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Trevor Rosenthal goes to Oakland.

Son of Shea Ollie Perez soldiers on. He and Joe Smith are the last two former Mets to carry the magic forward.

FT Jr.'s son-of-a-Met status should mandate he takes it easy on us.

A Met for a minute or two on 2020. Officially retired in 2021. Had nothing left when he landed in Flushing, but had a representative career beforehand.

Brian Dozier retires.

Cody Allen, Tim Tebow and Jared Hughes are sentimental types who wandered over here from other threads to say, “Bye.”

Update from Jay:

Alderson was absolutely (for Alderson) giddy http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2017/07/01/baseball-like-it-tauta-be/explaining the Tebow signing when he addressed the SABR convention when it had its 2017 Citi Field event. Tim Tebow came up. It wouldn't have occurred to me to ask, but somebody did. I think Tim Tebow was signed by the Mets so there's always be something to talk about (perhaps that's why there are injuries, too). Sandy's explanation of Tebow was the human embodiment of a shrug emoji. He's famous, baseball's entertainment…shrug. There was a delightful nugget thrown in about how if you turn to Tebow's entry in the 2017 media guide, you'll see the signing scout listed is James Benesh. James Benesh handles merchandising. This is hilarious if you're at a SABR meeting. Sandy knows his audience. I thought we'd get a September looksee at The Chosen One back then but I guess He had other plans. He being Sandy.

Branford Marsalis, in a Mets cap, discusses the late Jerry Garcia 25 years ago. https://youtu.be/GnnoHPFMs3Uhttps://youtu.be/GnnoHPFMs3U

https://theathletic.com/2393176/2021/02/17/mets-ryan-ellis-sexual-harassment-in-2018/From the Athletic: In the summer of 2018, three women who worked for or had previously been employed by the Mets spoke with a member of the team's human resources department to complain about the behavior of hitting performance coordinator Ryan Ellis. One woman told The Athletic that she informed Aubrey Wechsler, then the Mets employee relations manager, that Ellis told the woman that “I stare at your ass all the time. If only I could have 15 minutes alone with you.” The woman, who was in her early 20s, says she read those comments to Wechsler from a journal she kept at the time, copies of which she shared with The Athletic. She says Ellis also told her he wanted “to put her up against a wall.” A second woman says she told Wechsler that she and Ellis had a brief sexual relationship in 2017, but that she ended it. For months afterward, she received persistent, unwanted text messages from Ellis that were sexual in nature. The woman, who was in her 30s, says she told Wechsler about those text messages and shared at least one of them with her. A third woman, who was in her 20s and the first to flag Ellis' behavior, says she told her supervisor that Ellis often made sexually suggestive comments to her and other low-level female employees and that he would call her late in the evening and ask if her boyfriend was home. She later spoke with Wechsler and relayed that information again, the woman says. Despite three women alleging inappropriate behavior, it wasn't until last month, in the wake of the Mets' firing of general manager Jared Porter for sexual harassment, that the team quietly parted ways with Ellis, now 42, who had been with the organization since 2006. His termination comes after a season in which he served as the major league hitting coordinator. When asked about Ellis' exit, the Mets said in a statement: “On January 19 of this year, following the termination of Jared Porter, we received new information regarding conduct of the disciplined employee in the 2017-2018 timeframe. We immediately commenced a new investigation and terminated the employee on January 22 for violating company policy and failure to meet the Mets' standards for professionalism and personal conduct.” Asked what had previously been reported to the team about Ellis, the club said: “In July 2018, a complaint regarding inappropriate conduct by a Mets employee was brought to the attention of Mets management at that time. The organization initiated an investigation and, as a result, the employee was disciplined, put into a probationary status, and ordered into counseling. We had not received previous or subsequent complaints about this employee.” The club declined to elaborate on the “new information” it received last month.

Angel Mangual, member of the A's dynasty of 1972-1974, 74.

Brad Brach clears waivers. Mets release him anyway.

Corey Oswalt cleared waivers, stick around, is outrighted to Triple-A, gets invited to big league camp.

Lugo + Wilson = emergency closer during the serious portion of 2019, when you wouldn't trust Diaz to save “Modern Family” on the DVR. A lefty who, for a while, was a legit sigh of relief.

A catcher who I thought would show more pop. One Met homer in all.

Robinson Chirinos signs with MFYs, presumably hopes to reconnect with Justin Wilson.

Justin Wilson reportedly MFYing himself again.

Billy Hamilton speeds to Cleveland. Yusmeiro Petit stays in Oakland.

Jared Hughes is retiring after making the Mets his last stop. Was effective enough as a pitcher and Nimmonian in attitude. https://twitter.com/jamessantelli/status/1361116599311343617?s=21https://twitter.com/jamessantelli/status/1361116599311343617?s=21

Mets sign veteran pitchers Tommy Hunter and Mike Montgomery to minor league deals. They'll be in PSL ASAP.

Eighteen men named Joe played for the Mets before one moved into the Oval Office. Some nonpartisan Presidents Day weekend fun http://www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2021/02/14/lets-joe-mets/here.

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-20210214-pvtgdjdo2nadpnihf5usmntbim-story.htmlJerry Manuel in today's News, to Bradford William Davis: His most outside-the-box idea — at least of the ideas he's told me — was forming an all-Black American baseball team separate from Team USA to compete in the World Baseball Classic, MLB's Olympic-style international tournament, which was postponed due to the pandemic. His motivation as an MLB adviser: ”Baseball is one of the pillars of our culture, going way back. When I was very young you went to church on Sunday, and after Sunday, you went and played baseball,” Manuel, who managed the Mets from 2008-10, recalls. “I played basketball. I played football. But one of the pillars of our community was baseball. That baseball pillar has crumbled somewhat, but I still think that there's gonna be a surfing back, if you will, to where baseball comes back to what it was.” https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-20210214-pvtgdjdo2nadpnihf5usmntbim-story.htmlhttps://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/ny-20210214-pvtgdjdo2nadpnihf5usmntbim-story.html

Justin Turner is a Dodger returner.

Spell Matt Harvey with an O. Minor league pact with Baltimore for the Dark Knight at twill.

Jay Bruce pulls a Darren O'Day, signs with MFYs (minor league deal).