MFS62

RIP, sir. We salute you. Later

Thanks, Later

bmfc1 wrote: Hurdle signs with Pittsburgh. But we can still get the boring guy or guy that's lost the clubhouse twice. I guess that was one hurdle that Alderson couldn't overcome. OH, STOP it! If I didn't say that, one of you would have. Later

Ceetar wrote: Melvin. He just seems to me to be more of a Sandy man. The Sandy Man Can! Ceetar, you asked for it: Who can change a roster, along with his new crew Get some good new players, maybe get rid of one or two The Sandy Man, oh the Sandy Man can The Sandy Man can 'cause he�ll make the needed deals to make the team play good Who can take a roster, make some dealings sly Make the Mets so good it makes Yankee rooters cry The Sandy Man, the Sandy Man can The Sandy Man can 'cause he�ll make the needed deals to make the team play good The Sandy Man makes every step he takes planned out and judicious Now you talk about your Mets-based wishes, high OPS and fewer swishes Oh, who can start tomorrow, fulfill our every dream Put behind the sorrows and improve our fav�rite team The Sandy Man, oh the Sandy Man can The Sandy Man can 'cause he�ll make the needed deals to make the team play good The Sandy Man makes every step he takes planned out and judicious Now you talk about your Mets-based wishes, high OPS and fewer swishes Yeah, yeah, yeah Who can start tomorrow, his new front office team Put behind the sorrows and improve our fav�rite team The Sandy Man, oh the Sandy Man can The Sandy Man can 'cause he�ll make the needed deals to make the team play good The Sandy Man can 'cause he�ll make the needed deals to make the team play good Later

Valadius wrote: Is he going to move in with K-Rod? BA DA BING! Later

Why don't they just platoon Teuffel and Backman? Later

Frayed Knot wrote: And if the alternative is having your moss look like the shoe-polish tone that Tony LaRussa is sporting then let the grays proudly wave. While we're waiting for any news of Terry, my wife recently pegged Bob Costas as a shoe polish user. Later

Frayed Knot wrote: Probably, but I don't think what's left of that mag knows what baseball is these days. Truer words have never been written. Later

Neyer thinks Ike and Angel didn't get serious consideration because they're Mets. http://sports.espn.go.com/blog/SweetSpot/post/_/id/6258/nl-gold-gloves-hold-few-surprises At least he takes a parting shot at Jeter. Later

John Buck is a 30 year old, right handed hitting, All Star catcher. He hit 20 home runs last year and made $2 million. Since I can't be him, I'd like to be his agent. Later

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Wonder how much input & how much weight his opinions are gonna carry w/ the Nerd Herd? They need him because he's probably the only one left around who can match most of the faces to the names throughout the organization. The managers could do that for just the guys they managed. Without him, guys will be given those "Hello! My name is __________ " badges when the GM and his crew show up at Spring Training. Later

tex and cano have decidedly mediocre UZRs, per fangraphs. jeter's is not good, but still slightly ahead of jose's. top UZRs belong to the following al'ers: 1b daric barton 12.7 | lyle overbay 0.1 | 5 of 8 mark teixiera -2.9 2b mark ellis 9.8 | orlando hudson 9.7 | 5 of 8 robinson cano -0.6 ss alexei ramirez 10.8 | cliff pennington 9.9 | 7 of 9 derek jeter -4.7 3b kevin kouzmanoff 16.1 | adrian beltre 11.8 | 3 of 8 evan longoria 11.1 rf ichiro suzuki 15.6 | j.d. drew 3.8 cf julio borbon 8.9 | franklin gutierrez 7.3 lf brett gardner 22.3 | carl crawford 18.5 well, the voters did better in the outfield at least... Wait a minute, Derek Jeter had a worse UZR than Seven of Nine? As Gwreck pointed out, Jeter was 59th out of 59 shortstops in Total Zone Rating. http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/AL/2010-specialpos_ss-fielding.shtml#players_standard_fielding::13 This year he showed the range of a manhole cover. This was tuchus licking of the highest (or is it lowest?) magnitude. Later

Typo fixed. Thanks, Later

Frayed Knot wrote: MFS62 wrote: Too late. Don is now a Jay. Which is the opposite of what would happen if Mr. Payton took a job with the University of San Francisco - because then you could say that Jay is now a Don. I'm impressed. LOL! As for managerial strategy. Sometimes you have to do what it takes to win. The other night, the 1955 World Series was on tv (Brooklyn beating the MFYs). In the seventh game, Brooklyn manager Walter Alston had power hitter Duke Snider sacrifice bunt what was to become the second run in a 2-0 victory into scoring position. But there is a big difference between doing the unexpected that turns out OK and doing something out of rote because it is someone's "style" of managing. Later

The late night guy on ESPN radio in NY, Bill Daughtry, is a virulent Yankee fan (and also roots for all the NY teams I don't root for, but that's another issue). Thank goodness his predictions and pronouncements seem to be running over 90% wrong. (The one I remember most was saying that Michael Vick would sign with a minor league football team, not an NFL team). He says he would vote for (in addition to Boss George, natch) Steve Garvey! I hope he's wrong again. My only exec vote in this crew goes to Marvin Miller. My player votes would go to Al Oliver and Ted Simmons if they were only a tad better. Later

Ok, the troika is in place. Now Mets fans can stop singing If I Only Had A Brain. Later

Too late. Don is now a Jay. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/101108/sports/bba_jays_coaches_2 Later

HahnSolo wrote: Struggling to come up with the seven. Bench, Rose, Morgan, Perez, Concepcion(?) and...? Hey! Don't forget Lee May, the dad of Lee May Jr. (d'oh) - a #1 draft pick of the Mets. Lee Sr. was such a good hitter they moved Tony Perez to third to make room for him at first base. When that didn't work out, IIRC they tried it the other way around for a while. Later

DocTee wrote: And this one: How much does it cost to see Jeter as Buddha? Probably less than it costs to see him dressed up as the French maid. High heels extra, of course. Later

metirish wrote: Clint Hurdle interviews with the Pirates today. Speaking of Pirate managers, I was wondering today if the Mets might interview ex-buc manager Lloyd McClendon. I liked the way he managed, considering what he was given to work with, and has a Mets pedigree. (Mets draft pick) Later

Bob Murphy used to pronounce his name as Oh-BERK-fell. I'm not sure what the proper pronunciation is. Later

Thanks. Turns out I was close, but no gigar. Later

Un-dead Michael Jackson. DING! And we're done: Barry Bonds Bobby Bonilla Will Clark Roger Clemens Eric Davis Shawon Dunston John Franco Andres Galarraga Tony Gwynn Orel Hershiser Michael Jackson Greg Maddux Mike Maddux Terry Mulholland Jamie Moyer Dave Martinez Rafael Palmeiro Tim Raines Wasn't there supposed to be a catcher? None of those guys jump out at me as having worn the tools of ignorance. Later

Wasn't there a thread that led to a question about opponents of the 1986 team who still played into the 21st Century? Was it spun off or renamed? I posted an answer and am trying to find out if I was correct. Later

There is a sign right inside every major league baseball clubhouse door that clearly spells out the prohibition against gambling. As Clubhouse Manager , he must have walked past that sign thousands of times. Maybe he was the person who hung the sign in the first place. How [crossout:2xertob6]ironic[/crossout:2xertob6] stupid would that be? Later