-jared-porter-inappropriate-messages-comments/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5955717/2024/11/29/mets-jared-porter-inappropriate-messages-comments/

Old CPF Aussie friend Second Spitter/Triple D LOVED Bobby Bo and wanted it known. https://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2012/08/07/everybody-loves-bonilla-sometimes/https://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2012/08/07/everybody-loves-bonilla-sometimes/

Dodgers sign Blake Snell for 5 years, $182 million.

1970 NL batting champ and write-in All-Star starter Rico Carty, 85.

Lindor finishes strong 2nd in NL MVP voting. A DH finished 1st.

The one-appearance 2024 pinch-runner who brought home the insurance run that ensured a 2-0 defeat of the eventual 121-loss White Sox on September 1 has decided he's MFY material, signing with them the other day. It's a good fit, as his new team made exactly one appearance in the World Series win column this year.

I'm the Grandy vote. Damned if I'll let him be shut out.

No Tropicana Field in 2025. No Minute Maid Park at all. [media=youtube]lgVL2zOiJxw[/media]

Guys. I hope you'll take this in the manner it's intended. But I just got an alert that National League Town has a new episode. As a new fan of your show, I was looking forward to listening. But the description suggests that you spend some time eulogizing people we've lost, including Pete Rose. I can't support that at all. I really have no idea how a story like this gets buried. I can only imagine that you didn't know when you decided to speak about him. But Pete Rose is a pedophile. He committed statutory rape. He admitted to at least one relationship, and is accused of several others. I urge you to read the articles. https://www.nj.com/phillies/2017/08/phillies_cant_ignore_latest_allegations_against_pe.htmlhttps://www.nj.com/phillies/2017/08/phillies_cant_ignore_latest_allegations_against_pe.html Again, his defense is not that he didn't commit rape, but that he thought the minor was 16 at the time. And when asked about this in 2022, he answered "It was 55 years ago babe." He's a disgusting person and a criminal. There should be no talk of him being in the Hall, there should be no statues, no tributes, no eulogies. He should be in jail, but since the statute of limitations prevents that, I'm glad he's dead. The next best thing. Duly noted. And we do make mention of that story.

Rafael Ortega out to make new memories, signing a minor league contract with the Mets and receiving a Spring Training invite.

"Yeah, Rusty, Grant is the worst."

Ferrara was the 10th consecutive strikeout for Tom Seaver on April 22, 1970 — and the Padre who accounted for San Diego’s lone run before Tom totally locKed in to defeat them historically, 2-1.

Strong field and subpar composition precluded a vote on its behalf, but I like Rally of the Sun punwise.

Dave Sims takes over for John Sterling in the MFY radio booth.

The worst-named facility in Spring Training history provides us a new winner for worst-named facility in MLB history.

1) Harrison Bader 2) Tyrone Taylor 3) Starling Marte 4) Francisco Lindor 5) Brandon Nimmo 6) Jeff McNeil 7) Jose Iglesias 8) Eddy Alvarez 9) Zack Short 10) Pablo Reyes

Legend.

Two-hour show that could've been an e-mail.

1) Francisco Lindor 2) Mark Vientos 3) Pete Alonso 4) Jose Iglesias 5) Brandon Nimmo 6) J.D. Martinez 7) Tyrone Taylor 8) Francisco Alvarez 9) Jesse Winker 10) Starling Marte

Francisco Lindor has won NL Silver Slugger at shortstop and was named a “finalist” for NL MVP, which is to say we already know he'll finish in the Top Three of voting.

1) Brandon Nimmo 2) Tyrone Taylor 3) Starling Marte 4) Jesse Winker 5) Harrison Bader 6) Jeff McNeil 7) DJ Stewart 8) Ben Gamel