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Should also be noted that the Mets Program is doing a series on the highlights of 2000 running through out the season.

Wouldn't surprise me. They always give the 1973ers their due on the 10s and 5s anniversary wise. Speaking of which, the 2010 Mets Yearbook went and did a "Where Are They Now" page on that team: Kurt Abbott: Police Officer in Ft. Lauderdale Benny Agbayani: Retired in Oahu, HI Edgardo Alfonzo: Playing Winter Ball in Venezuela, and living in Short Hills Armando Benitez: They list "Active Player" and he is living in the Dominican Derek Bell: Retired in Tampa. No word if he is living on a boat. Mike Bordick: A Roving Instructor with the Orioles, residence is listed as Baltimore Dennis Cook: A "Full-Time Dad" in Austin, Texas John Franco: Mets "Club Ambassador" Matt Franco: Co-Owns an ATM Company out in Simi Valley, CA Darryl Hamilton: Working out of Houston as a Senior Specialist for On-Field Operations for the Commissioner's Office Mike Hampton: Retired, though some say he may have been retired for 10 years, in Paradise Valley, AZ Lenny Harris: Lives in Miami and is a coach in the Dodger organization Bobby Jones Living in Fresno, and owns his own BBQ sauce company, Sloppy Joe's Al Leiter YES and MLB commentator, resides in Summit, NJ Joe McEwing Manager for the White Sox' Single A team in Winston Salem, and lives in Yardley, PA Jay Payton Resides in Raleigh, VA and was a ST Invitee for the Rockies at the time of this printing Timo Perez Living in the Dominican and is said to have signed a minor league deal with the Dodgers Mike Piazza Living in Miami and is listed as "Consultant, Italian Baseball Foundation and father of two daughters" Todd Pratt: Living in Douglasville, GA and is the coach for the Bulls of Douglasville in the Sunbelt Collegiate Summer League Rick Reed: Full-Time Dad in Proctorville, OH Glendon Rusch Retired in La Canada, CA Bubba Trammell: Private Hitting Instructor in Knoxville, TN Robin Ventura: Living out in Santa Monica and a Broadcaster for ESPN's College World Series coverage and is listed as father of four Turk Wendell Full-time Dad and Hunting Guide out in Larksbur, CO Rick White: Pitching Coach at Wittenberg College out in Springfield, OH Todd Zeile: Living in Van Nuys, CA and is listed as a filmmaker, and co-owner of Aci-St. Luis Jet Center Manager and Coaches Bobby Valentine ESPN Commentator and still living in Stamford, CT Al Jackson: Minor League Pitching Consultant with the Mets and residing in Port St. Luice Tom Robson: Retired and watches three grandkids play baseball in Sun Lakes, AZ Cookie Rojas: Living in Aventura, FL and is a Spanish TV broadcaster for the Marlins John Stearns: Also residing in Port St. Luice and is a Major League scout with the Mariners Dave Wallace: Lives in Vero Beach, FL and is the Minor League Pitching Coordinator for the Braves Mookie Wilson: Resides in Eastover, SC and is the Mets Roving Minor League Outfield and Base Running Coordinator

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: My understanding is that the busts will be added to the Museum at a later date. I also heard that the Mets might add other artifacts in the future. Why? Wouldn't that be a bit redundant? Wouldn't what be redundant? They have plaques of all the inductees, which includes info about WHY said person is in the Mets Hall of Fame (something I hated about the old Diamond Club Lobby setup). Do they really have any need for those old busts to be on display now? Aren't those busts a part of the Mets, you know, history? I'll have a stronger opinion after I've seen the museum first-hand, and have had an opportunity to judge the place, the spacing, how open or cluttered it is, etc., etc. So was Met-tle The Mule and Homer The Dog, but I really would rather them stay in the dustbin of history.

batmagadanleadoff wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: My understanding is that the busts will be added to the Museum at a later date. I also heard that the Mets might add other artifacts in the future. Why? Wouldn't that be a bit redundant? Wouldn't what be redundant? They have plaques of all the inductees, which includes info about WHY said person is in the Mets Hall of Fame (something I hated about the old Diamond Club Lobby setup). Do they really have any need for those old busts to be on display now?

batmagadanleadoff wrote: My understanding is that the busts will be added to the Museum at a later date. I also heard that the Mets might add other artifacts in the future. Why? Wouldn't that be a bit redundant?

Isn't his wife a Cubs Loving...errr I mean a YLDB? And just because he and Mr. Met appeared together at some function, does not a MLBS make.

I've got to get on the road and, anyway, I've got Steve J. Rogers for that. Awww, now I feel bad for using the crappy weather for not trudging over to Two Boots tonight. Okay, I'll see what I can do in order to make it and annoy you tonight! =

Never mind...

No shit Val. Its just idiotic to think that someone can't be two different comic book characters JUST because of "crossover" potential. Also, if Disney and Warner were able to pull off Bugs and Mickey in Roger Rabbit, who is to say we can't have Avengers/JLA at some point in the future in a live action movie.

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Wait... how can the Human Torch play Captain America??? I hope you're being sarcastic there. Ryan Reynolds is playing both Deadpool (Has Fox set a timetable for it yet, or are they waiting for Reynolds to wrap his GL commitments?) and Green Lantern Hal Jordan. Heard a podcaster say he doesn't like this because it means there could never be a Deadpool/GL crossover! To say nothing about why Deadpool and Green Lantern would ever be interacting in a movie, but I wonder if that guy even realizes that the technology that can have the same actor on the same shot playing multiple characters is a few decades old at this point!

Ceetar wrote: Arguably, I don't care about any of the awards because they never reflect the decisions most people make when they go to see a movie. So, you'd be in favor of Transformers 2: The Revenge Of The Fallen to have been nominated because it made the second most money in the calendar year 2009?

From Crain's New York Business Mo Vaughn's home runs: Builds affordable-housing empire scooping up distressed properties.

Any interest in my McFaddens suggestion?

I said it before, I'll say it again, I want THIS to be a statue: Of course if I had my way that would be life sized, stage included and yes I know how wide it'd be. Plus it would include a built in speaker that would play the 8/15/1965 set list in it's entirety, all 30 minutes, plus other era specific tunes in a constant loop. Now THAT would be sweet!

Heh, I do have Greg and LunchUniWatcher in mind down the road, but from my experience around here I'd have a better shot getting JSW52 out of seclusion than I do getting Ben on! Then again, I wouldn't mind just referring to someone as their Internet user name, I mean if I had Edge on I'd just call him Edgy the whole time.

And again, that's an classic example of the majority opinion around here. If you disagree with the message, blame the messenger for being, take ypur pick: Arrogant YLDB Lazy reporter Self-Hating Met fan As opposed to thinking Yeah he is a fat pompous jerk (Francesa example), but on this, this and this he is dead on accurate.