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Hall of Fame Voting: This Year, Next Year, and Beyond
G-Fafif replied to Valadius's topic in New York Mets Talk
I have the sense that Raines is destined for one of those Sutter-type runs where several impassioned columns will be written on his behalf every December but the silent plurality will shut him out for the first half-dozen years at least. That's if he's lucky. He could get the Rice/Gossage treatment, which is the same as Sutter, except for not getting in (to date). Tim Raines was the N.L. version of Rickey Henderson, certainly the most impressive leadoff hitter I've ever seen on a regular basis. He gets my non-existent vote. I'm also still pro-Concepcion after all these years, the unsung cog in the Big Red Machine. -
This from the official mets.com release on the Shea commemorative patch to be worn on home uniforms next year: Past commemorative patches worn by the Mets include...America's Bicentennial (1976)... Nitpick alert: That patch wasn't worn for the Bicentennial. It celebrated the National League Centennial. The patch itself made that quite clear: http://www.secondchancestadium.com/catalog/NL%20CENTENNIAL%20RUG%20880.JPG Perhaps it was Mr. Met's jaunty appearance on the cover of the '76 Yearbook in his tri-corner cap, rushing to take on the Redcoats (or at least Redbirds), that perpetuates this misconception. Or perhaps they lifted the fact from the excellent uniform article on UMDB where it is also identified as a Bicentennial patch. I find it logical if odd that the Shea patch will only be worn at Shea and not on the road in 2008. You can all go back to having lives now. Let me know what it's like to have one.
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Anyone up for a Song Parody Contest this offseason?
G-Fafif replied to stevejrogers's topic in New York Mets Talk
Whenever the format/rules are posted, I say I'm in (unless I crack under pressure and forfeit). -
Edgy DC wrote: Gass crossed the line a week or two later. This was the first strike, the one without replacement games. It was the second one where he crossed, wherein Pat Leahy, Pat Ryan and Ken O'Brien watched the Replace-Jet game in a bar and said they were going to chug a beer everytime Gastineau got a sack, but he didn't sack anyone. Then they were going to chug a beer every time he recorded a tackle, but he didn't tackle anyone. Then they decided they'd just drink when he lined up.
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Keith's agent keeps it classy again. "Just sign one of your jerseys and hold it up in the ad and Earl Stewart will give you a deal!" If you lived in my cable company's sphere of influence, you were privileged to be assaulted for a while on SNY this past season by Keith Hernandez for Oyster Bay Rare Coins. Save 'em up and buy a Mercedes, apparently. Brings to mind Mark Gastineau signing pumpkins on Northern Boulevard during the NFL players strike of 1982.
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Pedro stuck up for him which made me almost believe he was OK for a very short while.
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I guess we always have to remember how this exercise lends itself to a bit of myopia down the ballot. The writers from the Central or West who may have seen Wright early and then hardly at all can be if not excused then almost expected to skip over him a bit. He's just some New York player to them and they're more focused on who they see every day or at least 19 times a year. Not necessarily proper, but the way it goes.
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Geez, four writers weren't Wrighters at all.
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Passing thought that brought excitement yesterday: "Only one year left on Mota's contract!" And to think I used to count down toward Opening Day.
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Rollins was an outsized presence as the Phillies took aim at the Mets. He gets my reluctant vote. And I don't doubt he'll win.
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Perhaps Rollins and Holliday will split the Hot Team vote and Wright can sneak through on general excellence. I wouldn't count on it, though. That collapse was an award-killer.
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Elster88 wrote: ="G-Fafif"]his whole purpose in pitching was wrapped up in the individual glory of 300. Of course that's not even remotely true. No, I think it is at least remotely true. Glavine himself wouldn't have argued the point last year at this time as he dithered among retirement, the Mets and the Brave offer he hoped he'd get. He kept pitching to get to 300, which doesn't make him unique among veterans nearing a milestone. He kept pitching so he could get wins for Glavine, not out of some fantastic altruistic desire to help the Mets. Of course the Mets benefited from his work when it was good, but let's not pretend that a pitcher who has reached 290 wins isn't very much wrapped up in the quest for 300.
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Edgy DC wrote: He and Hampton occupy a similar psychic space by showing up, crapping out in their very first game, and never being fully trusted by Mets fans whether they did well or ill. Pretty true, but Hampton was burdened by no particular anti-Met history as Glavine had developed as cold-eyed Brave. Plus Hampton clinched us a pennant, which should probably get him off the hook a little more than it does for the school system remark, which was so insipid that I'm surprised A-Rod didn't come up with it first (unless the Arlington Department of Education failed to impress Mr. Rodriguez). At least Hampton's shaky debut came in Japan at five in the morning and no Mets fan had to shiver to witness it.
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Despite my massive distaste for him, I will remember that he got screwed out of not a few winning decisions by his bullpen, which must have been agonizing for him seeing as how his whole purpose in pitching was wrapped up in the individual glory of 300. A two-time Met All-Star, though probably the most hollow two-time Met All-Star in team history. That near no-hitter against the Rockies in '04 when I actually debated whether I wanted it to be him.
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Won't be missing those final 10.1 innings.
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Go Mets Guy in Michigan...and screw Bill White. Still bitter discourse on how Seaver was let go the second time here: http://faithandfear.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2007/11/17/3360014.html
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Not necessarily endorsing a Re Duca, but if certain other players who were never ever going back to their teams can opt in after opting out, then surely Paul could too.
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DePastino, Hietpas, M. Glavine...more career minor leaguers got their Moonlight Graham shot under Art Howe per capita than anyone.
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I'm guessing the Marlins' sphere of influence is wildly overstated. Tealahassee? I don't think so.
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Valadius wrote: This was such a done deal that Yahoo Sports added him to the Mets' roster today. And gave him No. 8. Gary Carter must have vetoed the deal.
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Castroalba is dead. Long live DiFastro!
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Newsday reports Saturday that Torrealba is taking a hike, one that will not lead him to Shea Stadium or Citi Field. ]The Mets' negotiations with Yorvit Torrealba collapsed on Saturday and the free-agent catcher will not be headed to Shea for next season after all. The two sides already had agreed on a three-year contract worth $14.4-million and it appeared that the only remaining holdup to an official announcement was a physical. But a person familiar with the situation said Saturday that the Torrealba deal was dead and the team confirmed it. "The Mets did not reach an agreement with Yorvit Torrealba," Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said, "and there are no current negotiations."
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Tom Seaver turns 63 today. And remains 25-7 forever.
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All the territory we need is [/pointing at our hearts] right here.
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Dwight Gooden turns 43 today. And remains 20 forever.
