stevejrogers

The way things are going, the Mets might hit the 900 mark in 2010.

Eh, its mostly what he and Boras did during the negotiations, the fact that they played their usual games with the Astros, and in the end took the New York deal despite it being comparable.

Skip found dead at the age of 68, per ESPN.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I suspect that concept is beyond Steve's grasp. No, I understand just fine. Just that I see that argument used in other places, so I'd figure I'd say it here and see bml's response.

G-Fafif wrote: I would have gone with the piano solo end of Layla.

I miss Met OTG. NYT article from someonelse who misses Mets OTGs Op-Ed Contributor No Game for Old Men By BRIAN BIEGEL Published: August 2, 2008 THIS afternoon the Yankees play their final annual Old-Timers� game at the old stadium, but I won�t be there. That�s because I root for the team on the other side of the Triborough Bridge. Unfortunately, I won�t be going to a Mets Old-Timers� game either � they don�t have an annual one. It faded out in the early �90s and hasn�t reappeared. So while Yankee fans get to commune with the likes of Don Larsen and Graig Nettles, while they get yet another opportunity to gloat about their storied past � beers and hot dogs in hand � those of us who are Mets fans will have to resort to watching our 1986 Mets collector�s edition DVDs. It wasn�t always this way. I remember going to Old-Timers� Day at Shea as a kid with my dad. This was back when the stadium had orange and blue squares framing the outside of the structure � just like cedar shingles on a house. My dad, a former minor-leaguer in the Washington Senators� system, would gush: �There�s Mays ... Look at Tommie Agee ... Al Jackson�s curveball would buckle your knees.� I didn�t know exactly what he was talking about, but it sure sounded cool. The players looked like gigantic superheroes to my 11-year-old eyes. Thinking back on those sun-drenched Saturday afternoons in the �70s, I realize just what Dad was doing, aside from protecting his comb-over from gusting stadium winds. He was teaching me about tradition. Even though I was too young to have seen the men on the field play for real, I wasn�t too young to learn what they meant to the game and the city, according to Dad�s gospel. Which brings me to this: How are fans born after 1976 ever going to appreciate the Mets of the �80s? Anyone who lived in New York at the time knows that those guys ruled the city. They created a frenzy, one that children today could get a taste of if they had a chance to see these local legends saunter onto the baseball diamond once a year � no matter how many hair plugs or extra pounds they have. For the Mets, Old-Timers� Day is a lost art. Two anniversary celebrations for championship teams aside, it�s been almost 20 years since the organization gave the fans an afternoon to dote on their favorite players. My 15-year-old niece, who follows the team obsessively, doesn�t think of Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez and Lee Mazzilli as New York baseball greats � she sees them as TV announcers. She has no idea about the excitement they ignited in New York a decade before she was born. So what�s going on with the Mets? A team spokesman told me that having an Old-Timers� game just didn�t make enough money for the club. I find it difficult to believe that a franchise that pays Johan Santana more than $130 million to pitch can�t afford to fly Tom Seaver from his vineyard in Napa Valley to New York and put him up in the Grand Hyatt for a night or two. The Mets, a once-proud organization with quirky, irreverent players like Gary Carter, Lenny Dykstra, Roger McDowell and Mookie Wilson, seems no longer to honor that irascible tradition. Not paying homage to players who brought such past success reeks of ingratitude. I know baseball is a business, and no one�s in business to lose money. But it�s a stretch to think a ball club that can draw an average of more than 40,000 fans a game and has two World Series victories in its short history can�t drum up the scratch to honor the past. Heck, let the sponsors pay for the party. They pay for everything else � from Build-a-Bear Workshop Day to Delta Airlines Fleece Blanket Night. The Mets move to a new stadium next year. Why not start a new Old Timers� tradition at Citi Field � and then keep it going? As a Mets fan, I�d like to find a way to keep pace with the Yankees. I�d also like to go to the ballpark with my old man to see the old men again. And this time, when he waxes poetic about a player, to be able to say, �Yeah, Dad. I know exactly what you mean.� Brian Biegel is the author of the forthcoming �Miracle Ball: My Hunt for the Shot Heard Around the World.�

bmfc1 wrote: What the hell is Keith talking about? What are you referring to?

Haven't seen Astro Annie in a while, so I wonder if they still do the "buzzing" for just Lance Berkman with the retirement of Biggio.

Also Carlos "El Caballero" has his "Los Caballeros" fan group.

What Wolfie just said.

Nice rally we got going! Now have to get Pedro from giving up homers to the least likely players!

Take it easy there Irish Head! Wolfie, sadly I doubt there are going to be any "special" cards in that pack, all the images shown on screen look like they are from the actual set, or either of the 14 card or 55 card Met set.

Lance Berkman's nickname is "Big Puma" it appears he has some attention whores...ERRRRRRRRR Fans called The Little Pumas dressing up as Pumas at Minute Maid. Wonder if any of their names are Pete, and how many lumps do they take? Ooooh, three or four. -Pete The Puma, shortly before Bugs Bunny whacks him on the head.

Another note to Mr. Cohen, the Mets are very much still doing bobblehead giveaways, Sunday Aug. 10th is Billy Wagner BOBBLEHEAD DAY! (Get your jokes ready) Also Johan Santana is due to get one in September (again, get those jokes ready) And I'm surprised Gary didn't forget the most annoying bobblehead of all, last year's Endy Chavez "Catch" bobblehead that was sponsored by AIG (who's ad Endy made the catch in front of), as well as a Paul Lo Duca one.

Gary Cohen was wondering why Astro fans have such hatred towards Carlos Beltran, especially since he was just a rent-a-player.

Hey Gary, ever thought that maybe Beltran did a ton of stuff with the Houston community, and made it seem that he just might have WANTED to be an Astro afterward? Look into things instead of blindly saying "I don't get it." To say nothing about the whole "Rest of the Nation vs. New York City" aspect.

3 quick grounders, so maybe that is a good sign right there.

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW $#()#*%)($#&()&*)($# $(#*&%($#&%(*$# Matsui hit 3 homers so far this year?

batmagadanleadoff wrote: ="Benjamin Grimm"]You don't have to be much above .500 to win the World Series. (See the 2006 Cardinals.) In fact, one of these days we'll see a sub-.500 team make the playoffs and perhaps win the whole thing. I've been hoping for this ever since '94 just to show up Selig. I don't like Wild Cards, Expanded Playoffs and the illogical Expansion plan that left MLB with a 14 team league and a 16 team league; a four team division and a six team division. Don't get me started on Interleague Play. Did you enjoy the 2000 National League Champions? Did you enjoy the 2003 and 2004 World Champs who beat the hated Yankees? FWIW the 2006 Cardinals DID win the Central that year. So like the 1973 Mets, they do represent the teams with the least amount of wins to win a non-strike division.

Should be noted that LoDuca was looking forward to playing the Mets 18 times this season. Well, due injuries and poor play, he never played in any of the Mets and Nats games this season.

Per CBS Sportsline, by way of the Washington Post, Paul LoDuca has been released by the Nats Nationals Release Lo Duca, Lopez Posted on: July 31, 2008 11:42 pm The Washington Post is reporting that the Nationals released both Paul Lo Duca and Felipe Lopez following tonight's game. The move was made to free-up space on the roster for Elijah Dukes and Emilio Bonifacio. Lo Duca was hitting .230/.301/.281 in 139 at bats this season and made $5MM on a one-year deal. Lopez was hitting .231/.303/.309 in 324 at bats and was in his final arbitration-eligible season, making $4.9MM.

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Oh, and the Ken Jr. trade is official. I'm sorry, I gotta say it: OH MY GOD, THEY TRADED KENNY! YOU BASTARDS!

Okay Carlos, VAMOS! VAMOS!

The Vulcan Changeup. Thats a new one

Time to hold down the fort Sanchez! Hey LuGo!