Johnny Lunchbucket

I had no idea Gose became a pitcher

But where it's goin' no one knows

That's a win for our side. Goldy looked so good early in his career I expected he would turn into McGwire in St Louis. He'll be better than Rizzo for the MFYs.

I was one of those guys who dismissed Rickey as a punk for most of his career and didn't appreciate his greatness until he became such an invaluable Met. Howard Bryant's bio has mixed reviews but I think he wrote it well, with mostly Mrs Rickey providing the info. Makes sense of how he played and how he achieved all he did. Lots of smart baseball people discounted him too.

No one ever scored as many runs.

oh fuck

wrong thread. Yankees traded C Jose Trevino to the Reds for RP Fernando Cruz & C Alex Jackson. Cruz can throw hard

Rays just won a bond issue for the new stadium. there's still one vote to go but looks good for them staying

Hmmm.

News, arguments and discussion pertaining to the Phillies. They signed Max Kepler to a 1-year contract. Kepler I think would be a part-timer after several 20-homer season (and 1 36- homer season) for the Twins. The interesting thing is Kepler is the most accomplished player ever from Germany. Both his parents were ballet dancers!

this is now being reported as bullshit https://www.nj.com/mets/2024/12/report-of-mets-signing-ex-top-prospect-is-false-team-interested-and-wanted-him-last-season.htmlhttps://www.nj.com/mets/2024/12/report-of-mets-signing-ex-top-prospect-is-false-team-interested-and-wanted-him-last-season.html

THE CANNING MAN CAN Griff chews up Phillies for sweet 23rd victory

TER-GRIFF-IC Canning no-hits Yankees as Amazins improve to 75-12

I don't hate this at all. He's had a couple decent seasons in his career so he knows he can be good. He came cheap and is at a point where he needs to make good to continue his career. He's 28, a good age. From Cali and went to UCLA so you know he's a jock.

This is really no surprise. By 2010 we were fully in the post-Madoff Wilpon era. It's crazy that a big market team opening a brand new stadium would have such a protracted period of losing. In the last 12 years of Wilpon ownership, the Mets had 3 winning seasons, and made the playoffs twice (87 wins, 90 wins). That's hard to do in the Wild Card era. I can't believe we really endured this period and somehow continued to root for this team. What a shit ownership group they were. Not just the money, the assholes they hired, the poor decisions they made, the awful scouting and player development, the shitty PR, the shitty technology, the narcissistic nepo baby with the punchable face. I hope Steve Cohen owns these Mets forever. I was listening to the Stearns interview the other day. I can't believe we have someone this smart running the team. For years, I remember thinking that I could walk in and run the team better than whatever dipshit was on TV. Now I listen to Stearns speak and find myself thinking "I can't believe he's ours". Forget Soto. Stearns might be the best acquisition this team has ever made. I packed it in emotionally and mentally after 2008. Never the same.

Does the word "steroids" appear in the report? If not they overlooked something

Gotta be the 1st Cody for Cody Challenge Trade ever

Worry about the balance of power here. Training techniques and, uh, vitamins, have led us here but hitters aren't injuring themselves swinging. Can pitchers take 10 mph off their stuff and not get themselves literally killed, I dunno.

I ain't got nothin to say bout Alex Bregman

Wright deserves it. The other guys belong in the team Hall of Fame. That the Mets have a shitty history without a lot of truly great, long-tenured team-associated players is their fault and papering it over by elevating guys who don't meet the criteria isn't going to change that.

wright for sure. Nobody else for a long time.

One of those guys the prospect weenies get excited about when they see his South Atlantic League numbers Hit 3 doubles in his MLB debut, but surprisingly couldn't keep that up Really slim, kind of a Tyler Naquin body Bkinked a lot at the plate like his contacts were constantly bothering him Was up and down so frequently three other guys had his uniform number 6 during his tenure

=metirish post_id=180974 time=1734035197 user_id=72] Better Than Ezra even

I'm surprised Stearns even got Soto, him being an American League player

Newsday has no imagination