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UMDB News: The scorecard thing is live!
MFS62 replied to Benjamin Grimm's topic in New York Mets Talk
Great job! And what a game to give us as out first example! Is there going to be a direct link at the top of the main page to these? If not a main link, what will be the path? Later -
batmagadanleadoff wrote: JCL: Which Bob Miller are you referring to? Because there were two of them, you know. (haha) The joke used to be that the Mets had two pitchers named Bob Miller. How to remember which was which? Leave it to the Mets to have one of them have "L" as his middle initial - and he was the righty. Nothing was easy with that 1962 team. Later
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Chris Cannizaro. Later
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Its funny that nobody was writing about the steroids/ acne connection when it was tough NOT to notice that Paul O'Neill's entire body looked like a topographical map of a lunar landing site. Later
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Cap'n Intangibles to the Outfield Eventually, Sez Cashman
MFS62 replied to seawolf17's topic in New York Mets Talk
When Jeter is moved (to the outfield), there will be stories waxing poetic about how the Yankees have been successful with shortstops moving to center. They will mention past Mantle, Tresh, Murcer and Kubek. Funny though. They will fail to mention that those players were in their 20s when they made the move. (Maybe not Kubek). Later -
Fman99 wrote: Give him (and everyone in the minor league system with a pulse) a second baseman's mitt. My adoptee is a healthy 220 pounds. He looks more like a strong safety than a second baseman. My 2011 expectations for him - pounding the shit out of the ball in Buffalo. Long term, power hitter in the majors for a long time. I'm not sure for which club. The only thing that makes him stand out among almost all of the hitting prospects in the organization is that he is a right handed hitter. As for nickname, I thought of adopting him when watching the ice skating during the Winter Olympics. So, to me, he will be Triple Lutz. Later
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Edgy DC wrote: Hatey hatey haters. I have no idea what that means. Splain please, Lucy. * Later * DISCLAIMER: The wording of that phrase is in no way intended to influence anyone's vote in the sitcom poll.
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Edgy DC wrote: I'd say that Emaus and Hu are ahead of him among righthanded platoon possiblitiies. Turner might be also (he hits righty), except he has options. Yes, they may have the edge, but I'm still rootin' for little looie. Any player who breaks his foot, stays in the game, and hits a dinger makes my squad any time. Later
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Luis is one of those longtime minor leaguers I like to root for to finally get a chance to play in the majors for a while. (More than a cuppa' joe) At the end of last season, I expected him to be the right handed platoon second baseman this year, sharing time with whichever lefty hitting second basemen were on the roster at the time. (Preferrably Murphy or Turner). Nobody they acquired since seems to be a strong enough candidate to become an every day second baseman, so my expectations remain the same. Later
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Vic Sage wrote: is there a source for this updated info? Not that I could find after the 1/19 stuff. Later
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According to AdamRubin ESPN January 19, 2011 Mets players out of options include Nick Evans, Chin-lung Hu, Jason Pridie, Manny Acosta, Luis Hernandez and Pat Misch. Don't know about the signings from the past few days. Later
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Edgy DC wrote: He wasn't released, but rather designated for assignment. Yes, they have to decide what to do with him (release being one of the possibilities). But the move took him off the 40 man roster. I tend to use release and DFA interchangeably, but they really aren't. Later
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According to the report I heard, Jason Pirdie was also released to make room for today's signees. EDIT: Yup. Last paragraph. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=AoMg8.vulGboGkMzjBgifb8RvLYF?slug=ap-mets-young Later
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When I was in high school, I was a counsellor at a day camp. One of the 8 year old kids asked me (after the player had completed a rookie year where, IIRC, he hit under .250) "Do you think Joe Pepitone will make the Hall of Fame?" I forget his name, but that kid might have been named Heyman. Later
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Is that a baseball glove or a jai alai cesta? Man, that's big. Later
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seawolf17 wrote: .... while Sam Horn holds 42 for him. I wonder if the "Sons of Sam Horn" know that their beloved Red Sox pheenom wore a Yankee uniform. Later
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Pujols contract, aka unnecessarily getting my hopes up....
MFS62 replied to a topic in New York Mets Talk
According to a tweet from Beningo and Evans, off air Ike was asked about switching positions if Pujols was available. To which Ike reportedly replied, I would be come a **bleeping** middle reliever to get Albert. Later -
Pictures of two ex-Mets in this article. Another one mentioned, for whom one of the pictured was traded. http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/good-sports/201101/mlb-scouts-commiserate-about-loneliness-road-help-brethren-need There may be others, but its late and I'm tired. Later
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According to the ESPN radio 10 PM update, John Heyman has reported the (conditional) signing. Fill in your John Heyman credibility comments here. Later
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Fresh interview with Warthen on 2011 pitching
MFS62 replied to ashie62's topic in New York Mets Talk
I don't read where he says he is "very hopeful" on Bonser. He's just in there with the rest of the names. Later -
What is WAR, anyway? (Split from Lucas Duda)
MFS62 replied to Frayed Knot's topic in New York Mets Talk
Thanks, folks. 'Thon gave me an idea. Why not, after calculating the "replacement player" numbers, (I'm supposing they change every year) you give him a name? Or, if they calculate WAR by position, names. It would be the current player whose numbers came closest to the WAR baseline calculation. It would make it a lot easier to picture if I knew this guy is 1.7 wins better than Elio Chacon. Or 2.9 wins above Dave Schneck. Well, you know. Later -
What is WAR, anyway? (Split from Lucas Duda)
MFS62 replied to Frayed Knot's topic in New York Mets Talk
I look at WAR like I look at a Calculus equation. It holds up in theory. But in Calculus, you can't get an answer until you replace the symbols with real numbers. In the case of WAR, it isn't always a good way to calculate how much losing a player will mean to your team. Or how valuable the player who you lost was, compared to the real player who replaced him. For example, Wally Pipp got hurt. And the guy who replaced him was Lou Gehrig. I'm all for new baseball measures. But I just can't get my head around this one. Later -
Duda will become the refill for the half empty glass. I still think either Pagan or Beltran will get injured again this year. And Duda will come up and be the almost every day (platooning with Evans) left fielder, with Bay moving to right (something I've mentioned before). His counting stats will depend on his plate appearances. But I believe his other numbers can be .275/.330/.525. After that, the crystal ball gets cloudy. Later
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John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Well, I don't approve of guys named Taylor, unless they're, you know, astronauts. Damn you all to hell. Really, he was part of that snotty group of Marlins with the stupid boy-band names that irritated me: Cody, Jeremy, Taylor, Logan etc etc (no offense to actual readers with those names, just a personal thing). F Taylor. Go Michael. Chanelling George Carlin: "My pals Mikey and Billy and Johnny can kick the shit out of Taylor and Cody and Jeremy." Later
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Frayed Knot wrote: Probably a better option than Jeb. Dave: throws hanging curves Jeb: threw out hanging chads. Later
