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The Baseball Equinox is just about upon us, overnight tonight, 3:12 AM EST (Sat 12/29). After its occurrence, we will be closer to the first scheduled pitch of the 2019 Mets season than the final out of the 2018 a Mets season. Plus a shiny new Pool!

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A member of the battalion of minor league righty relievers collected in exchange for the willing taking of expiring major league contracts once the 2017 season had gone to where all bad Met seasons go. Jamie, who I don't believe entered games to Ray Parker, Jr., was the first of the Red Sox bounty for Addison Reed to show you don't get much for Addison Reed. Made his debut in the same sad day-night doubleheader of September 2, 2017, in Houston. The city was coping with an awful hurricane (Harvey). Our starter was shelled in the opener (Harvey). Wilmer Flores bonked himself in the nose with a batted ball (his own). Two more losses added to a pile that would grow and grow through October 1. Into this malaise ambled Callahan, a blank page. When his debut was done, he owned a 13.50 ERA, all his. Pitched better the rest of the way. Had shoulder surgery in 2018. Is a Giant now. Jamie, we hardly knew ye.

Jamie Callahan, nine games a Met in 2017, has signed a minor league deal with the Giants and at no additional cost has recieved an invite to Spring Training.

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Benjamin Grimm wrote: G-Fafif wrote: The Brodie Van Family is so good-looking their picture probably comes with the frame. I love how the fans immediately responded by saying "We want Bryce Harper!" Better than we "We want Brodie Van Wifenen!"

Based on what he's found by the tree, Brandon Nimmo was apparently a good boy this year.

The Brodie Van Family is so good-looking their picture probably comes with the frame.

I could see Jake's former agent turned general manager using this result against him in arbitration.

Bill Ballou could be a hero, just for one day, if he sends his Riveraless ballot in. He invents a loopy rationale to deprive a MFY of unanimous support and then doesn't follow through. Next time put a stamp on the envelope.

Other than in headlines celebrating his late-inning dramatics, I don't recall anybody ever referring to Wilmer as Wil. But if the character count fits...

Andrew Miller signing multiyear deal with the Cardinals.

Edgy MD wrote: Gsellman's locks and beard generally give me a kind of awkward feel with him, like he's a counterfeit deGrom. "Mom! I wanted a deGrom!" "Isn't that what this is?" "No, it's a Gsellman. It's not even close." "It has the baseball suit and hat and hair. I don't see any difference." "You just don't understand." "Go wash your hands. They're filthy from playing with your Daniel Murphy." "It's a David Murphy."

"MATT OUTTA HELL" is a sharp headline in search of a story.

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Curious if anyone actually read the piece? Read it. Quite engrossing.

Were there hiccups? Unlikely imperfections? Stutter steps that ever so briefly sidetracked a gait that carried the closer sure and true through the gates of Cooperstown earning the cheers of immortals like Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle? A few, perhaps, but since it was Rivera, it can be resolutely declared that the rare Yankee triumph that slipped through Mariano's otherwise sure fingers could not be classified a setback, for even when a note was dropped in Rivera's Ninth Symphony, losing was still unheard of. In memory, every pitch was a strike, every call was an out, every result made John Sterling the most accurate reporter working in any media. Thuuuuuh Yankees win! And the save inevitably goes to Mo. No wonder it was unanimous. It couldn't have been anything but.

Should 100% happen, prepare for variations on these ledes: Leave it to the best closer baseball has ever seen to slam the door on one of the silliest customs in Hall of Fame voting history. He dominated ninth innings like no relief pitcher before him and now he has retired precedent in order. Everybody knew he was the greatest. Now everybody has said so. The eternal Yankee dynasty has added another crown to its reign, and it's one not even the fiercest Red Sox loyalist could argue against. An industry that watched Mariano Rivera with awe responded the only way it could -- unanimously. And next year: Percentage of vote doesn't begin to describe the transcendence of Derek Jeter. He gave 100% on his worst day. Not that he had any of those.

Murmurs and shouts -- or tweets -- that the Mets have signed minor league righthander Zach Lee, No. 1 draft pick of the Dodgers at the decade's dawn, most recently pitched in the Rays' system. Debuted in the majors for L.A. in the same game when rookie Michael Conforto went 4-for-4 and Heart played a concert directly after. Let us hope he's a magic man.

Piazza first wanted to buy Parma, a Serie A club then in bankruptcy. Ultimately he felt Parma carried too much debt for him to absorb. Reggiana looked more attractive. Despite being in Serie C, the team’s passionate fans bought an unusually high number of season tickets. Reggiana also played in a top-flight stadium shared with Serie A club Sassuolo. Unlike a Premier League team, or a team already in Serie A, this was a club he could buy cheap and build. Alicia, who refers to Mike’s ownership dream as “his midlife crisis,” offered up a counter argument. “Who the fuck ever heard of Reggio Emilia?” she asked. “It’s not Venice. It’s not Rome. My girlfriend said, and you can quote this—and this really depressed me. She said, ‘Honey, you bought into Pittsburgh.’ Like, it wasn’t the New York Yankees. It wasn’t the Mets. It wasn’t the Dodgers. You bought Pittsburgh!” In their Miami living room, Mike tried to interject but she stopped him. “And imagine what that feels like, after spending 10 million euros. You bought Pittsburgh!” Mike and Alicia just became Piazzas Non Grata in Western Pennsylvania. Especially Alicia.

Listen to what the man said:

Wilson's agent tweets client has passed physical, will wear 40.

"Yes."

Doing his media rounds during the Winter Meetings, Callaway expressed a desire for Nimmo to lead off.

When my sister was a journalism student at NYU, she had the opportunity to sit in on a group interview of the de facto star of the new late night variety program "Saturday Night" that aired live on NBC. Her question: "Is it cheh-vee' or 'sheh-vee'?" His answer: "Yes."